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Bell Inequality and Quantum Entanglement

What you are seeing: a source emits two photons in a polarization singlet. Alice (left) measures at angle aa, Bob (right) at bb. The singlet correlation is E(a,b)=cos(2(ab))E(a, b) = -\cos(2(a-b)); the CHSH statistic SS is bounded by 2 classically but reaches 222\sqrt{2} in quantum mechanics

Figure 1. Bell-CHSH test with polarization-entangled photons. Method: closed-form singlet correlation + Monte Carlo finite-sample E.
a (deg)0
a (deg)45
b (deg)22
b (deg)67
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WHAT TO TRY

  • Set the optimal-CHSH preset: the singlet correlation E(a,b) = -cos(a-b) pushes the CHSH combination S up to 2 sqrt 2, the Tsirelson bound. No local hidden-variable theory can exceed S = 2.
  • Drag the analyzer angles a and b: watch S swing between 2 and 2.83. Whenever S crosses above 2 the verdict flips to a Bell violation, ruling out local realism.
  • Switch to the aligned preset (a = b): the photons always agree, S drops to 2, and the correlation looks classical. Entanglement only shows its teeth at the carefully chosen optimal angles.