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Bayesian analysis of Bell inequalities
Asher Peres
abstract: Statistical tests are needed to determine experimentally whether a
hypothetical theory based on local realism can be an acceptable alternative to
quantum mechanics. It is impossible to rule out local realism by a single test,
as often claimed erroneously. The ``strength'' of a particular Bell inequality
is measured by the number of trials that are needed to invalidate local realism
at a given confidence level. Various versions of Bell's inequality are compared
from this point of view. It is shown that Mermin's inequality for
Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states requires fewer tests than the
Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality or than its chained variants applied to a
singlet state, and also than Hardy's proof of nonlocality.
- oai_identifier:
- oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/9905084
- categories:
- quant-ph
- comments:
- 8 pages, LaTeX, PostScript figue on separate page
- arxiv_id:
- quant-ph/9905084
- journal_ref:
- Fortsch.Phys. 48 (2000) 531-535
- created:
- 1999-05-25
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