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Bell's inequality, probability modelling and quantum correlation experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. D. Finch
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Abstract

Problems associated with setting up a probability model which generates the quantum theoretical probabilities for the two spin 1/2 particle system are examined. Arguments which claim to show that such a model cannot be constructed within classical probability theory under the assumption of local singlet states are also considered. It is shown that the model then in question is not a probability model in the sense that term is used elsewhere in science. An alternative model is proposed and its bearing on the Einstein-Bohr debate is briefly discussed.

Type
Part 4 - Applied Probability and Quantum Theory
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue A , 1988 , pp. 139 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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