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A mathematical rigorous definition of EPR states has been introduced by Arens and Varadarajan for finite dimensional systems, and extended by Werner to general systems. In the present paper we follow a definition of EPR states due to Werner. Then we show that an EPR state for incommensurable pairs is Bell correlated, and that the set of EPR states for incommensurable pairs is norm dense between two strictly space-like separated regions in algebraic quantum field theory.
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The author is supported by the JSPS KAKENHI, No.23701009 and the John Templeton Foundation Grant ID 35771.
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Kitajima, Y. EPR States and Bell Correlated States in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory. Found Phys 43, 1182–1192 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-013-9739-z
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