Reply to "Maximal violation of Bell inequalities by position measurements"

TL;DR

This paper refutes claims that Bohmian Mechanics cannot predict violations of Bell inequalities in position measurement experiments, clarifying misconceptions and emphasizing the importance of assumptions in Bell inequality proofs.

Contribution

The paper demonstrates that Bohmian Mechanics can indeed predict Bell inequality violations, correcting misconceptions and highlighting the assumptions involved in such proofs.

Findings

Bohmian Mechanics predicts maximal CHSH violations in certain experiments.

Misconceptions about Bohmian Mechanics' predictions are addressed.

The importance of assumptions in Bell inequality proofs is emphasized.

Abstract

In a recent article, Kiukas and Werner claim to have shown that Bohmian Mechanics does not make the same empirical predictions as ordinary Quantum Mechanics. More precisely, they have shown that ordinary Quantum Mechanics predicts maximal violations of the CHSH-Bell inequality for a certain experiment in which only position measurements are performed on two noninteracting entangled free non-relativistic particles. Kiukas and Werner claim that Bohmian Mechanics doesn't predict a violation of the CHSH-Bell inequality for that experiment. We explain that such claim is wrong and that the argument supporting their claim neglects the fact that Bohmian Mechanics does not satisfy all the assumptions needed to prove the CHSH-Bell inequality. We also clear up another few misconceptions about Bohmian Mechanics appearing in their article.