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We experimentally test a causal model that can explain Bell correlations—with a causal link between the outcomes. We find insufficient evidence that this model holds. With the same setup, we also obtain correlations that cannot be explained with this causal model, therefore ruling out completely this causal model as an explanation for quantum correlations in a Bell-type experiment.
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Giarmatzi, C. (2019). Experimental Test of a Classical Causal Model for Quantum Correlations. In: Rethinking Causality in Quantum Mechanics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31930-4_5
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