Local hidden variables underpinning of entanglement and teleportation

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-143

  Kalev, A ^a   Mann, A ^a   Revzen, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entanglement; Local hidden variables; Teleportation; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846950447     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-006-9092-6     Document Type: Article

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