Franson showed that Aspect's experiment to test Bell's inequality did not rule out local realistic theories with delayed determinism. A class of local, deterministic discrete mathematical models with delayed determinism is described that may be consistent with existing experiments. These are not hidden variables theories in the sense that they are not theories of particles plus hidden variables. They are theories of `hidden' distributed information stored holographic like throughout a space time region. This information cannot be uniquely associated with individual particles although it determines the results observed in particle interactions. The classical parameters of an interaction are determined as {\it focal points} of continuous nonlinear changes in the wave function and not as discrete events. In addition to not violating Bell's inequality this class of theories can in principle be distinguished from standard quantum mechanics by other experiments. These differences and the experimental constraints on a test of Bell's inequality to discriminate between the existing theory and this class of models are discussed.
Franson showed that Aspect's experiment to test Bell's inequality did not rule out local realistic theories with delayed determinism. A class of local, deterministic discrete mathematical models with delayed determinism is described that may be consistent with existing experiments. These are not hidden variables theories in the sense that they are not theories of particles plus hidden variables. They are theories of `hidden' distributed information stored holographic like throughout a space time region. This information cannot be uniquely associated with individual particles although it determines the results observed in particle interactions. The classical parameters of an interaction are determined as {\it focal points} of continuous nonlinear changes in the wave function and not as discrete events. In addition to not violating Bell's inequality this class of theories can in principle be distinguished from standard quantum mechanics by other experiments. These differences and the experimental constraints on a test of Bell's inequality to discriminate between the existing theory and this class of models are discussed.
Bell inequalities have long served as the standard criterion to verify local hidden variable theories. Experimental violations of these inequalities are commonly interpreted as fundamental quantum nonlocality at the microscopic scale. This paper proves rigorously that Bell inequalities hold only under three prerequisites: countable discrete variables, countably additive probability measures, and classical absolute simultaneity. The state space of entangled quantum systems forms an uncountable infinite continuum. By the property of Vitali non-measurable sets in measure theory, the integral deduction of the CHSH inequality collapses naturally over continuous state spaces. Furthermore, special relativity excludes universal global time synchronization, so the absolute time embedded in Bell’s theory is an artificial assumption inconsistent with physical reality. Inspired by the framework dependence of probability revealed in Bertrand’s paradox, we demonstrate that the excess correlation observed in experiments is an apparent effect caused by the mismatch between classical measurement frameworks and the intrinsic continuum property of quantum systems, rather than evidence against local hidden variables. Statistical correlation between entangled particles originates from their shared evolutionary sequence defined at pair generation, with no superluminal interaction, fully complying with relativistic causality. This paper does not explore the ultimate origin of entanglement, but treats it as a given primitive physical law. Two falsifiable predictions are proposed to distinguish the continuum model from standard quantum mechanics. The conclusion is that hidden variable theories have never been falsified by experiments; they only need to be extended from discrete forms to continuum models compatible with relativity.
Abstract The experimentally verified violation of Bell’s inequalities apparently implies that at least one of two beliefs, which are accepted as true in almost all scientific practice, must be false. These beliefs are: that effects propagating at infinite velocity do not exist, and that natural phenomena occur independently of being observed. Giving up any one of these two beliefs (usually known together as Local Realism) is controversial. For many years, many theories have been proposed to reconcile the violation of Bell’s inequalities with Local Realism, but none has been fully successful. In this paper, it is recalled that Bell’s inequalities are equivalent to the conditions to decide the completeness of a theory according to Boolean logic. Therefore, any theory aimed to violate Bell’s inequalities must start by giving up Boolean logic. Two problems are therefore defined: the “soft” one is to explain the violation of Bell’s inequalities without violating (non-Boolean) Local Realism; the “hard” one is to predict the time values when single particles are detected, in such a way that the resulting number of coincidences violates Bell’s inequalities. A simple hidden variables model is introduced, which solves the “soft” problem even in an ideal setup. This is possible thanks to the use of vectors in real space as the hidden variables and the corresponding operation (projection), which do not hold to Boolean logic. This model reconciles the violation of Bell’s inequalities with Local Realism and should end a controversy that has lasted for decades. Regarding the “hard” problem, the introduced model is as incomplete as Quantum Mechanics is. It is claimed that solving the “hard” problem requires devising a new kind of quantum computer, which should be able to accept (non-Boolean) hidden variable values as input data and to replace the statistical Born’s rule of Quantum Mechanics with a deterministic threshold condition.
This paper furthers the long historical examination of and debate on the foundations of quantum mechanics (QM) by presenting two local hidden variable (LHV) rules in the context of the EPRB experiment which violate Bell's inequality, but which are nevertheless local and deterministic under reasonable definitions of the terms, and coincide approximately with the conventional QM prediction. The theories are based on the general idea of probabilistic detection of particles depending on an interaction of hidden variables within the measuring device and particle, and relate mathematically to Fourier analysis. The crucial discrepancy of variations in the hidden variable distribution based on relative polarizer orientations is isolated which invalidates assumptions in Bell-type theorems. The first theory can be analyzed completely symbolically whereas the second was analyzed using numerical methods. The properties of the second in particular are shown to be approximately consistent with the reported results and uncertainties in all three Aspect experiments. Variation in the total photon pairs detected over orientations is shown to be a basic characteristic of these theories. Some comments on the relevance of active vs. passive locality are made. Two sections consider these ideas relative to energy conservation and the measurement problem (collapse of the wavefunction). One section proposes new experiments.
Abstract Quantum states in superposition cannot be observed, suggesting that they merely embody information on possible measurement results. Yet, we think of them as describing physical systems that evolve in time according to given mathematical equations. Furthermore, evolution takes place in physical space-time, and local causality is imposed on space-time by Special Relativity (a sequence of cause and effect that constitutes a fundamental principle by which we think about and do scientific work). It is therefore strange that there is non–locality and violation of causality embedded in Quantum Mechanics. We try to give here a first step to see whether a deterministic and local interpretation is possible. We will show that Bell’s inequality is not conclusive about the non–local nature of Quantum Mechanics, in that there exists an interpretation of reality (which we put forward) which is local and in which Bell’s inequality cannot be derived. Assuming determinism and locality a new Bell-like inequality is derived, which is always satisfied by Quantum Mechanics and which allows for local hidden variables [1].
Abstract We propose a novel class of local deterministic models to explain the correlations observed in entangled singlet quantum states. In these models, hidden variables influence both the entangled pair preparation and the measurement settings, thereby relaxing the measurement independence assumption used in Bell’s theorem. Our model accurately reproduces the expected quantum results and demonstrates that freely chosen measurement settings do not necessarily preclude the possibility of hidden variables inducing correlations between the settings and outcomes. This approach reveals an intricate relationship between local determinism and quantum mechanics, showing that local hidden variable theories can be consistent with the predictions of quantum theory. This result calls into question the conventional interpretation, based on Bell’s inequalities, that local theories are fundamentally incompatible with quantum mechanics.
Recent experiments of Gröblacher et al proved the violation of a Leggett-type inequality that was claimed to be valid for a broad class of non-local hidden-variable theories. The impossibility of constructing a non-local and realistic theory, unless it entails highly counterintuitive features, seems thus to have been experimentally proved. This would bring us close to a definite refutation of realism. Indeed, realism was proved to be also incompatible with locality, according to a series of experiments testing Bell inequalities. The present paper addresses the said experiments of Gröblacher et al and presents an explicit, contextual and realistic, model that reproduces the predictions of quantum mechanics. It thus violates the Leggett-type inequality that was established with the aim of ruling out a supposedly broad class of non-local models. We can thus conclude that plausible contextual, realistic, models are still tenable. This restates the possibility of a future completion of quantum mechanics by a realistic and contextual theory which is not in a class containing only highly counterintuitive models. The class that was ruled out by the experiments of Gröblacher et al is thus proved to be a limited one, arbitrarily separating models that physically belong in the same class.