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The recent scholarly discourse in "quant-ph" focuses significantly on the reconciliation of quantum phenomena with classical physics and relativity. Papers by Huw Price and Ken Wharton introduce a novel framework suggesting that quantum entanglement and Bell correlations can be explained as a selection artefact involving collider bias and boundary constraints, potentially harmonizing nonlocality with relativistic principles without invoking superluminal causation. This theoretical advancement, particularly in the context of W-shaped and V-shaped Bell experiments, marks a critical step in understanding quantum nonlocality within relativistic constraints. Complementarily, the work by Alfinito, Viglione, and Vitiello on decoherence highlights its role as a threshold for classical behavior and the applicability of quantum field theory, while Slater's exploration of Bures geometry in three-level quantum systems extends the mathematical understanding of quantum state spaces, deepening insights into the geometric framework of quantum mechanics. Together, these studies contribute to a comprehensive understanding of quantum systems' behavior, emphasizing the interplay between quantum mechanics, field theory, and relativity.
We propose that quantum entanglement is a special sort of selection artefact, explicable as a combination of (i) collider bias and (ii) a boundary constraint on the collider variable. We show that the proposal is valid for a special class of (`W-shaped') Bell experiments involving delayed-choice entanglement swapping, and argue that it can be extended to the ordinary (`V-shaped') case. The proposal requires no direct causal influence outside lightcones, and may hence offer a way to reconcile Bell nonlocality and relativity. The main argument is a detailed version of an approach previously outlined in arXiv:2404.13928 [quant-ph].
In previous work with Ken Wharton, it was proposed that Bell correlations are a special sort of selection artefact, explained by a combination of (i) collider bias and (ii) a boundary constraint on the collider variable. This requires no direct causal influence outside lightcones, and may hence offer a new way to reconcile Bell nonlocality and relativity. This piece outlines a new argument for the proposal. It explains how it is valid for a special class of ('W-shaped') Bell experiments involving delayed-choice entanglement swapping, and argues that it can be extended to the general ('V-shaped') case. A detailed version of the argument is now available in arXiv:2406.04571 [quant-ph].
The decoherence mechanism signals the limits beyond which the system dynamics approaches the classical behavior. We show that in some cases decoherence may also signal the limits beyond which the system dynamics has to be described by quantum field theory, rather than by quantum mechanics.
For the eight-dimensional Riemannian manifold comprised by the three-level quantum systems endowed with the Bures metric, we numerically approximate the integrals over the manifold of several functions of the curvature and of its (anti-)self-dual parts. The motivation for pursuing this research is to elaborate upon the findings of Dittmann in his paper, "Yang-Mills equation and Bures metric" (quant-ph/9806018).