Abstract
We use discrete-event simulation to construct a subquantum model that can reproduce the quantum-theoretical prediction for the statistics of data produced by the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm experiment and an extension thereof. This model satisfies Einstein's criterion of locality and generates data in an event-by-event and cause-and-effect manner. We show that quantum theory can describe the statistics of the simulation data for a certain range of model parameters only.
Highlights
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment was introduced to question the completeness of quantum theory [1], “completeness” being defined in reference [1]
Concretizing the aim of this paper, we describe a local realist model of the (E)EPRB experiment that reproduces the statistical predictions of quantum theory given by Equations (8) and (9)
We show the discrete-event simulation (DES) results for the case without photon identification
Summary
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment was introduced to question the completeness of quantum theory [1], “completeness” being defined in reference [1]. A key issue in the foundations of physics is whether there exist “local realist” models that yield the statistical results of the quantum-theoretical description of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm (EPRB) experiment. We take, as operational definition of a local realist model, any model for which. 1. all variables, including those representing events which occur at specific locations and specific times, always have definite values, 2. All variables change in time according to an Einstein-local, causal process. One often finds the statement that Bell’s theorem [11, 12] rules out any local realist model for the EPRB experiments. In references [11, 12], Bell gives a proof that a correlation C(a, b) of the form
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