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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Spin Entanglement Measurement of Two Protons

Hideyuki SAKAI, Y. Satou, T. Saito, A. Tamii

Published Jan 1, 2003• 3 citations
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Abstract

An experiment to measure the spin entanglement of two protons in the spin-singlet state is described. It may serve as a test of Bell's inequality. Two protons in the spin-singlet state will be produced by the ( d , 2 He) reaction and their spin correlation will be measured by a newly constructed polarimeter EPOL.
DOI
10.1143/jpsjs.72sc.193

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