Nonlocal "realistic" leggett models can be considered refuted by the before-before experiment

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-589

  Suarez, Antoine ^a  

^a Center for Quantum Philosophy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Before before experiment; Influences from outside space time; Leggett's inequality; Single preferred frame; Time ordered nonlocality

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849151659     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9228-y     Document Type: Article

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