The
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Experiment and Paradox| The
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Experiment and Paradox |
In General > s.a. correlations; quantum
information; wigner functions.
* Idea: An
argument that could be called Einstein's reality-locality-completeness theorem,
since it proves that one of these three properties must be false for quantum
mechanics.
* Remark: It is a paradox
only if we assume that (e.g., in the decay 
0 → e+e–)
Alice's measurement of the spin of one particle makes the spin of the other
one an element of reality.
@ Reviews, books: Mermin PT(85)apr; Selleri
ed-88; Roussel qp/03-in;
Socolovsky qp/05;
Gisin qp/07-in;
Szabó a0712-in.
@ General references: Einstein et al PR(35);
Bohr PR(35);
Bohm & Aharonov PR(57), NC(60);
Kronz
PhSc(88); Omnès PLA(89);
Deltete & Guy PhSc(91);
Yurke & Stoler PRL(92)
[independent particle
sources];
Szabó qp/98, qp/00;
Khrennikov & Volovich qp/02 [EPR
vs Bohm-Bell]; Khrennikov FPL(04)
[and classical contextual probabilities]; Gyftopoulos & von Spakovsky qp/04 [current
understanding]; Whitaker FP(04)
[reassessment]; Norsen qp/04,
FPL(06) [and
Bell locality]; Tresser qp/05;
Conte a0711; Lando
& Bringuier EJP(08) [classical roots].
@ Critiques of argument: Brassard & Méthot IJQI(06)qp/07;
Field qp/07,
a0804 [comment
Fischer a0805];
Khrennikov a0804.
@ And gravity, general relativity: von Borzeszkowski & Mensky PLA(00);
Peres FdP(04)qp-in, FP(05)
[and information].
@ Proposed resolutions: Pitowsky PRL(82);
Dewdney et al JPA(87)
[causal account];
Szabó qp/98 [Reichenbachian concept of common cause]; Tommasini O&S(03)qp/02 [using
photon uncertainty].
@ Various particles and similar effects: Peres AJP(00)qp/99 [momenta];
Gisin & Go AJP(01)qp/00 [with
photons and kaons]; González-Robles
MPLA(03)
[any spin]; Bramon et al JMO(05)qp/04 [re B mesons];
Caban PRA(07)
[photons, quantum field theory approach].
EPR-Type Experiments > s.a. foundations; history; relativistic
quantum mechanics.
* Idea: Have a source
emitting two photons together in opposite directions (atomic cascade),
with polarizations measured "far" from the source along two directions,
each chosen at random among three possible directions at 120o from
each other; Quantum mechanics and local hidden variables theories give
different and incompatible predictions for the correlations between the
observed
polarizations
of
the two photons.
* Results: Experiments
of A Aspect et al at Orsay have confirmed the quantitative predictions of
quantum mechanics regarding Bell's inequalities, thus ruling out theories
with local hidden variables.
& Experimental groups,
1987: J F Clauser & S Freedman (Berkeley); R Holt & F M Pipkin
(Harvard); E S Fry & R C Thompson (Texas A&M); A Aspect & collaborators
(Orsay); 1999: N Gisin et al (Genève).
@ Reviews: Mattuck EJP(82);
Zajonc in(89); Lamoreaux IJMPA(92); Percival qp/00/Nat,
PLA(01).
@ Bell's inequalities: Aspect et al PRL(81),
PRL(82), PRL(92);
Marshall PLA(84)
[experiments needed]; Greenberger & Zeilinger
PW(95)sep; Tittel et al EPL(97)qp [35
m], PRA(98)qp/97 [10
km], PRL(98);
Weihs et al PRL(98)qp [with
enforced locality]; Sica OC(99)qp/01,
OC(99)qp/01;
Kracklauer2 qp/00;
Adenier & Khrennikov qp/06-in
[anomalies in photon data].
@ Bell-Kochen-Specker: Cabello & García-Alcaine PRL(98)qp/97;
de la Torre qp/06 [no x and p values].
@ Single particle: Hessmo et al PRL(04) [photon].
@ Experiments: Zhao et al FP(08) [even-based computer simulation]; > s.a. experiments
in quantum mechanics.
@ And locality: Cohen PRA(97); Accardi & Regoli qp/00-in;
Jacobs & Wiseman AJP(05)qp
[as a story]; Smerlak & Rovelli FP(07)qp/06 [relational
view of quantum mechanics]; Tresser qp/06 [no
locality assumption]; > s.a. locality.
Related Topics > s.a. bell's inequalities.
@ General references: Mermin in(86) [re loopholes]; Rarity & Tapster PRL(90);
Sinha & Sorkin FPL(91)
[sum-over-histories account]; Hagley et al PRL(97)
[with atoms]; Thompson qp/97/PRL
[critique]; Svozil NJP(06)qp/02 [simultaneous
measurements]; Bertlmann et al PLA(04)qp [meson
pairs]; Takei et al PRA(06)
[time-gated]; Ding et al hp/07 [in
hep].
@ And hidden variables: Michler et al PRL(00)
[non-contextual]; Hofer qp/01 [simulations,
with local hidden variables].
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