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Detection Loophole in Bell experiments: How post-selected local correlations can look non-local

Quantum Physics 2011-04-04 v2

Abstract

A common problem in Bell type experiments is the well-known detection loophole: if the detection efficiencies are not perfect and if one simply post-selects the conclusive events, one might observe a violation of a Bell inequality, even though a local model could have explained the experimental results. In this paper, we analyze the set of all post-selected correlations that can be explained by a local model, and show that it forms a polytope, larger than the Bell local polytope. We characterize the facets of this post-selected local polytope in the CHSH scenario, where two parties have binary inputs and outcomes. Our approach gives new insights on the detection loophole problem.

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@article{arxiv.1010.1178,
  title  = {Detection Loophole in Bell experiments: How post-selected local correlations can look non-local},
  author = {Cyril Branciard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1178},
  year   = {2011}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures