Popper's test of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A test of quantum mechanics proposed by K. Popper and dealing with two-particle entangled states emitted from a fixed source has been criticized by several authors. Some of them claim that the test becomes inconclusive once all the quantum aspects of the source are considered. Moreover, another criticism states that the predictions attributed to quantum mechanics in Popper's analysis are untenable. We reconsider these criticisms and show that, to a large extend, the `falsifiability' potential of the test remains unaffected.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0501134,
title = {Popper's test of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {A. Bramon and R. Escribano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0501134},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, uses svmult style. Contribution to the book dedicated to Prof. Alberto Galindo, on occasion of his seventieth birthday