On the meaning of locality: the overlapping assumptions

DOI10.1007/S40509-015-0053-7zbMATH Open1326.81015arXiv1509.03301OpenAlexW3101873355MaRDI QIDQ892966FDOQ892966

Authors: Afshin Shafiee, Farhad Taher Ghahramani 

Publication date: 12 November 2015

Published in: Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine the locality assumption of Bell's theorem in three steps of EPRB experiment. Depending on the context, locality is embodied in the conditions of separability, local causality, factorizability, relativistic causality, and non-contextuality. We show that separability, characterized by the constraint of zero covariance, is equivalent to local causality which leads to factorizability through the measurement process. Factorizability is the conjunction of parameter independence and outcome independence. It is commonly believed that relativistic causality is equivalent to parameter independence, which is satisfied by quantum mechanics. According to our approach, however, this is unjustified due to the second step analysis of EPRB experiment, including the measurement on the first particle. We define non-contextuality based on preparation procedure and measurement process. Preparation-based non-contextuality is an independent assumption, but non-locality within the framework of a separable model can be interpreted as measurement-based contextuality. Finally, we show that any fundamental theory consistent with quantum mechanics, should refute outcome independence in its framework of description.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03301

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell's theoremseparabilitycontextualitylocality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

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