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Quantum entanglement and locality

M. Blaauboer

Published Nov 1, 2010• 1 citation

Abstract

Can a measurement at location A depend on events taking place at a distant location B, too far away for the information to be transmitted between the two? It does seem too mysterious to be true. Even Einstein did not believe so. But experiments seem to prove him wrong.

DOI: 10.1051/epn/2010602

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