Uncertainty relations for the realization of macroscopic quantum superpositions and EPR paradoxes

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Title: Uncertainty relations for the realization of macroscopic quantum superpositions and EPR paradoxes
Author(s): Cavalcanti, E. G.; Reid, M. D.
Abstract: We present a unified approach, based on the use of quantum uncertainty relations, for arriving at criteria for the demonstration of the EPR paradox and macroscopic superpositions. We suggest to view each criterion as a means to demonstrate an EPR-type paradox, where there is an inconsistency between the assumptions of a form of realism, either macroscopic realism (MR) or local realism (LR), and the completeness of quantum mechanics.
Publication type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Vol. 54, no. 16-17 (Nov 2007), pp. 2373-2380
Publication year: 2007
FOR Code(s): 0205 Optical Physics; 0206 Quantum Physics; 1007 Nanotechnology
Keyword(s): Local realism; LR; Macroscopic quantum superpositions; Macroscopic realism; MR; Quantum electronics; Quantum optics; Quantum uncertainty relations; Uncertainty analysis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0950-0340
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340701639623
Peer reviewed