Entanglement and non-hermitian states

February 11 2008
Types d’événements
Séminaire LARSIM
Bryan Sanctuary
SPEC Amphi Bloch, Bât.774,
11/02/2008
to 14:30

Entanglement is a unique property of quantum mechanics. From analysis of the singlet state, the state of a single spin ½ is deduced and found to be non-hermitian. This state leads to the four Bell states being separable. The question then arises if the separability is physically viable or simply a mathematical property of the Pauli Spin components. After presenting the spin ½ model, experimental evidence from EPR coincidence experiments is presented which gives support for the existence of this non-hermitian state. In particular this model leads to rationalization the filter settings that lead to violation of Bell’s Inequalities.

McGill University