A classification of hidden-variable properties

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/42/425302zbMATH Open1152.81006OpenAlexW2027167022WikidataQ112739564 ScholiaQ112739564MaRDI 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)

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

EPRKochen-Specker

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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