Proposed Experiment to Test Local Hidden-Variable Theories
Abstract
A theorem of Bell, proving that certain predictions of quantum mechanics are inconsistent with the entire family of local hidden-variable theories, is generalized so as to apply to realizable experiments. A proposed extension of the experiment of Kocher and Commins, on the polarization correlation of a pair of optical photons, will provide a decisive test between quantum mechanics and local hidden-variable theories.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- October 1969
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.880
- Bibcode:
- 1969PhRvL..23..880C