Entangled States and the Compatibility Between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

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Scientific Paper
Title Entangled States and the Compatibility Between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
Author(s) Augusto Garuccio
Keywords entangled states, compatibility, Quantum Mechanics, relativity
Published 1997
Journal None
Pages 311-319

Abstract

It is possible to prove that Quantum Mechanics is incompatible with Special Relativity if the postulate of the reduction of wave packet is included in the axiomes of this theory. In this paper an apparatus based on a Michelson interferometer with a phase-conjugate mirror is described; it is proved that it is able to transmit superluminal signals using the intrinsic non-locality of quantum mechanics. The result is obtained using only the axioms of quantum mechanics and the wave packet reduction postulate.

PACS: 03.65Bz, 42.50.Wm