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The recent experiments made on the analysis of the polarizations of the two photons emitted in a radiative decay of an excited calcium atom are reviewed. From the possible biases, only that coming from a conspiracy generated by non-detected photons in the apparatus cannot be completely excluded. However, this hypothesis is found unlikely to allow the possibility of some deterministic local theory. Non-local effects predicted by quantum mechanics are thus very difficult to reject.
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Six, J. (1985). Can Non-Detected Photons Simulate Non-Local Effects in Two-Photon Polarization Correlation Experiments ?. In: Tarozzi, G., van der Merwe, A. (eds) Open Questions in Quantum Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5245-4_12
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