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View SchemaNo time loophole in Bell's theorem; the Hess-Philipp model is non-local
| Authors | R. D. Gill, G. Weihs, A. Zeilinger, M. Zukowski |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0208187 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0208187 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.182536499 |
| Journal | PNAS 2002, 99: 14632-14635 |
Abstract
Hess and Philipp have recently claimed that proofs of Bell's theorem have overlooked the possibility of time dependence in local hidden variables, hence the theorem has not been proven true. Moreover they present what is claimed to be a local realistic model of the EPR correlations. If this is true then Bell's theorem is not just unproven, but false. We refute both claims. Firstly we explain why time is not an issue in Bell's theorem, and secondly show that their hidden variables model violates Einstein separability. Hess and Philipp have overlooked the freedom of the experimenter to choose settings of a measurement apparatus at will: any setting could be in force during the same time period.
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"title": "No time loophole in Bell\u0027s theorem; the Hess-Philipp model is non-local",
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