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Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment
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Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment [′īn‚stīn pə′däl·skē ′rōz·ənik‚sper·ə·mənt]
(quantum mechanics)
A Gedanken experiment which was introduced to argue that quantum mechanics is not a complete theory, involving polarization measurements on two photons emitted in opposite directions in an atomic cascade. Abbreviated EPR experiment.


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In its simplest form, the EPR paradox imagines a quantum reaction that sends two identical particles, A and B, flying apart in opposite directions.
WEDNESDAY D-1 RESULTS - Voorhees Masonry 23, EPR Paradox 18.
Now, on its 50th anniversary, the EPR paradox seems finally to have been "refuted," according to Mermin.
 
 
 
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