Realism in the Realized Popper's Experiment

dc.creatorHunter, Geoffrey
dc.date2005-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:13:07Z
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dc.descriptionThe realization of Karl Popper's EPR-like experiment by Shih and Kim (published 1999) produced the result that Popper hoped for: no ``action at a distance'' on one photon of an entangled pair when a measurement is made on the other photon. This experimental result is interpretable in local realistic terms: each photon has a definite position and transverse momentum most of the time; the position measurement on one photon (localization within a slit) disturbs the transverse momentum of that photon in a non-predictable way in accordance with the uncertainty principle; however, there is no effect on the other photon (the photon that is not in a slit) no action at a distance. The position measurement (localization within a slit) of the one photon destroys the entanglement between the photons; i.e. decoherence occurs.
dc.description6 pages as published in the AIP Proceedings
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507011
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507011
dc.identifierAIP Proceedings of the 2002 MRST Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/92992
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleRealism in the Realized Popper's Experiment
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