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arXiv:1307.3772

Entanglement is Sometimes Enough

Xiao‐Feng Qian, Joseph H. Eberly

Published Jul 14, 2013• 3 citations
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Abstract

For many decades the word "entanglement" has been firmly attached to the world of quantum mechanics. So is the phrase "Bell violation". Here we show, without contradicting quantum mechanics, that classical non-deterministic fields also provide a natural basis for entanglement and Bell analyses. Surprisingly, such fields are not eliminated by the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt Bell violation test as viable alternatives to quantum theory. An experimental setup for verification is proposed.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1307.3772

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