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Using Linear Programming to Construct Better Criteria for Closing the Detection Loophole in Epr Experiments

Quantum Physics 2008-05-06 v1

Abstract

I formulate the problem of closing the detection loophole as a constrained optimization problem. Numerical methods can then be used to maximize the detector efficiency subject to the constraint that there exists a local realist explanation for the quantum correlations observed in the EPR experiment in question. Any detector efficiency larger than this maximum rules out all local realist explanations, and hence closes the detection loophole.

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@article{arxiv.0805.0387,
  title  = {Using Linear Programming to Construct Better Criteria for Closing the Detection Loophole in Epr Experiments},
  author = {James H. Bigelow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0387},
  year   = {2008}
}

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23 pages

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