A Quantum Threat to Special Relativity. (Cover story)

• Autores: David Z Albert, Rivka Galchen
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 300, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 32-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article describes the theory of quantum entanglement and how it conflicts with physicist Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity. The author explains the theory of locality and how quantum mechanics has disproved it. The article discusses an experimental explanation of entanglement that was suggested by several physicists, including Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. INSETS: The EPR Thought Experiment;Bell's Theorem and the Physical World;OTHER WAYS OUT;Why Special Relativity Dislikes Nonlocality