Published September 10, 2012
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Journal article
EPR before EPR: a 1930 Einstein-Bohr thought experiment revisited
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Physics Division, Rudjer Bošković Institute, PO Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb (Croatia)
Description
In 1930, Einstein argued against the consistency of the time-energy uncertainty relation by discussing a thought experiment involving a measurement of the mass of the box which emitted a photon. Bohr seemingly prevailed over Einstein by arguing that Einstein's own general theory of relativity saves the consistency of quantum mechanics. We revisit this thought experiment from a modern point of view at a level suitable for an undergraduate readership and find that neither Einstein nor Bohr was correct. Instead, this thought experiment should be thought of as an early example of a system demonstrating nonlocal 'EPR' quantum correlations, five years before the famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/33/5/1089Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1089-1097
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43128293
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MASS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MECHANICS; RESONANCE