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An explicit contextualized hidden variable model replicating an indivisible quantum system

Quantum Physics 2015-06-16 v2

Abstract

Recent experiments and theory have further illuminated the concept of "quantum contextuality". In this paper we take an inequality - the Pentagram (or KCBS) inequality, which is violated by an unentangled spin-1 system - and given a relaxed assumption of non-contextuality show that a hidden variable model may be constructed that replicates exactly the quantum bound. This is in contrast to the case of an entangled pair of spin-1/2 particles where a similar relaxation of the assumption of locality does not lead to a replication of the quantum bound. Some reasons are proposed for why this may be the case.

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@article{arxiv.1306.6801,
  title  = {An explicit contextualized hidden variable model replicating an indivisible quantum system},
  author = {William N. Plick and Radek Lapkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6801},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 figure, comments welcome

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