Winterberg's conjectured breaking of the superluminal quantum correlations over large distances

    Authors

    E. Gkioulekas

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Theor. Phys.

    Keywords

    entanglement; EPR experiment; quantum correlations; HIDDEN-VARIABLE THEORIES; BELL INEQUALITIES; RELATIONAL INTERPRETATION; MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; PHYSICAL REALITY; LOCAL; REALISM; WAVE-FUNCTION; PLANCK-SCALE; TURBULENCE; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We elaborate further on a hypothesis by Winterberg that turbulent fluctuations of the zero point field may lead to a breakdown of the superluminal quantum correlations over very large distances. A phenomenological model that was proposed by Winterberg to estimate the transition scale of the conjectured breakdown, does not lead to a distance that is large enough to be agreeable with recent experiments. We consider, but rule out, the possibility of a steeper slope in the energy spectrum of the turbulent fluctuations, due to compressibility, as a possible mechanism that may lead to an increased lower-bound for the transition scale. Instead, we argue that Winterberg overestimated the intensity of the ZPF turbulent fluctuations. We calculate a very generous corrected lower bound for the transition distance which is consistent with current experiments.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Theoretical Physics

    Volume

    47

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1195

    Last Page

    1205

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000254744000006

    ISSN

    0020-7748

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