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The quantum potential and signalling in the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment

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According to the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics, one can precisely define the state of an individual particle in a many-body system by its position, momentum, and spin. It is shown in the EPR spin experiment that the quantum torque brings about an instantaneous change in the state of one of the particles when the other undergoes a local interaction, but that such a transfer of “information” cannot be extracted by any experiment subject to the laws of quantum mechanics.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11, rue P. et M. Curie, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    P. R. Holland & J. P. Vigier

  2. Service de Chimie Physique II, Campus Plaine U.L.B., Boulevard du Triomphe, Code Postal No. 231, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    P. R. Holland

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Dedicated to David Bohm on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Holland, P.R., Vigier, J.P. The quantum potential and signalling in the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment. Found Phys 18, 741–750 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00734154

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