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Event-by-event simulation of experiments to create entanglement and violate Bell inequalities
We discuss a discrete-event, particle-based simulation approach which
reproduces the statistical distributions of Maxwell's theory and quantum theory
by generating detection events one-by-one. This event-based approach gives a
unified cause-and-effect description of quantum optics experiments such as
single-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer, Wheeler's delayed choice, quantum
eraser, double-slit, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm and Hanbury Brown-Twiss
experiments, and various neutron interferometry experiments at a level of
detail which is not covered by conventional quantum theoretical descriptions.
We illustrate the approach by application to single-photon
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm experiments and single-neutron interferometry
experiments that violate a Bell inequality.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.236
Event-based simulation of single-photon beam splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers
We demonstrate that networks of locally connected processing units with a
primitive learning capability exhibit behavior that is usually only attributed
to quantum systems. We describe networks that simulate single-photon
beam-splitter and Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiments on a causal,
event-by-event basis and demonstrate that the simulation results are in
excellent agreement with quantum theory.Comment: EuroPhys. Lett. (in press); http://www.compphys.net/dl
Simulation of Quantum Computation: A deterministic event-based approach
We demonstrate that locally connected networks of machines that have
primitive learning capabilities can be used to perform a deterministic,
event-based simulation of quantum computation. We present simulation results
for basic quantum operations such as the Hadamard and the controlled-NOT gate,
and for seven-qubit quantum networks that implement Shor's numbering factoring
algorithm.Comment: J. Comp. Theor. Nanoscience (in press); http://www.compphys.net/dl
Event-by-event simulation of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment with coherent light
We present a computer simulation model for the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment
that is entirely particle-based and reproduces the results of wave theory. The
model is solely based on experimental facts, satisfies Einstein's criterion of
local causality and does not require knowledge of the solution of a wave
equation. The simulation model is fully consistent with earlier work and
provides another demonstration that it is possible to give a particle-only
description of wave phenomena, rendering the concept of wave-particle duality
superfluous.Comment: Submitted to Commmun. Comput. Phy
Nonclassical effects in two-photon interference experiments: event-by-event simulations
It is shown that both the visibility predicted for
two-photon interference experiments with two independent
sources\textcolor{black}{, like the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment,} and the
visibility predicted for two-photon interference experiments
with a parametric down-conversion source\textcolor{black}{, like the
Ghosh-Mandel experiment,} can be explained \textcolor{black}{by a discrete
event simulation. This simulation approach reproduces the statistical
distributions of wave theory not by requiring the knowledge of the solution of
the wave equation of the whole system but by generating detection events
one-by-one according to an unknown distribution.} There is thus no need to
invoke quantum theory to explain the so-called nonclassical effects in the
interference of signal and idler photons in parametric down conversion. Hence,
a revision of the commonly accepted criterion of the nonclassical nature of
light\textcolor{black}{, ,} is called for.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.2368,
arXiv:1006.172
Essai d'application du calcul des probabilités à la rentabilité des bâtiments de pêche au cours d'une période moins favorable sur le plan économique
Data analysis of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm laboratory experiments
Data sets produced by three different Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm (EPRB)
experiments are tested against the hypothesis that the statistics of this data
is described by quantum theory. Although these experiments generate data that
violate Bell inequalities for suitable choices of the time-coincidence window,
the analysis shows that it is highly unlikely that these data sets are
compatible with the quantum theoretical description of the EPRB experiment,
suggesting that the popular statements that EPRB experiments agree with quantum
theory lack a solid scientific basis and that more precise experiments are
called for.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1112.262
Reply to Comment on "A local realist model for correlations of the singlet state"
The general conclusion of Seevinck and Larsson is that our model exploits the
so-called coincidence-time loophole and produces sinusoidal (quantum-like)
correlations but does not model the singlet state because it does not violate
the relevant Bell inequality derived by Larsson and Gill, since in order to
obtain the sinusoidal correlations the probability of coincidences in our model
goes to zero. In this reply, we refute their arguments that lead to this
conclusion and demonstrate that our model can reproduce results of photon and
ion-trap experiments with frequencies of coincidences that are not in conflict
with the observations.Comment: Corrected typo
Morphological Image Analysis of Quantum Motion in Billiards
Morphological image analysis is applied to the time evolution of the
probability distribution of a quantum particle moving in two and
three-dimensional billiards. It is shown that the time-averaged Euler
characteristic of the probability density provides a well defined quantity to
distinguish between classically integrable and non-integrable billiards. In
three dimensions the time-averaged mean breadth of the probability density may
also be used for this purpose.Comment: Major revision. Changes include a more detailed discussion of the
theory and results for 3 dimensions. Now: 10 pages, 9 figures (some are
colored), 3 table
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