A simple demonstration of Bell's theorem involving two observers and no probabilities or inequalities

2002/06/11 by P. K. Aravind, Aravind, P. K. · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0206070

8 pages, 1 table, 4 figures (some in color).This is a much briefer version of the earlier paper (with an altered title!) that gives a tighter description of the main gedanken experiment and also eliminates some obscurities in its presentation. Sections 4-6 plus the appendix of the earlier version, which treat specialized topics that do not bear on the main theme, have now been eliminated

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Abstract

This paper describes a device, consisting of a central source and two widely separated detectors with six switch settings each, that provides a simple gedanken demonstration of Bell's theorem without relying on either statistical effects or the occurrence of rare events. The mechanism underlying the operation of the device is revealed for readers with a knowledge of quantum mechanics.

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