Quantum nonlocality

• Main Author: Vaidman, Lev
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI 2019; MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
• Subjects: axioms for quantum theory; Bell test; Bell’s theorem; biological quantum decoherence; Book Industry Communication; channel capacity; channel entropy; classical limit; collapse of the quantum state; communication complexity; continuous-variable states; controlled-NOT; density-matrix formalism; device-independent; discrete-variable states; Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen argument; entanglement; entropic uncertainty relation; EPR steering; general entropies; hybrid entanglement; hypothesis testing; ion channels; KS Box; local hidden variables; local polytope; local realism; no-signalling; Non-contextuality inequality; non-linear Schrödinger model; non-locality; nonlocal correlations; nonlocal dissipation models; nonlocality; nonsignaling; optimization; p-value; parallel lives; parity measurements; pigeonhole principle; PR Box; pre- and post-selected systems; Q1-390; QC1-999; quantum; quantum bounds; quantum correlation; quantum correlations; quantum measurement; quantum mechanics; quantum nonlocality; quantum teleportation of unknown qubit; quantum transport; Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects; Research & information: general; retro-causal channel; retrocausality; selectivity filter; semiconductor nanodevices; steering; Stern–Gerlach experiment; tsallis entropy; uncertainty relations; Wigner-function simulations
• ISBN: 3038979481; 9783038979487; 9783038979494; 303897949X
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03897-949-4

This book presents the current views of leading physicists on the bizarre property of quantum theory: nonlocality. Einstein viewed this theory as “spooky action at a distance” which, together with randomness, resulted in him being unable to accept quantum theory. The contributions in the book describe, in detail, the bizarre aspects of nonlocality, such as Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen steering and quantum teleportation—a phenomenon which cannot be explained in the framework of classical physics, due its foundations in quantum entanglement. The contributions describe the role of nonlocality in the rapidly developing field of quantum information. Nonlocal quantum effects in various systems, from solid-state quantum devices to organic molecules in proteins, are discussed. The most surprising papers in this book challenge the concept of the nonlocality of Nature, and look for possible modifications, extensions, and new formulations—from retrocausality to novel types of multiple-world theories. These attempts have not yet been fully successful, but they provide hope for modifying quantum theory according to Einstein’s vision.