Matter does the field thing
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OBSERVATION + THEORY / QUANTUM PHYSICS
Matter does the field thing
Quantum behavior is not constrained by familiar human intuitions.
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FIGURE 7 / Left: an example field wave, not measured data. Right: mathematical Bell-test limits, 2 and 2.828. The technical score is CHSH |S|. [5-7]
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MODEL
Quantum field theory describes elementary particles as field excitations. The Higgs discovery supported a predicted field and mechanism. [5]
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PREDICTION
Bell inequalities bound correlations in local hidden-variable models under stated assumptions. Quantum theory permits stronger correlations. [7]
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EVIDENCE
Experiments violate those inequalities. A broad class of local hidden-variable explanations is therefore excluded. [7]
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LIMIT
The result establishes neither a consciousness field nor a requirement that matter be watched. Entanglement provides no controllable faster-than-light signal. [5-7]
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A surprising result does not approve every surprising explanation.
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0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 CHSH score |S|
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Quantum limit
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Local limit