Bell inequalities as constraints on unmeasurable correlations

DOI10.1007/S10701-012-9625-0zbMATH Open1242.81026arXiv1103.3644OpenAlexW3100667946MaRDI QIDQ424169FDOQ424169

Authors: Costantino Budroni, G. Morchio 

Publication date: 31 May 2012

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

Abstract: The interpretation of the violation of Bell-Clauser-Horne inequalities is revisited, in relation with the notion of extension of QM predictions to unmeasurable correlations. Such extensions are compatible with QM predictions in many cases, in particular for observables with compatibility relations described by tree graphs. This implies classical representability of any set of correlations < A_i >, < B >, < A_i B >, and the equivalence of the Bell-Clauser-Horne inequalities to a non void intersection between the ranges of values for the unmeasurable correlation < A_1 A_2 > associated to different choices for B. The same analysis applies to the Hardy model and to the "perfect correlations" discussed by Greenberger, Horne, Shimony and Zeilinger. In all the cases, the dependence of an unmeasurable correlation on a set of variables allowing for a classical representation is the only basis for arguments about violations of locality and causality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.3644

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell inequalitiesBoole algebrasextension of partial probability theoriesunmeasurable correlations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

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