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Explaining Information Transfer in Quantum Teleportation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Armond Duwell
Armond Duwell*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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†Send requests for reprints to the author, History and Philosophy of Science Department, 1017 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; email: aduwell@hotmail.com.
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Abstract

In this paper I introduce a new species of teleportation which I use to evaluate three explanations of information transfer in quantum teleportation. I will argue that two explanations fail to explain the “physical effect” of teleportation. I will also argue that that information transfer, understood as something more than simple qubit transfer, is not necessary for teleportation to occur.

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Footnotes

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Thanks to John Earman, Chris Martin, John Norton, and Laura Ruetsche for comments. Thanks especially to Rob Clifton for many hours of discussion about the ideas in this paper.

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