Event-by-event simulation of quantum phenomena

A discrete‐event simulation approach is reviewed that does not require the knowledge of the solution of the wave equation of the whole system, yet reproduces the statistical distributions of wave theory by generating detection events one‐by‐one. The simulation approach is illustrated by applications...

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Published in:Annalen der Physik 2012-08, Vol.524 (8), p.393-410
Main Authors: De Raedt, H., Michielsen, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bells
discrete event simulation
EPR experiments
Experiments
Interference
Interferometry
Neutrons
Photons
Quantum mechanics
Quantum phenomena
Simulation
Statistical distributions
Wave equations
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Summary:A discrete‐event simulation approach is reviewed that does not require the knowledge of the solution of the wave equation of the whole system, yet reproduces the statistical distributions of wave theory by generating detection events one‐by‐one. The simulation approach is illustrated by applications to a two‐beam interference experiment and two Bell test experiments, an Einstein‐Podolsky‐Rosen‐Bohm experiment with single photons employing post‐selection for pair identification and a single‐neutron Bell test interferometry experiment with nearly 100 % detection efficiency. A discrete‐event simulation approach is reviewed that does not require the knowledge of the solution of the wave equation of the whole system, yet reproduces the statistical distributions of wave theory by generating detection events one‐by‐one. The simulation approach is illustrated by applications to a two‐beam interference experiment and two Bell test experiments, an Einstein‐Podolsky‐Rosen‐Bohm experiment with single photons employing post‐selection for pair identification and a single‐neutron Bell test interferometry experiment with nearly 100 % detection efficiency.
ISSN:0003-3804
1521-3889
DOI:10.1002/andp.201100299