John Bell and the nature of the quantum world

  • Reinhold A. Bertlmann (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

I present my encounter with John Bell at CERN, our collaboration and joint work in particle physics. I also recall our quantum debates and give my personal view on Bell's fundamental work on quantum theory, in particular, on contextuality and nonlocality of quantum physics. Some mathematical and geometric aspects of entanglement are discussed as influence of Bell's theorem. Finally, I make some historical comments on the experimental side of Bell inequalities.
Original languageEnglish
Article number424007
Number of pages34
JournalJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume47
Issue number42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Oct 2014

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103025 Quantum mechanics
  • 103034 Particle physics

Keywords

  • Bell inequalities
  • nonlocality
  • contextuality
  • entanglement
  • geometry of quantum states
  • HIDDEN-VARIABLE THEORIES
  • RESONANCE PHYSICS
  • SEPARABILITY CRITERION
  • MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION
  • EXPONENTIAL MOMENTS
  • PROPOSED EXPERIMENT
  • BOUND ENTANGLEMENT
  • PARTICLE PHYSICS
  • MIXED STATES
  • HEAVY QUARKS

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