Academic Journal
Nonlocality Versus Modified Realism.
| Title: | Nonlocality Versus Modified Realism. |
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| Authors: | Zwirn, Hervé |
| Source: | Foundations of Physics; Jan2020, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p1-26, 26p |
| Abstract: | A large number of physicists now admit that quantum mechanics is a non-local theory. The EPR argument and the many experiments (including recent "loop-hole free" tests) showing the violation of Bell's inequalities seem to have confirmed convincingly that quantum mechanics cannot be local. Nevertheless, this conclusion can only be drawn inside a standard realist framework assuming an ontic interpretation of the wave function and viewing the collapse of the wave function as a real change of the physical state of the system. We show that this standpoint is not mandatory and that if the collapse is not considered an actual physical change it is possible to recover locality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | EINSTEIN-Podolsky-Rosen experiment, QUANTUM mechanics, BELL'S theorem, WAVE functions, PHYSICISTS, REALISM |
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| ISSN: | 00159018 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10701-019-00314-7 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |