Do EPR-Bell correlations require a non-local interpretation of quantum mechanics? I: Wigner approach

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 56-61

  Scully, Marlan O ^a,b,c   Erez, Noam ^a   Fry, Edward S ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bell inequality; Hidden variables; Wigner

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

BELL CORRELATIONS; BELL INEQUALITIES; HIDDEN VARIABLE; HIDDEN VARIABLE THEORY; NON NEGATIVES; NONLOCAL; PHYSICAL REALITY; WIGNER;

BELLS;

EID: 27744491973     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.06.084     Document Type: Article

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