Contextuality in Quantum Mechanics: Testing the Klyachko Inequality

TitleContextuality in Quantum Mechanics: Testing the Klyachko Inequality
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsBub, J, Stairs, A
Date Published2010/06/02
Abstract

The Klyachko inequality is an inequality for the probabiities of the values
of five observables of a spin-1 particle, which is satisfied by any
noncontextual assignment of values to this set of observables, but is violated
by the probabilities defined by a certain quantum state. We describe an
experiment between two entangled spin-1 particles to test contextuality via a
related inequality. We point out that a test of contextuality by measurements
on a single particle to confirm the Klyachko inequality requires an assumption
of non-disturbance by the measuring instrument, which is avoided in the
two-particle experiment.

URLhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1006.0500v2