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Non-Local EPR Correlations using Quaternion Spin
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A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Sanctuary, B. EPR Correlations Using Quaternion Spin. Quantum Reports 2024, 6, 409–425, doi:10.3390/quantum6030026. Sanctuary, B. EPR Correlations Using Quaternion Spin. Quantum Reports 2024, 6, 409–425, doi:10.3390/quantum6030026.
Abstract
A statistical simulation is presented which reproduces the correlation obtained from EPR coincidence experiments without non-local connectivity. We suggest that spin carries two complementary properties. In addition to the spin polarization, we identify spin coherence as an attribute which is anti-symmetric and generates the helicity. This spin has structure formed from two orthogonal magnetic moments of spin $1/2$ each. These couple in free flight to form a spin 1, a boson. Upon encountering a filter, the spin 1 decouples into its two independent spins axes of $\frac{1}{2}$, with one aligning with the filter and the other randomizing. The process of decoupling from a free-flight boson to a measured fermion is responsible for the quantum correlation which results in the observe violation of Bell's Inequalities. The polarized states give a CHSH value of 2 while the resonance spin give a CHSH value of 3, more than from an entangled state which is $2\sqrt{2}$. Coherence can only be formulated by the existence of a bivector which gives a spin the same geometric structure as a photon. The only variable in this work is the angle that orients a spin on the Bloch sphere, first identified in the 1920's. The new features introduced here result from changing the spin symmetry from SU(2) to the quaternion group, $Q_8$. This introduces a bivector into the Dirac equation giving an element of reality which is anti-Hermitian. The calculations use standard spin algebra, and properties of quaternions.
Keywords
Foundations of physics; Dirac equation; Spin; Quantum Theory; non-locality; helicity
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
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Commenter: Bryan Sanctuary
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Corrected errors in the section Determining the Correlation
Improved the description of the CHSH correlation