The relative polarization of the two photons emitted when a positron annihilates at rest has been re-investigated with high precision and a different method of data analysis. An experiment using a pair of ideal polarization analyzers to measure this relative polarization would be a special case of the general class of thought experiments discussed by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen (EPR). EPR argued from these thought experiments that a physical system can exist in a state with definite values for two non-commuting variables. Since quantum mechanics can not describe such a state, EPR called quantum mechanics "incomplete". But EPR believed a complete theory -sometimes called a hidden variable theory- is possible. (This argument of EPR is sometimes called the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen "paradox".) Our experimental results, together with a theorem due to Bell, provide strong evidence that a local "hidden variable" theory is not possible. The results also rule out a hypothetical modification of quantum mechanics, suggested by Bohm and Aharonov, which was motivated by the EPR thought experiments. Compton scattering was used to analyze the linear polarization. But the theorem of Bell, mentioned above, applies to relatively "ideal" polarization measurements. Therefore, it was necessary to prove the existence, and find the explicit form of the function f relating Compton and ideal linear polarization measurements. The existence of f is shown here to follow from general principles of quantum mechanics, plus parity and angular momentum conservation; the explicit form of f is deduced from the Klein-Nishina equation. Experimental evidence is cited against the argument that f may be different in a local "hidden variable" theory.

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Yes / The essay revisits the puzzle of the ‘passage’ of time in relation to EPR-type measurements and asks what philosophical consequences can be drawn from them. Some argue that the lack of invariance of temporal order in the measurement of a space-like related EPR pair, under relativistic motion, casts serious doubts on the ‘reality’ of the lapse of time. Others argue that certain features of quantum mechanics establish a tensed theory of time – understood here as Possibilism or the growing block universe. The paper analyzes the employment of frame-invariant entropic clocks in a relativistic setting and argues that tenselessness does not imply timelessness. But this conclusion does not support a tensed theory of time, which requires a preferred foliation. It is argued that the only reliable inference from the EPR example and the use of entropic clocks is an inference not just to a Leibnizian order of the succession of events but a frame-invariant order according to some selected clocks.

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Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-10-11T14:36:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelleitefernandes.pdf: 279997 bytes, checksum: 10717a2d36ac106c7c879c22dcad130e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-10-16T13:49:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelleitefernandes.pdf: 279997 bytes, checksum: 10717a2d36ac106c7c879c22dcad130e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-16T13:49:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rafaelleitefernandes.pdf: 279997 bytes, checksum: 10717a2d36ac106c7c879c22dcad130e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-08 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho vamos analisar as contribuições da não-comutatividade nos modelos eletrodinâmicos de Proca e Podolsky. O modelo de Proca não-comutativo (NC) é originalmente não invariante perante transformações de calibre. Neste trabalho obteremos, através do método chamado "gauge unfixing" (GU), uma hamiltoniana invariante por transformações de calibre. Em seguida, vamos estudar a versão NC do modelo eletro-dinâmico de Podolsky. Utilizando o produto Moyal e o mapeamento de Seiberg-Witten, encontraremos uma lagrangeana para o modelo de Podolsky no espaço-tempo NC e, a partir daí, analisaremos as contribuições da não-comutatividade para tal modelo. O primeiro aspecto importante é a invariância de calibre. O modelo de Podolsky é originalmente invariante de calibre porém, no espaço-tempo NC, a lagrangeana não é invariante perante as mesmas tranformações. Utilizando o método de Noether, encontraremos uma ação dual invariante de calibre e as simetrias serão calculadas. Em seguida é feita a quantização do modelo de Podolsky NC através de dois métodos, o método de Dirac e o método de Faddev-Jackiw. Uma comparação será feita entre os dois métodos. / In this work we will analyse the contributions of non-commutative (NC) to the Proca electrodynamics and also Podolsky's electrodynamics. The NC Proca model is originally not gauge invariant. Here we find, through the gauge unfixing method, a gauge invariant Hamiltonian. With respect to the Podolsky model, we used de Moyal product and the Seiberg-Witten map to analyze the NC contributions to this model. The first important aspect is the gauge invariance. The Podolky model is originally gauge invariant, however, in NC space the Lagrangian in not gauge invariant through the same transformations. Using the Noether method, we find a dual action gauge invariant and we calculate the symmetries. Then, we make the quantization for the NC Podolsky model through two formalism: the Dirac and the Faddev-Jackiw. A comparison is make between this two methods.

We report on conductance measurements in carbon nanotube based double quantum dots connected to two normal electrodes and a central superconducting finger. By operating our devices as Cooper pair beam splitters, we provide evidence for Crossed Andreev Reflection (CAR). We inject Cooper pairs in the superconducting electrode and measure the differential conductance at both left and right arm. The contacts split the device into two coupled quantum dots. Each of the quantum dots can be tuned by a lateral sidegate. If the two sidegates are tuned such that both quantum dots are at a transmission resonance, a considerable part of the injected Cooper pairs splits into different normal contacts. On the contrary, if only one of the two dots is at resonance, nearly all pairs tunnel to the same normal contact. By comparing different triple points in the double dot stability diagram, we demonstrate the contribution of split Cooper pairs to the total current. In this manner, we are able to extract a splitting efficiency of up to 50% in the resonant case. Carbon Nanotubes ensure ballistic transport and long spin-flip scattering lengths. Due to these properties they are promising candidates to investigate EPR-type correlations in solid state systems.