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Bohm-Bell type experiments: Classical probability approach to (no-)signaling and applications to quantum physics and psychology

Quantum Physics 2019-10-02 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Probability

Abstract

We consider the problem of representation of quantum states and observables in the framework of classical probability theory (Kolmogorov's measure-theoretic axiomatics, 1933). Our aim is to show that, in spite of the common opinion, correlations of observables A1,A2A_1, A_2 and B1,B2B_1,B_2 involved in the experiments of the Bohm-Bell type can be expressed as correlations of classical random variables a1,a2a_1, a_2 and b1,b2.b_1, b_2. The crucial point is that correlations Ai,Bj\langle A_i, B_j \rangle should be treated as conditional on the selection of the pairs (i,j).(i, j). The setting selection procedure is based on two random generators RAR_A and RB.R_B. They are also considered as observables, supplementary to the "basic observables" A1,A2A_1, A_2 and B1,B2.B_1, B_2. These observables are absent in the standard description, e.g., in the scheme for derivation of the CHSH-inequality. We represent them by classical random variables rar_a and rb.r_b. Following the recent works of Dzhafarov and collaborators, we apply our conditional correlation approach to characterize (no-)signaling in the classical probabilistic framework. Consideration the Bohm-Bell experimental scheme in the presence of signaling is important for applications outside quantum mechanics, e.g., in psychology and social science.

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@article{arxiv.1812.10826,
  title  = {Bohm-Bell type experiments: Classical probability approach to (no-)signaling and applications to quantum physics and psychology},
  author = {Andrei Khrennikov and Alexander Alodjants},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.10826},
  year   = {2019}
}