Correlations, Bell Inequality Violation & Quantum Entanglement
arXiv:0810.5400
Abstract
It is one of the most remarkable features of quantum physics that measurements on spatially separated systems cannot always be described by a locally causal theory. In such a theory, the outcomes of local measurements are determined in advance solely by some unknown (or hidden) variables and the choice of local measurements. Correlations that are allowed within the framework of a locally causal theory are termed classical. Typically, the fact that quantum mechanics does not always result in classical correlations is revealed by the violation of Bell inequalities, which are constraints that have to be satisfied by any classical correlations. It has been known for a long time that entanglement is necessary to demonstrate nonclassical correlations, and hence a Bell inequality violation. However, since some entangled quantum states are known to admit explicit locally causal models, the exact role of entanglement in Bell inequality violation has remained obscure. This thesis provides both a comprehensive review on these issues as well as a report on new discoveries made to clarify the relationship between entanglement and Bell inequality violation.
PhD Thesis (176 pages). This thesis contains (1) a pedagogical review of the field (2) results previously reported in quant-ph/0604045, quant-ph/0608128, quant-ph/0703268, arXiv:0710.5350 (3) some relevant details omitted from these publications (4) a formal proof of equivalence between the class of CGLMP inequalities and the I_{22dd} inequalities
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