Published April 1985
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Journal article
Bell's theorem and the foundations of quantum physics
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Description
A locality property expressing the idea that causal influences can propagate only forward in time, from earlier cause to later effect, and no faster than light is shown to be mathematically incompatible with certain predictions of quantum theory. The contradiction is proved without invoking any additional assumptions such as realism or hidden variables that contravene conventional quantum thinking. The failure of this locality property refines ideas about the theory of relativity, and opens the way to an objective interpretation of quantum theory that may expand its domain of applicability outside the one circumscribed by the orthodox Copenhagen interpretation
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Am. J. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 53
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Am. J. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 306-317
- ISSN
- 0002-9505
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16065337
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BELL THEOREM; CAUSALITY; LOCALITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RELATIVITY THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MECHANICS