A rigorous analysis of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality experiment when trials need not be independent

DOI10.1007/S10701-014-9811-3zbMATH Open1302.81056arXiv1311.3605OpenAlexW1997986799MaRDI QIDQ474872FDOQ474872

Peter Bierhorst

Publication date: 25 November 2014

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

Abstract: The Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality is a constraint that local theories must obey. Quantum Mechanics predicts a violation of this inequality in certain experimental settings. Treatments of this subject frequently make simplifying assumptions about the probability spaces available to a local hidden variable theory, such as assuming the state of the system is a discrete or absolutely continuous random variable, or assuming that repeated experimental trials are independent and identically distributed. In this paper, we do two things: first, show that the CHSH inequality holds even for completely general state variables in the measure-theoretic setting, and second, demonstrate how to drop the assumption of independence of subsequent trials while still being able to perform a hypothesis test that will distinguish Quantum Mechanics from local theories. The statistical strength of such a test is computed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.3605

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zbMATH Keywords

hypothesis testBell's theoremBell inequalitieshidden-variable theoriesquantum theorymeasure-theoretic probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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