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arxiv: 1102.1539 · v3 · pith:345NZIDFnew · submitted 2011-02-08 · ✦ hep-th · quant-ph

Hidden variables with nonlocal time

classification ✦ hep-th quant-ph
keywords nonlocallocalquantumtimeequationshiddenparameterparticle
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To relax the apparent tension between nonlocal hidden variables and relativity, we propose that the observable proper time is not the same quantity as the usual proper-time parameter appearing in local relativistic equations. Instead, the two proper times are related by a nonlocal rescaling parameter proportional to |psi|^2, so that they coincide in the classical limit. In this way particle trajectories may obey local relativistic equations of motion in a manner consistent with the appearance of nonlocal quantum correlations. To illustrate the main idea, we first present two simple toy models of local particle trajectories with nonlocal time, which reproduce some nonlocal quantum phenomena. After that, we present a realistic theory with a capacity to reproduce all predictions of quantum theory.

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