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View SchemaAn experiment that proves the absence of nonlocality in quantum mechanics
| Authors | C . S. Unnikrishnan |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0206190 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0206190 |
Abstract
I have been arguing that quantum nonlocality, deeply entrenched in the present formalism of quantum mechanics and widely believed as a reality by physicists, is in fact absent. Spooky nonlocal state reduction is the most, and perhaps the only irrational feature of present day physics. There are experimental results that reject nonlocal state reduction at a distance. Also, there are arguments that show that signal locality itself can be violated if there is true nonlocal collapse of the wavefunction. The Bell's inequalities, the violation of which polarized physicists in favour of nonlocality, arise not due to nonlocality, but due to ignoring prior information on correlations encoded in the phase of local probability amplitudes. Here I discuss an experiment involving particles entangled in energy and time variables that shows that there is no nonlocal state reduction during measurements on entangled particles. Quantum mechanics is inconsistent if it includes the concept of wavefunction collapse as a physical process for entangled multi-particle systems.
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"abstract": "I have been arguing that quantum nonlocality, deeply entrenched in the\npresent formalism of quantum mechanics and widely believed as a reality by\nphysicists, is in fact absent. Spooky nonlocal state reduction is the most, and\nperhaps the only irrational feature of present day physics. There are\nexperimental results that reject nonlocal state reduction at a distance. Also,\nthere are arguments that show that signal locality itself can be violated if\nthere is true nonlocal collapse of the wavefunction. The Bell\u0027s inequalities,\nthe violation of which polarized physicists in favour of nonlocality, arise not\ndue to nonlocality, but due to ignoring prior information on correlations\nencoded in the phase of local probability amplitudes. Here I discuss an\nexperiment involving particles entangled in energy and time variables that\nshows that there is no nonlocal state reduction during measurements on\nentangled particles. Quantum mechanics is inconsistent if it includes the\nconcept of wavefunction collapse as a physical process for entangled\nmulti-particle systems.",
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"title": "An experiment that proves the absence of nonlocality in quantum mechanics",
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