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Causality and Nonlocality as Axioms for Quantum Mechanics

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Abstract

Quantum mechanics permits nonlocality---both nonlocal correlations and nonlocal equations of motion---while respecting relativistic causality. Is quantum mechanics the unique theory that reconciles nonlocality and causality? We consider two models, going beyond quantum mechanics, of nonlocality: ``superquantum'' correlations, and nonlocal ``jamming'' of correlations. These models are consistent with some definitions of nonlocality and causality.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCausality and Locality in Modern Physics
EditorsGeoffrey Hunter, Stanley Jeffers, Jean-Pierre Vigier
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Pages383-389
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)978-94-017-0990-3
ISBN (Print)978-90-481-5092-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

Publication series

Name Fundamental Theories of Physics
PublisherSpringer
Volume97
ISSN (Print)0168-1222
ISSN (Electronic)2365-6425

Keywords

  • Relativistic Causality
  • Unique Theory
  • Quantum Correlation
  • Light Cone
  • Clear Physical Meaning

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