2003/04/17 by Michael Clover, M. R. Clover, Clover, Michael · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrochemical Analysis and Applications #Electron Spin Resonance Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0304115
4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; added reference to prism models, improved quality of figures
openalex publication_date 2003/04/17 · arxiv created 2003/04/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A local, time-retarded hidden variable model is described that fits the recently measured EPR data from the Innsbruck collaboration. The model is based on the idea that waves in the zero-point field convey information from the detectors to the source, stimulating the spontaneous emission of photons with definite polarizations. In order to match experimental data, the model is augmented with a further local assumption that the ``master'' photon (going back along the direction of the zero-point wave that triggered emission) will not be detected if the polarizer is not in the same orientation as the stimulated wave. This model predicts a ratio of coincidences to singles of 1/3 compared to standard quantum mechanics' 2/3 for the 2-fold choice of modulator settings, and predicts that a 20-fold choice of settings will yield a coincidence ratio of 1/40 with the SQM ratio unchanged. Such an outcome should be easily distinguishable given the Innsbruck group's measured efficiency of 1/20 in their experiment. This model also predicts that a coincidence at polarizer settings (a,b,t) will never be correlated with its time-retarded complement setting, (a',b',t-2L/c), a prediction for whose test the limited data publicly available at this time is inadequate.