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arXiv:1204.2751

Do Hardy-type proposals test nonlocality of single-particle?

Antoine Suárez

Published Apr 12, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

It is argued that Hardy-type proposals assume either nonlocality at detection, and then beg the question, or "local empty waves" (local hidden variables), and then have to accept "many worlds" and cannot prove nonlocality.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1204.2751

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