Event-by-event simulation of quantum phenomena

TL;DR

This paper presents event-by-event simulation algorithms that reproduce quantum statistical results without relying on quantum theory, demonstrated through optical experiments like interferometers and EPR-Bohm setups.

Contribution

It introduces novel simulation algorithms capable of replicating quantum averages without quantum theoretical concepts.

Findings

Successfully simulates single-photon interferometer experiments

Reproduces EPR-Bohm experiment correlations

Operates without quantum theoretical assumptions

Abstract

In this talk, I discuss recent progress in the development of simulation algorithms that do not rely on any concept of quantum theory but are nevertheless capable of reproducing the averages computed from quantum theory through an event-by-event simulation. The simulation approach is illustrated by applications to single-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiments and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm experiments with photons.