arXiv:quant-ph/9712049

Relativistic Nonlocality in experiments with successive impacts

Antoine Suárez

Published Dec 20, 1997• 4 citations

Abstract

Relativistic Nonlocality is applied to experiments in which one of the photons impacts successively at two beam-splitters. It is discussed whether a time series with 2 non-before impacts can be produced with beam-splitters at rest, and such an experiment may allow us to decide between Quantum Mechanics (QM) and Relativistic Nonlocality (RNL).

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9712049

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