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Quantum entanglement partly demystified
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
We consider a simple string model to explain and partly demystify the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. The model in question has nothing to do with string theory: it uses macros…
Are Bell-tests only about local incompatibility?
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
The view exists that Bell-tests would only be about local incompatibility of quantum observables and that quantum non-locality would be an unnecessary concept in physics. In this n…
When Bertlmann wears no socks. Common causes induced by measurements as an explanation for quantum correlations
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
It is well known that correlations produced by common causes in the past cannot violate Bell's inequalities. This was emphasized by Bell in his celebrated example of Bertlmann's so…
Violation of the Bell-CHSH inequality and marginal laws in a single-entity Bell-test experiment
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
We describe a simple experimental setting where joint measurements performed on a single (classical or quantum) entity can violate both the Bell-CHSH inequality and the marginal la…
On Aerts' overlooked solution to the EPR paradox
Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox was enunciated in 1935 and since then it has made a lot of ink flow. Being a subtle result, it has also been largely misunderstood. Indeed…
The Extended Bloch Representation of Quantum Mechanics for Infinite-Dimensional Entities
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
We show that the extended Bloch representation of quantum mechanics also applies to infinite-dimensional entities, to the extent that the number of (possibly infinitely degenerate)…
The extended Bloch Representation of Entanglement and Measurement in Quantum Mechanics
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi, Sandro Sozzo
The quantum formalism can be completed by assuming that a density operator can also represent a pure state. An 'extended Bloch representation' (EBR) then results, in which not only…
Quantum measurements as weighted symmetry breaking processes: the hidden measurement perspective
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
The purpose of the present note is twofold. Firstly, we highlight the similarities between the ontologies of Kastner's possibilist transactional interpretation (PTI) of quantum mec…
The GTR-model: a universal framework for quantum-like measurements
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
We present a very general geometrico-dynamical description of physical or more abstract entities, called the 'general tension-reduction' (GTR) model, where not only states, but als…
The Extended Bloch Representation of Quantum Mechanics. Explaining Superposition, Interference and Entanglement
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
The extended Bloch representation of quantum mechanics was recently derived to offer a (hidden-measurement) solution to the measurement problem. In this article we use it to invest…
A possible solution to the second entanglement paradox
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
Entangled states are in conflict with a general physical principle which expresses that a composite entity exists if and only if its components also exist, and the hypothesis that…
The Extended Bloch Representation of Quantum Mechanics and the Hidden-Measurement Solution to the Measurement Problem
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
A generalized Bloch sphere, in which the states of a quantum entity of arbitrary dimension are geometrically represented, is investigated and further extended, to also incorporate…
The Unreasonable Success of Quantum Probability II: Quantum Measurements as Universal Measurements
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
In the first part of this two-part article, we have introduced and analyzed a multidimensional model, called the 'general tension-reduction' (GTR) model, able to describe general q…
The Unreasonable Success of Quantum Probability I: Quantum Measurements as Uniform Fluctuations
Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
We introduce a 'uniform tension-reduction' (UTR) model, which allows to represent the probabilities associated with an arbitrary measurement situation and use it to explain the eme…