Proposed Experimental Tests of the Bell-Kochen-Specker Theorem

1997/09/30 by Adán Cabello, Adan Cabello, Guillermo Garcia-Alcaine +1
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.1797

published as Phys.Rev.Lett.80:1797-1799,1998 · LaTeX, 8 pages

arxiv created 1998/02/19 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

For a two-particle two-state system, sets of compatible propositions exist for which quantum mechanics and noncontextual hidden-variable theories make conflicting predictions for every individual system whatever its quantum state. This permits a simple all-or-nothing state-independent experimental verification of the Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem.

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• On the Problem of Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics
• Hidden Variables and the Two Theorems of John Bell
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