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Overview

Adrian Kent is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science. Within these disciplines, their work notably contributes to subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Artificial Intelligence; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; Physiology; and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The core topics of Adrian Kent's research include Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Biofield Effects and Biophysics, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Philosophy and History of Science, and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories.

Adrian Kent has authored several research papers in significant journals and venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Testing the nonclassicality of spacetime: What can we learn from Bell-Bose et al.-Marletto-Vedral experiments?, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Flexible quantum tokens in spacetime, 2020, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Stronger tests of the collapse-locality loophole in Bell experiments, 2020, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • Testing quantum gravity near measurement events, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

The venues where Adrian Kent frequently publishes include arXiv (Cornell University) with 10 publications, Physical review. D/Physical review. D. with 4, Physical review. A/Physical review, A with 2, Apollo (University of Cambridge) with 2, and PRX Quantum with 1 publication.

Adrian Kent regularly collaborates with several researchers in their field. The most frequent coauthors are:

  • Damián Pitalúa-García
  • George Cowperthwaite
  • Olga Goulko
  • David Llamas
  • Jaron Kent-Dobias

Best Publications

  • Unitary representations of the Virasoro and super-Virasoro algebras

    P. Goddard;A. Kent;David I. Olive

  • Determinant Formulae and Unitarity for the N=2 Superconformal Algebras in Two-Dimensions or Exact Results on String Compactification

    Wayne Boucher;Daniel Friedan;Adrian Kent

  • Many worlds? : Everett, quantum theory, and reality

    Simon Saunders;Jonathan Barrett;Adrian Kent;David Wallace

  • On the Consistent Histories Approach to Quantum Mechanics

    Fay Dowker;Fay Dowker;Adrian Kent

  • Private randomness expansion with untrusted devices

    Roger Colbeck;Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent

  • Maximally nonlocal and monogamous quantum correlations.

    Jonathan Barrett;Adrian Kent;Stefano Pironio

  • Memory attacks on device-independent quantum cryptography.

    Jonathan Barrett;Jonathan Barrett;Roger Colbeck;Roger Colbeck;Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent

  • Fundamental quantum optics experiments conceivable with satellites - reaching relativistic distances and velocities

    David Rideout;David Rideout;Thomas Jennewein;Giovanni Amelino-Camelia;Tommaso F Demarie

  • Experimental bit commitment based on quantum communication and special relativity.

    Tommaso Lunghi;J. Kaniewski;Félix Bussieres;Raphaël Houlmann

  • Noncontextual Hidden Variables and Physical Measurements

    Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent

  • Secure quantum signatures using insecure quantum channels

    Ryan Amiri;Petros Wallden;Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent;Erika Andersson

  • Quantum digital signatures with quantum-key-distribution components

    Petros Wallden;Petros Wallden;Vedran Dunjko;Vedran Dunjko;Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent;Erika Andersson

  • Quantum nonlocality, Bell inequalities, and the memory loophole

    Jonathan Barrett;Daniel Collins;Daniel Collins;Lucien Hardy;Adrian Kent

  • Entangled Mixed States and Local Purification

    Adrian Kent

  • Quantum tagging: Authenticating location via quantum information and relativistic signaling constraints

    Adrian Kent;William J. Munro;Timothy P. Spiller

  • Simulating quantum mechanics by non-contextual hidden variables

    Rob Clifton;Adrian Kent

  • Cheat Sensitive Quantum Bit Commitment

    Lucien Hardy;Adrian Kent

  • CONSISTENT SETS YIELD CONTRARY INFERENCES IN QUANTUM THEORY

    Adrian Kent

  • Optimal Entanglement Enhancement for Mixed States

    Adrian Kent;Noah Linden;Serge Massar

  • Unconditionally secure device-independent quantum key distribution with only two devices

    Jonathan Barrett;Roger Colbeck;Adrian Kent;Adrian Kent

  • Quasiclassical dynamics in a closed quantum system.

    Adrian Kent

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Munro
William J. Munro Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Raymond Laflamme
Raymond Laflamme University of Waterloo
Raymond G. Beausoleil
Raymond G. Beausoleil Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Serge Massar
Serge Massar Université Libre de Bruxelles
Peter Goddard
Peter Goddard Institute for Advanced Study
Thomas Jennewein
Thomas Jennewein University of Waterloo
Rafael D. Sorkin
Rafael D. Sorkin Perimeter Institute
Robert B. Mann
Robert B. Mann University of Waterloo
Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute
R. Stanley Williams
R. Stanley Williams Texas A&M University

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