Timing and Other Artifacts in EPR Experiments
Abstract
Re-evaluation of the evidence (some of it unpublished) shows that experimenters conducting Einstein-Podolsky-Bohm (EPR) experiments may have been deceived by various pre-conceptions and artifacts. False or unproven assumptions were made regarding, in some cases, fair sampling, in others timing, accidental coincidences and enhancement. Realist possibilities, assuming a purely wave model of light, are presented heuristically, and suggestions given for fruitful lines of research. Quantum Mechanics can be proved false, but Bell tests have turned out to be unsuitable for the task.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9704045,
title = {Timing and Other Artifacts in EPR Experiments},
author = {Caroline H. Thompson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9704045},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, LaTeX, 3 Encapsulated PostScript figures. Submitted 24:4:97 to Physical Review Letters. See also quant-ph/9611037 and other documents at http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cat