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    Some remarks on Bell's Inequality tests

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    We emphasize the difficulties of an experiment that can definitely discriminate between local realistic hidden variables theories and quantum mechanics using the Bell CHSH inequalities and a real measurement apparatus. In particular we analyze some examples in which the noise in real instruments can alter the experimental results, and the nontrivial problem to find a real "fair sample" of particles to test the inequalities.Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 2 figures, to be published in Europhysics Letter

    A dynamical symmetry breaking model in Weyl space

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    The dynamical process following the breaking of Weyl geometry to Riemannian geometry is considered by studying the motion of de Sitter bubbles in a Weyl vacuum. The bubbles are given in terms of an exact, spherically symmetric thin shell solution to the Einstein equations in a Weyl-Dirac theory with a time-dependent scalar field of the form beta = f(t)/r. The dynamical solutions obtained lead to a number of possible applications. An important feature of the thin shell model is the manner in which beta provides a connection between the interior and exterior geometries since information about the exterior geometry is contained in the boundary conditions for beta.Comment: 18 pages, RevTex, to be published in J. Math. Phy

    Maximal Acceleration Effects in Kerr Space

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    We consider a model in which accelerated particles experience line--elements with maximal acceleration corrections that are introduced by means of successive approximations. It is shown that approximations higher than the first need not be considered. The method is then applied to the Kerr metric. The effective field experienced by accelerated test particles contains corrections that vanish in the limit ℏ→0\hbar\to 0, but otherwise affect the behaviour of matter greatly. The corrections generate potential barriers that are external to the horizon and are impervious to classical particles.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures, to appear on Phys. Lett.
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