Robert W. Spekkens Royal Society USA/Canada Research fellow Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge, UK Publications Research Talks CV Collaborators Contact

News:

• April 1, 2008:
  

  John Sipe arrives in Cambridge and will be visiting until June 15. We are collaborating on a textbook on interpretations of quantum mechanics.

• Feb. 13, 2008:
  

  My paper with Gilad Gour entitled "The resource theory of quantum reference frames: manipulations and monotones" has been published in New J. Phys. 10, 033023 (2008) and has received the distinction of being selected for IOP select

• Nov. 16, 2007: Article on FQXI website
  

  An article describing my research has appeared on the FQXI website

• July 13, 2007: Foils workshop
  

  July 2nd-13th 2007, the workshop Operational Probabilistic Theories as Foils to Quantum Theory takes place in Cambridge. See article by Leifer at FQXI.

• April 11, 2007:
  

  My paper with Howard Wiseman entitled "Pooling quantum states obtained by indirect measurements" has been published in Phys. Rev. A 75, 042104 (2007)

• April 5, 2007:
  

  My paper with Stephen Bartlett and Terry Rudolph entitled "Reference frames, superselection rules, and quantum information" has been published in Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 555 (2007)

• March 19, 2007:
  

  My paper entitled "Evidence for the epistemic view of quantum states: a toy theory" has been published in Phys. Rev. A 75, 032110 (2007)

• Nov. 29, 2006:
  

  My paper with Mark Dowling, Steve Bartlett, and Terry Rudolph entitled "Observing a coherent superposition of an atom and a molecule " has been published in Phys. Rev. A 74, 052113(2006)

• Sept. 29, 2006:
  

  My paper with David Kribs entitled "Quantum error-correcting subsystems are unitarily recoverable subsystems" has been published in Phys. Rev. A 74, 042329 (2006)

• July 31, 2006: FQXI award application successful
  

  Jonathan Barrett, Tony Short and I are successful in our application for a FQXI award to organize a workshop entitled Operational probabilistic theories as foils to quantum theory