Exploring inequality violations by classical hidden variables numerically

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.08.011MaRDI QIDQ306881zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sascha Vongehr

Publication date 1 September 2016

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6752

zbMATH Keywords

Bell inequalityCHSH violationcommon cause correlationEPRquantum statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

Abstract: There are increasingly suggestions for computer simulations of quantum statistics which try to violate Bell type inequalities via classical, common cause correlations. The Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality is very robust. However, we argue that with the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen setup, the CHSH is inferior to the Bell inequality, although and because the latter must assume anti-correlation of entangled photon singlet states. We simulate how often quantum behavior violates both inequalities, depending on the number of photons. Violating Bell 99% of the time is argued to be an ideal benchmark. We present hidden variables that violate the Bell and CHSH inequalities with 50% probability, and ones which violate Bell 85% of the time when missing 13% anti-correlation. We discuss how to present the quantum correlations to a wide audience and conclude that, when defending against claims of hidden classicality, one should demand numerical simulations and insist on anti-correlation and the full amount of Bell violation. This preprint version adds a section on realisms and shows the actual programs with output.

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