Empirical consequences of the scientific construction: The program of local hidden-variables theories in quantum mechanics |
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Authors: | Miguel Ferrero Emilio Santos |
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Institution: | (1) Departmento de Fisica, Universidad de Oviedo, 33007 Oviedo, Spain;(2) Departmento de Fisica Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain |
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Abstract: | We claim that physics has been constructed because three “philosophical” principles have been respected, namely, realism,
locality, and consistency. These principles lead to an interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM) in terms of local hidden-variables
theories (LHV). In order to prove that LHV have not been refuted, we analyze the empirical proofs of Bell's inequalities and
we argue that none is loophole-free. Then we propose a restricted QM that does not contain measurement postulates and that
does not claim that all state vectors (self-adjoint operators) are states (observables). The contradiction of such restricted
QM with Bell's inequality cannot be shown as a theorem, but only by the design of a loophole-free experiment. Finally, we
argue that noise has been underestimated in quantum theory. It does not appear in QM, but it is essential in quantum field
theory. We conjecture that noise will prevent the violation of Bell's inequality. |
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