Tests of alternative Quantum Theories with Neutrons
- Author(s)
- S. Sponar, J. Klepp, C. Schmitzer, H. Bartosik, K. Durstberger-Rennhofer, G. Badurek, Y. Hasegawa
- Abstract
According to Bell's theorem, every theory based on local realism is at variance with certain predictions of quantum mechanics. A theory that maintains realism but abandons reliance on locality, which has been proposed by Leggett, is incompatible with experimentally observable quantum correlations. In our experiment correlation measurements of spin-energy entangled single-neutrons violate a Leggett-type inequality by more than 7.6 standard deviations. The experimental data falsify the contextual realistic model and are fully in favor of quantum mechanics.
- Organisation(s)
- Physics of Functional Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität Wien, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Pages
- 41-43
- No. of pages
- 3
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4903089
- Publication date
- 2014
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103025 Quantum mechanics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/tests-of-alternative-quantum-theories-with-neutrons(93cbc067-f20d-4173-abae-ca70b1c098d4).html