Breuer, Thomas (2002) A No-Go Theorem for Hidden Variable Models of Inaccurate Spin Measurements. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Uncertainty about the actual orientation of the measurement device has been claimed to open a loophole for hidden variable models of quantum mechanics. In this paper I describe the statistics of inaccurate spin measurements by unsharp spin observables. If the inaccuracy is below a certain level, a no-go theorem for hidden variable models of the inaccurate measurement statistics follows: There are finite sets of directions such that not all the unsharp spin observables in these directions can consistently be assigned approximate truth-values in a non-contextual way.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Breuer, Thomas
Keywords:	Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Computablility
Depositing User:	Program Committee
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1054
Date:	2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1054

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