June 18, 2013

Simple Physics and Optimism. Will Local Realistic Rule?

But if the model does stand up, what have I accomplished? There is presently no experimental way to distinguish between one or two axes of quantization. Including counterfactual coincidences can be rejected out of hand and quantum mechanics still viewed as complete. The mechanics of applying quantum will not change. Having the option to accept local reality might have a salving effect on those generations of physicists who have been brought up believing the Copenhagen Interpretation and Bell. One can sigh a sigh of relief that non-locality is history and Nature is both real and deterministic, at least for spin. That would make a lot of people happy.
May 14, 2013

A Local Realistic Reconciliation of the EPR Paradox – Some consequences

1. The following is a research lecture given on January 22nd, 2013 at McGill Chemistry: Part 1: Introduction and the Statistical Ensemble Interpretation of quantum mechanics Part 2: The EPR paradox and problems with quantum mechanics Part 3: Measurement and EPR experiments Part 4: Entanglement and Non-locality Part 5: The […]
February 7, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 7 Video

In this part after the seminar there is a question and answer period for the seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox.
February 6, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 6 Video

In this part it is shown that the two dimensional spin model predicts the filter angles that give the maximum violation of the CHSH form of Bell's Inequalities. It is also shown that the 2D spin is consistent with the non-commutative trigonometry by Karl Gustafson who found that a vector of length √2 is needed for the violation. This vector his has the same properties of the 2D structured spin presented here.
February 5, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 5 Video

In this part my two dimensional spin model in introduced. The model treats one of the many spins that makes up the statistical ensemble that is the quantum state. It is shown how averaging over all the Local Hidden Variables agrees completely with the correlation found in EPR experiments in a local and realistic way.
February 4, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 4 Video

Two aspects of quantum mechanics that are not understood are non-locality and the persistence of entanglement to space-like separations. In this part entanglement is explained and non-locality is shown to be a concept that no-one understands. Non-locality is called quantum weirdness.
February 1, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 3 Video

In this part of the seminar it is pointed out that quantum mechanics is a theory of measurement of the microscopic. This means that a probe of some sort must be used to "see" spin. However it is pointed out that states exist in the completely isotropic environment in the absence of a probe.
January 31, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 2 Video

The longest standing unsolved problem in quantum mechanics is the EPR paradox. Its history is traced from the 1927 Solvay Conference to the present time. Today non-locality is firmly entrenched in physics and in spite of various experiments on teleportation, quantum cryptography and quantum computing, no one understands now entanglement persists to space like separation.
January 28, 2013

Seminar: A local realistic reconciliation of the EPR paradox–Part 1 Video

Local realism is heresy
January 3, 2013

CHSH: there lies a vector of length √2

....rather than showing the consistency of the 2D spin with the CHSH equation, we show the CHSH equation predicts the hidden spin. That is starting with the CHSH form of Bell’s Inequalities, a vector of length √2 is found that maximizes the CHSH equation: the 2D spin is hidden inside the CHSH equation.
December 29, 2012

Consistency of Bell’s (CHSH) Inequalities and two dimensional spin

I have been saying in my blogs that if spin has two axes of quantization, then all the quantum weirdness dissolves and the EPR paradox is reconciled. This is not some new change or addition to quantum mechanics, and there is nothing classical about it. The only deviation from the usual application of quantum mechanics is that a single spin is isolated and there is no measuring probe. That is, space is isotropic. So the only conceptual change I am making is the following: Quantum mechanics is a theory of measurement, but not of Nature, and can be extended to states that exist beyond our ability to measure.
November 8, 2012

When quantum mechanics fails in EPR experiments

Intuition tells us that if we improve detection efficiency and build better experiments the number of detected events will increase until, at 100% efficiency, Fair Sampling would be verified because all events would be recorded. This fails, however, to take into account the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Fair Sampling is always valid for classical events but not always valid for quantum events.

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