Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Apr 18;90(15):157904. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.157904. Epub 2003 Apr 18.
Physical review letters
D Bacon, B F Toner
PMID: 12732073 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.157904
What is the communication cost of simulating the correlations produced by quantum theory? We generalize Bell inequalities to the setting of local realistic theories augmented by a fixed amount of classical communication. Suppose two parties choose one of M two-outcome measurements and exchange 1 bit of information. We present the complete set of inequalities for M=2, and the complete set of inequalities for the joint correlation observable for M=3. We find that correlations produced by quantum theory satisfy both of these sets of inequalities. One bit of communication is therefore sufficient to simulate quantum correlations in both of these scenarios.