Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered incomplete?

被引:3
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作者
Brassard, G [1 ]
Méthot, AA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Dept Informat & Rech Operat, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen; foundations of quantum mechanics; elements of reality; incompleteness;
D O I
10.1142/S0219749906001608
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
In loving memory of Asher Peres, we discuss a most important and influential paper written in 1935 by his thesis supervisor and mentor Nathan Rosen, together with Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky. In that paper, the trio known as EPR questioned the completeness of quantum mechanics. The authors argued that the then-new theory should not be considered final because they believed it incapable of describing physical reality. The epic battle between Einstein and Bohr intensified following the latter's response later the same year. Three decades elapsed before John S. Bell gave a devastating proof that the EPR argument was fatally flawed. The modest purpose of our paper is to give a critical analysis of the original EPR paper and point out its logical shortcomings in a way that could have been done 70 years ago, with no need to wait for Bell's theorem. We also present an overview of Bohr's response in the interest of showing how it failed to address the gist of the EPR argument.
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页码:45 / 54
页数:10
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