On the spin projection operator and the probabilistic meaning of the bipartite correlation function

DOI10.1007/S10701-019-00313-8MaRDI QIDQ2286557zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. M. Cetto, A. Valdés-Hernández, L. De La Peña

Publication date 22 January 2020

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.04225

zbMATH Keywords

Bell-type inequalitiescontextualitycorrelation functionentanglementprobability spacespin operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

Abstract: Spin is a fundamental and distinctive property of the electron, having far-reaching consequences in wide areas of physics. Yet, further to its association with an angular momentum, the physics underpinning its formal treatment remains obscure. In this work we propose to advance in disclosing the meaning behind the formalism, by first recalling some basic facts about the one-particle spin operator. Consistently informed by and in line with the quantum formalism, we then proceed to analyse in detail the spin projection operator correlation function $$ for the bipartite singlet state, and show it to be amenable to an unequivocal probabilistic reading. In particular, the calculation of $$ entails a partitioning of the probability space, which is dependent on the directions $$. The derivation of the CHSH- or other Bell-type inequalities, on the other hand, does not consider such partitioning. This observation puts into question the applicability of Bell-type inequalities to the bipartite singlet spin state.

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