Einstein’s paradox

Prof. Margaret Reid

winburne University of Technology,

Melbourne, Australia

地点: 物理中211

时间: 2017年6月1日 (星期四) 15:00

摘要：Einstein believed that quantum mechanics was an

incomplete theory, famously quoting “spooky action at a

distance” and “God doesn’t play dice”. I give a

discussion of the famous argument (the Einstein-

Podolsky-Rosen paradox) that he used to justify his

beliefs. I will introduce the meaning of Einstein-

Podolsky-Rosen correlations, Bell’s theorem and the

concepts of entanglement and EPR-steering, as well how

to use the paradox for interpretations of the Schrodinger

cat. The paradox is not just of philosophical importance

and modern applications to quantum key distribution and

teleportation will also be explored.

报告人：Professor Reid is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of

Science. She is known for her pioneering work in new

fundamental tests of quantum theory, including

teleportation and cryptography. She graduated from the

University of Auckland with an MSc in theoretical physics

and then undertook PhD studies in New Zealand with Dan

Walls FRS, graduating in 1984. Reid is currently Professor

at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and

works as a researcher within the Centre for Quantum and

Optical Sciences. Prof. Reid's work has focused on the

fundamental tests of quantum mechanics, including of the

EPR paradox and Bell's theorem, based on parametric

down conversion and quantum optics. She developed

theories for the generation of squeezed states of light and

quantum non-demolition measurement

Contact：何琼毅 (qiongyihe@pku.edu.cn)