Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Maximal violation of Bell inequalities by position measurements

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Appelstr. 2, 30167 Hannover (Germany)

Description

We show that it is possible to find maximal violations of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) Bell inequality using only position measurements on a pair of entangled nonrelativistic free particles. The device settings required in the CHSH inequality are done by choosing one of two times at which position is measured. For different assignments of the '+' outcome to positions, namely, to an interval, to a half-line, or to a periodic set, we determine violations of the inequalities and states where they are attained. These results have consequences for the hidden variable theories of Bohm and Nelson, in which the two-time correlations between distant particle trajectories have a joint distribution, and hence cannot violate any Bell inequality.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 072105-072105.16
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41096721
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BELL THEOREM; CORRELATIONS; HIDDEN VARIABLES; PERIODICITY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
Descriptors DEC
VARIATIONS

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