Impossibility of covariant deterministic nonlocal hidden-variable extensions of quantum theory

Gisin, Nicolas

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.83.020102

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Impossibility of covariant deterministic nonlocal hidden-variable extensions of quantum theory

ContributorsGisin, Nicolas

Published inPhysical review, A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, vol. 83, no. 2, p. 020102-1/2

Publication date2011

Abstract

Local variables cannot describe the quantum correlations observed in tests of Bell inequalities. Likewise, we show that deterministic nonlocal variables cannot describe quantum correlations in a relativistic time-order-invariant way.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée

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GISIN, Nicolas. Impossibility of covariant deterministic nonlocal hidden-variable extensions of quantum theory. In: Physical review, A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2011, vol. 83, n° 2, p. 020102–1/2. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.020102

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PID : unige:15940
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.020102

ISSN of the journal1050-2947

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Impossibility of covariant deterministic nonlocal hidden-variable extensions of quantum theory

Local variables cannot describe the quantum correlations observed in tests of Bell inequalities. Likewise, we show that deterministic nonlocal variables cannot describe quantum correlations in a relativistic time-order-invariant way.

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