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Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 880–884 (1969)

Proposed Experiment to Test Local Hidden-Variable Theories

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John F. Clauser*
Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

Michael A. Horne
Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Abner Shimony
Departments of Philosophy and Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Richard A. Holt
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Received 4 August 1969; published in the issue dated 13 October 1969

A theorem of Bell, proving that certain predictions of quantum mechanics are inconsistent with the entire family of local hidden-variable theories, is generalized so as to apply to realizable experiments. A proposed extension of the experiment of Kocher and Commins, on the polarization correlation of a pair of optical photons, will provide a decisive test between quantum mechanics and local hidden-variable theories.

© 1969 The American Physical Society

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*Present address: Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.

See Also

Erratum: John F. Clauser, Michael A. Horne, Abner Shimony, and Richard A. Holt, Proposed Experiment to Test Local Hidden Variable Theories., Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 549 (1970).

 
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