Hidden variables and the large-scale structure of space-time

@article{Valentini2005HiddenVA,
  title={Hidden variables and the large-scale structure of space-time},
  author={Antony Valentini},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2005}
}
  • A. Valentini
  • Published 2 April 2005
  • Physics
  • arXiv: Quantum Physics
We discuss how to embed quantum nonlocality in an approximately classical spacetime background, a question which must be answered irrespective of any underlying microscopic theory of spacetime. We argue that, in deterministic hidden-variables theories, the choice of spacetime kinematics should be dictated by the properties of generic non-equilibrium states, which allow nonlocal signalling. Such signalling provides an operational definition of absolute simultaneity, which may naturally be… 
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