A classification of hidden-variable properties

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/42/425302zbMATH1152.81006OpenAlexW2027167022WikidataQ112739564MaRDI QIDQ3535587FDOQ3535587

Authors Adam Brandenburger, Noson S. Yanofsky

Publication date 13 November 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4650

zbMATH Keywords

EPRKochen-Specker

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Abstract: Hidden variables are extra components added to try to banish counterintuitive features of quantum mechanics. We start with a quantum-mechanical model and describe various properties that can be asked of a hidden-variable model. We present six such properties and a Venn diagram of how they are related. With two existence theorems and three no-go theorems (EPR, Bell, and Kochen-Specker), we show which properties of empirically equivalent hidden-variable models are possible and which are not. Formally, our treatment relies only on classical probability models, and physical phenomena are used only to motivate which models to choose.

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