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View SchemaLocal Realism, Contextualism and Loopholes in Bell`s Experiments
| Authors | Andrei Khrennikov, Igor Volovich |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0212127 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212127 |
Abstract
It is currently widely accepted, as a result of Bell's theorem and related experiments, that quantum mechanics is inconsistent with local realism and there is the so called quantum non-locality. We show that such a claim can be justified only in a simplified approach to quantum mechanics when one neglects the fundamental fact that there exist space and time. Mathematical definitions of local realism in the sense of Bell and in the sense of Einstein are given. We demonstrate that if we include into the quantum mechanical formalism the space-time structure in the standard way then quantum mechanics might be consistent with Einstein's local realism. It shows that loopholes are unavoidable in experiments aimed to establish a violation of Bell`s inequalities. We show how the space-time structure can be considered from the contextual point of view. A mathematical framework for the contextual approach is outlined.
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