scholarly journals SOLVING THE NONLOCALITY RIDDLE BY CONFORMAL QUANTUM GEOMETRODYNAMICS

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (08) ◽  
pp. 1241013 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRICO SANTAMATO ◽  
FRANCESCO DE MARTINI
Keyword(s):  
Differential Geometry ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Configuration Space ◽  
Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Bell Inequalities ◽  
Dynamical Problem ◽  
Quantum Nonlocality ◽  
Bell’S Inequalities ◽  
The Common ◽  
Quantum Geometrodynamics

Since the 1935 proposal by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen the riddle of nonlocality, today demonstrated by the violation of Bell's inequalities within innumerable experiments, has been a cause of concern and confusion within the debate over the foundations of quantum mechanics. The present paper tackles the problem by a nonrelativistic approach based on conformal differential geometry applied to the solution of the dynamical problem of two entangled spin 1/2 particles. It is found that the quantum nonlocality may be understood on the basis of a conformal quantum geometrodynamics acting necessarily on the full "configuration space" of the entangled particles. At the end, the violation of the Bell inequalities is demonstrated without making recourse to the common nonlocality paradigm.

Land bidding game with conflicting interest and its quantum solution

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 1750034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haozhen Situ ◽  
Ramón Alonso-Sanz ◽  
Lvzhou Li ◽  
Cai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Bell Inequalities ◽  
Free Rider ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Quantum Game ◽  
Quantum Games ◽  
Bidding Game ◽  
Free Rider Problem ◽  
The Common ◽  
Quantum Solution

Recently, the first conflicting interest quantum game based on the nonlocality property of quantum mechanics has been introduced in A. Pappa, N. Kumar, T. Lawson, M. Santha, S. Y. Zhang, E. Diamanti and I. Kerenidis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 020401. Several quantum games of the same genre have also been proposed subsequently. However, these games are constructed from some well-known Bell inequalities, thus are quite abstract and lack of realistic interpretations. In the present paper, we modify the common interest land bidding game introduced in N. Brunner and N. Linden, Nat. Commun. 4 (2013) 2057, which is also based on nonlocality and can be understood as two companies collaborating in developing a project. The modified game has conflicting interest and reflects the free rider problem in economics. Then we show that it has a fair quantum solution that leads to better outcome. Finally, we study how several types of paradigmatic noise affect the outcome of this game.

The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Nonlocality ◽  
Standard Theory ◽  
Wave Mechanics ◽  
Many Worlds ◽  
Explanatory Role ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Quantum Phenomena

The book starts with a description of classical mechanics then discusses the quantum phenomena that require us to give up our commonsense classical intuitions. We consider the physical and conceptual arguments that led to the standard von Neumann-Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics and how the standard theory explains quantum phenomena. This includes a discussion of how the theory’s two dynamical laws work with the standard interpretation of states to explain determinate measurement records, quantum statistics, interference effects, entanglement, decoherence, and quantum nonlocality. A careful understanding of how the standard theory works ultimately leads to the quantum measurement problem. We consider how the measurement problem threatens the logical consistency of the standard theory then turn to a discussion of the main proposals for resolving it. This includes collapse formulations of quantum mechanics like Wigner’s extension of the standard theory and the GRW approach and no-collapse formulations like pure wave mechanics, the various many-worlds theories, and Bohmian mechanics. In discussing alternative formulations of quantum mechanics we pay particular attention to the explanatory role played by each theory’s empirical ontology and associated metaphysical commitments and the conceptual trade-offs between theoretical options.

scholarly journals Quantum Versus Classical Entanglement: Eliminating the Issue of Quantum Nonlocality

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1762-1780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Khrennikov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Classical Field ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Basic Factor ◽  
Coincidence Detection ◽  
Quantum Nonlocality ◽  
Photo Detectors ◽  
The Common ◽  
Light Beams

AbstractWe analyze the interrelation of quantum and classical entanglement. The latter notion is widely used in classical optic simulation of some quantum-like features of light. We criticize the common interpretation that “quantum nonlocality” is the basic factor differing quantum and classical realizations of entanglement. Instead, we point to the breakthrough Grangier et al. experiment on coincidence detection which was done in 1986 and played the crucial role in rejection of (semi-)classical field models in favor of quantum mechanics. Classical entanglement sources produce light beams with the coefficient of second order coherence $$g^{(2)}(0) \ge 1.$$ g ( 2 ) ( 0 ) ≥ 1 . This feature of classical entanglement is obscured by using intensities of signals in different channels, instead of counting clicks of photo-detectors. The interplay between intensity and clicks counting is not just a technicality. We elevate this issue to the high foundational level.

Relational Blockworld and Quantum Mechanics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Silberstein ◽  
W.M. Stuckey ◽  
Timothy McDevitt
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Quantum Nonlocality ◽  
Global Constraints ◽  
Quantum Superposition ◽  
Delayed Choice ◽  
Counterfactual Definiteness ◽  
Main Thread ◽  
Block Universe ◽  
Contextual Emergence

The main thread of chapter 4 introduces some of the major mysteries and interpretational issues of quantum mechanics (QM). These mysteries and issues include: quantum superposition, quantum nonlocality, Bell’s inequality, entanglement, delayed choice, the measurement problem, and the lack of counterfactual definiteness. All these mysteries and interpretational issues of QM result from dynamical explanation in the mechanical universe and are dispatched using the authors’ adynamical explanation in the block universe, called Relational Blockworld (RBW). A possible link between RBW and quantum information theory is provided. The metaphysical underpinnings of RBW, such as contextual emergence, spatiotemporal ontological contextuality, and adynamical global constraints, are provided in Philosophy of Physics for Chapter 4. That is also where RBW is situated with respect to retrocausal accounts and it is shown that RBW is a realist, psi-epistemic account of QM. All the relevant formalism for this chapter is provided in Foundational Physics for Chapter 4.

scholarly journals Mutually unbiased bases and symmetric informationally complete measurements in Bell experiments

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. eabc3847
Author(s):  
Armin Tavakoli ◽  
Máté Farkas ◽  
Denis Rosset ◽  
Jean-Daniel Bancal ◽  
Jedrzej Kaniewski
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Random Number ◽  
Random Number Generation ◽  
Bell Inequalities ◽  
Extremal Point ◽  
Optimal Rate ◽  
Quantum Nonlocality ◽  
Space Structures ◽  
Mutually Unbiased Bases ◽  
Practical Relevance

Mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) and symmetric informationally complete projectors (SICs) are crucial to many conceptual and practical aspects of quantum theory. Here, we develop their role in quantum nonlocality by (i) introducing families of Bell inequalities that are maximally violated by d-dimensional MUBs and SICs, respectively, (ii) proving device-independent certification of natural operational notions of MUBs and SICs, and (iii) using MUBs and SICs to develop optimal-rate and nearly optimal-rate protocols for device-independent quantum key distribution and device-independent quantum random number generation, respectively. Moreover, we also present the first example of an extremal point of the quantum set of correlations that admits physically inequivalent quantum realizations. Our results elaborately demonstrate the foundational and practical relevance of the two most important discrete Hilbert space structures to the field of quantum nonlocality.

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