Quantum Electrodynamics is free from the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
Abstract
I show that Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) predicts a sort of uncertainty principle on the number of the "soft photons" that can be produced in coincidence with the particles that are observed in any EPR experiment. This result is argued to be sufficient to remove the original EPR paradox. A signature of this soft-photons solution of the EPR paradox would be the observation of apparent symmetry violation in single events. On the other hand, in the case of the EPR experiments that have actually been realized, the QED correlations are argued to be very close to those calculated by the previous, incomplete treatment, which showed a good agreement with the data. Finally, the usual interpretation of the correlations themselves as a real sign of nonlocality is also criticized.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0110059,
title = {Quantum Electrodynamics is free from the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox},
author = {Daniele Tommasini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0110059},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures The discussion of the correlations has been improved, and includes also a criticism of their interpretation as a real sign of nonlocality. More space is dedicated in demonstrating how the original EPR paradox is removed