  Information theory has its particles, bits and qubits, just as physics has
electrons and photons. However, in physics we have a special category of
objects with no clear counterparts in information theory: quasiparticles. They
are introduced to simplify complex emergent phenomena making otherwise very
difficult calculations possible and providing additional insight into the inner
workings of the system. We show that we can adopt a similar approach in
information theory. We introduce the hyperbits, the first information
quasiparticles which we prove to be a resource equivalent to entanglement and
classical communication, and give examples how they can be used to simplify
calculations and get more insight into communication protocols.

Quantum Physics