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Realism in the Realized Popper's Experiment

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The realization of Karl Popper's EPR-like experiment by Shih and Kim (published 1999) produced the result that Popper hoped for: no ``action at a distance'' on one photon of an entangled pair when a measurement is made on the other photon. This experimental result is interpretable in local realistic terms: each photon has a definite position and transverse momentum most of the time; the position measurement on one photon (localization within a slit) disturbs the transverse momentum of that photon in a non-predictable way in accordance with the uncertainty principle; however, there is no effect on the other photon (the photon that is not in a slit) no action at a distance. The position measurement (localization within a slit) of the one photon destroys the entanglement between the photons; i.e. decoherence occurs.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0507011,
  title  = {Realism in the Realized Popper's Experiment},
  author = {Geoffrey Hunter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0507011},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages as published in the AIP Proceedings

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