Cutting entanglement: Clarifying the concept in special relativity and quantum mechanics

Gordon Troup, David Paganin, Andrew Smith

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Abstract

The concept of entanglement is sometimes introduced in the published literature where it is unnecessary. The cases of Newtonian, special relativistic and quantum mechanical conservation of linear and angular momentum are treated here without entanglement, as is the two-slit interference experiment. A treatment of a topic where entanglement is necessary, q-bits, is then given. This is in the interest of helping students to learn Quantum Mechanics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-51
Number of pages3
JournalAustralian Physics
Volume49
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

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