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    Extreme quantum entanglement in a superposition of macroscopically distinct states

    N. David Mermin

    • Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1838 – Published 8 October, 1990

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1838

    Abstract

    A Bell inequality is derived for a state of n spin-1/2 particles which superposes two macroscopically distinct states. Quantum mechanics violates this inequality by an amount that grows exponentially with n.

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