Bell's inequality for a single spin-1/2 particle and quantum contextuality

Citation
S. Basu et al., Bell's inequality for a single spin-1/2 particle and quantum contextuality, PHYS LETT A, 279(5-6), 2001, pp. 281-286
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
279
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20010205)279:5-6<281:BIFASS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We argue that for a single particle Bell's inequality is a consequence of n oncontextuality and is incompatible with statistical predictions of quantum mechanics. Thus noncontextual models can be empirically falsified, indepen dent of locality condition. For this an appropriate entanglement between di sjoint Hilbert spaces pertaining to translational and spin degrees of freed om of a single spin-1/2 particle is invoked. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.