Collapse of the wave function under simultaneous measurement

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The discussion centers on the implications of Bell's theorem in the context of simultaneous measurements of entangled photons, specifically referencing Alain Aspect's experimental setup. It concludes that while one might desire to measure two entangled photons simultaneously, the concept of "exactly the same moment" lacks an invariant meaning due to the relativity of simultaneity. The results of such experiments remain consistent regardless of the measurement order, affirming that expected correlations arise from spacelike separated measurements, as predicted by quantum theory.

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Supposing it could be done to perform a perfectly simultaneous measurement on 2 entangled particles, what would be the predicted correlation ?
Considering Bell’s theorem and the expected correlations between entangled particles or photons.
In a measurement setup e.g. Like Alain Aspect‘s with 2 entangled photons.
If we could make a setup that guarantees that the measurement on both photons is done at exactly the same moment, what correlation should we expect from those measurements?
 
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Philippe H said:
If we could make a setup that guarantees that the measurement on both photons is done at exactly the same moment

You can't, because "at exactly the same moment" has no invariant meaning.

Also, this doesn't matter, because the results of the experiment are independent of the order in which the measurements on the two photons are made.
 
Philippe H said:
If we could make a setup that guarantees that the measurement on both photons is done at exactly the same moment, what correlation should we expect from those measurements?
Every experiment in which the two measurements are spacelike separated (which is many of them) is a test of simultaneous measurement, as the measurements will be simultaneous in some inertial frame. (If you are not familiar with relativity of simultaneity and the notions of timelike and spacelike intervals you'll want to learn about these first - google for "spacetime interval" and "Einstein train simultaneity").

These experiments produce the expected correlations, which is completely unsurprising because the theory predicts that the order of the measrements does not matter.
 

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