Is quantum mechanics nonlocal?
Speaker:
Prof Robert Griffiths, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
Date:
cancelled
Various reasons have been given for supposing that quantum mechanics and
the real world, insofar as quantum mechanics is an accurate description
of it is nonlocal. These include: instantaneous collapse of a wave
function when a measurement is made; the peculiar properties of
entangled states of spatially separated particles, including violations
of Bell inequalities; the finite extent in space of Newton-Wigner states
in relativistic quantum theory. The talk will introduce and then analyze
these ideas, with particular emphasis on entangled states, to see
whether they indicate that quantum theory is nonlocal, or simply
non-classical.
Last updated: Thursday, 06-Jul-2000 11:39:00 CEST
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