Addressing Local Realism through Bell Tests at Colliders

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10979v2
• Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:53:21 GMT
• Title: Addressing Local Realism through Bell Tests at Colliders
• Authors: Matthew Low,
• Abstract summary: Two examples of quantum correlations are quantum entanglement and Bell nonlocality.<n>Bell nonlocality holds a special place because it plays a dual role in distinguishing theories where local realism is a valid description.<n>We study Bell tests in experiments in which the detector reports the correct outcome with a specified probability.
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• Abstract: One of the most notable aspects of quantum systems is that their components can exhibit correlations much stronger than those allowed by classical physics. Two examples of quantum correlations are quantum entanglement and Bell nonlocality, but generally there is a hierarchy of many types of quantum correlations. Among these correlations, Bell nonlocality holds a special place because it plays a dual role in distinguishing theories where local realism is a valid description. A Bell test, which is a test of local realism, typically needs to be augmented with assumptions to address possible loopholes in the experimental setup. In this work, we study Bell tests in experiments in which the detector reports the correct outcome with a specified probability. This mirrors the situation at high-energy colliders, where particle spins are not measured directly but inferred from the angular distributions of their decay products. We show that, in this setup, a test of local realism is not possible. Quantum correlations, however, are still present, measurable, and informative in high-energy colliders.

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