Adam Brandenburger and Noson Yanofsky 2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 425302 doi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/42/425302
Adam Brandenburger1 and Noson Yanofsky2
Show affiliationsHidden variables are extra components added to try to banish counterintuitive features of quantum mechanics. We start with a quantum-mechanical model and describe various properties that can be asked of a hidden-variable model. We present six such properties and a Venn diagram of how they are related. With two existence theorems and three no-go theorems (EPR, Bell and Kochen–Specker), we show which properties of empirically equivalent hidden-variable models are possible and which are not. Formally, our treatment relies only on classical probability models, and physical phenomena are used only to motivate which models to choose.
03.65.Ta Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory
81P15 Quantum measurement theory
81Qxx General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory
Issue 42 (24 October 2008)
Received 8 January 2008, in final form 28 August 2008
Published 26 September 2008
Adam Brandenburger and Noson Yanofsky 2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 425302
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