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A Bell Theorem Without Inequalities for Two Particles, Using Efficient Detectors

Quantum Physics 2008-08-01 v2

Abstract

We consider an entangled two-particle state that is produced from two independent down-conversion sources by the process of "entanglement-swapping", so that the particles have never met. We prove a Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) type theorem, showing that the quantum mechanical perfect correlations for such a state are inconsistent with any deterministic, local, realistic theory. This theorem holds for individual events with no inequalities, for detectors of 100% efficiency.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0510201,
  title  = {A Bell Theorem Without Inequalities for Two Particles, Using Efficient Detectors},
  author = {Daniel M. Greenberger and Michael Horne and Anton Zeilinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0510201},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 embedded figures. This precedes and is a companion paper to quant-ph/0510207v2. There are only minor changes. This paper will appear in Phys. Rev. A