John Bell and the nature of the quantum world

Author(s)
Reinhold A. Bertlmann
Abstract

I present my encounter with John Bell at CERN, our collaboration and joint work in particle physics. I also recall our quantum debates and give my personal view on Bell's fundamental work on quantum theory, in particular, on contextuality and nonlocality of quantum physics. Some mathematical and geometric aspects of entanglement are discussed as influence of Bell's theorem. Finally, I make some historical comments on the experimental side of Bell inequalities.

Organisation(s)
Particle Physics
Journal
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume
47
No. of pages
34
ISSN
1751-8113
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/47/42/424007
Publication date
10-2014
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103025 Quantum mechanics, 103034 Particle physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physics and Astronomy(all), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Statistics and Probability, Mathematical Physics, Modelling and Simulation
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/john-bell-and-the-nature-of-the-quantum-world(8bc98b37-9aad-41be-b25e-df7cafe73f39).html