Event-Based Simulation of Quantum Physics Experiments

Kristel F. L. Michielsen, Hans A. De Raedt

Hylke C. Donker, Hans A. De Raedt, Kristel F. L. Michielsen

Shuang Zhao

Hans De Raedt

This text explores the fundamental divide between empirical laboratory data and continuous theoretical physics models, framing the "quantum measurement paradox" as an ontological error, specifically E.T. Jaynes' ``mind projection fallacy'' where abstract mathematical tools like wavefunctions are mistaken for physical reality. While quantum theory successfully predicts ensemble averages, it remains inherently silent on individual, event-by-event detection statistics. To resolve these conceptual mysteries without resorting to ad-hoc explanations like wavefunction collapse, the text introduces Event-By-Event Simulation (EBES). As a modular, discrete-event simulation framework utilizing causally-driven Deterministic Learning Machines (DLMs), EBES bypasses continuous time and pre-specified probability distributions. Instead, it generates discrete data from the bottom up in a strictly localized, cause-and-effect manner. Ultimately, EBES provides a computationally efficient methodology that mirrors actual laboratory observations, modeling phenomena that lie entirely beyond the reach of standard quantum theory.

Marcus Richter, Hans A. De Raedt, Kristel F. L. Michielsen

Abstract. Franson-Type Bell experiments have been proposed to demonstrate the violation of local realism in quantum theory based on a violation of the Bell Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality. We demonstrate that the original experiment constructed by Franson [1] as well as its modification by Cabello et al. [2] can be simulated on an event-by-event basis using causal, local, and event-based processes without solving the Schrödinger equation or using concepts such as wave fields or particle-wave duality. In our approach networks of locally connected processing units with a primitive learning capability are used which exhibit behaviour that is usually only attributed to quantum systems. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the components of the network and the physical devices in the experimental setup. Furthermore, only simple geometry is used to construct the simulation algorithm. In this sense, the simulation approach we propose satisfies

Hans A. De Raedt, Shuang Zhao, Shengjun Yuan +3 more