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CAUSAL LOCALITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Relativity (Physics)
CONT

... strong locality arises from the principle that no causal influence can travel faster than light, combined with the assumption ... that correlations arise from common causes, and once those have been taken into account the correlation should disappear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Relativité (Physique)
CONT

L'hypothèse de localité forte implique que la probabilité qu'une mesure du spin de l'électron A donne la valeur £A, par exemple, est indépendante du résultat de la mesure du spin de l'électron B, et même de l'axe selon lequel ce dernier est mesuré.

Spanish

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