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arXiv:quant-ph/0107098

A delayed-choice thought-experiment with later-time entanglement

C. F. Boyle, R. L. Schafir

Published Jul 19, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

It is possible to find the nonlocality type of correlations between particle pairs retrospectively, matched with the outcomes of a future entangling measurement. But this does not imply nonlocality in subensembles of product pairs, nor does it imply an influence propagating backwards in time.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0107098

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