A Proposed Experiment Concerning Nonlocal Correlations Between a Quantum Observer and Another Person

Don Nelson Page

The fact that first-person conscious perceptions or sentient experiences have many bits of information strongly suggests that they are produced nonlocally by the effects of many atoms, say by nonlocal quantum operators. If these nonlocal operators act back on the quantum state of the atoms, they could lead to evolution in which signals propagate superluminally, violating the usual causality of local quantum field theory. Although there is not yet any direct evidence that nonlocal operators associated with psycho-physical parallelism act back on the quantum state, it is not totally implausible that this might be the case. In principle the resulting superluminal propagation might be observable by sending signals across brain regions (neural correlates of consciousness) that lead to conscious perceptions.

Alexander Streltsov, S. M. Giampaolo, Wojciech Roga +2 more

Christina Giarmatzi

Chao Zhang, Huan Cao, Yun‐Feng Huang +3 more

Nonlocal correlation plays an important role in device independent quantum information processing. The standard Bell nonlocality has been well studied with single local hidden variables, however the nonlocal correlations in general networks with several independent quantum sources and distant observers have been far less explored. Here, by using three independent entangled photon sources and recently constructed nonlinear Bell inequalities, we experimentally test the nonlocal correlations in the network scenario with different topologies. The violation of the inequalities can be obtained simply with separate measurements, which is much more favourable from the practical point of view. Our experiment results show a violation as 0.7779±0.0093 for the star network, and 0.7303±0.0024 for the chain network. Furthermore, we demonstrate that more measurement settings for each observer can bound more information against an eavesdropper.

Sergey M. Korotaev, N. M. Budnev, V. O. Serdyuk +3 more

Although the general theory macroscopic quantum entanglement is still in its infancy, consideration of the matter in the framework of action-at-a-distance electrodynamics predicted, for the random dissipative processes, observability of the advanced nonlocal correlations (time reversal causality). These correlations were really revealed in our previous experiments with some large-scale random heliogeophysical processes as the source ones and the lab detectors as the probe ones. However, the strongest macroscopic nonlocal correlations are observed at extremely low frequencies; therefore, the long-terms experiments therewith under very stable conditions, which are difficult to achieve in a usual laboratory, are necessary. To overcome this difficulty, a new experiment has been conducted on the base of Baikal Deep Sea Neutrino Observatory since 2012. Baikal thick water layer is an excellent shield against any local impacts on the detectors. The long-term series of measurements demonstrates that detector signals respond to the random global heliogeophysical processes, but this nonlocal causal connection proves to contain considerable time reversal component. Nonlocal nature of this connection is confirmed by violation of the steering inequality. In addition, advanced nonlocal correlation of the detector signal with a regional source-process – the random component of hydrological activity (macroturbulence) in the upper layer is revealed. The possibilities of the random processes forecast on nonlocal correlations are demonstrated.

Muhammad Waseem, Faizan-e-Ilahi, Muhammad Sabieh Anwar