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A version of an experiment with a correlated pair of entangled particles is considered. This experiment demonstrates an interesting effect of variations in the entangled photon polarization that shows the reality of all of the various superposition components and the corresponding state vector of the quantum system. The possible consequences of this are analyzed.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Belinsky, A.K. Zhukovskiy, 2016, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Fizika, 2016, No. 3, pp. 34–39.
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Belinsky, A.V., Zhukovskiy, A.K. The state vector of a quantum system: Mathematical fiction or physical reality?. Moscow Univ. Phys. 71, 253–257 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027134916030024
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