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ERIC Number: EJ996081
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-0807
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EPR before EPR: A 1930 Einstein-Bohr thought Experiment Revisited
Nikolic, Hrvoje
European Journal of Physics, v33 n5 p1089-1097 Sep 2012
In 1930, Einstein argued against the consistency of the time-energy uncertainty relation by discussing a thought experiment involving a measurement of the mass of the box which emitted a photon. Bohr seemingly prevailed over Einstein by arguing that Einstein's own general theory of relativity saves the consistency of quantum mechanics. We revisit this thought experiment from a modern point of view at a level suitable for an undergraduate readership and find that neither Einstein nor Bohr was correct. Instead, this thought experiment should be thought of as an early example of a system demonstrating nonlocal "EPR" quantum correlations, five years before the famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paper.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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