No-go theorems face background-based theories for quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9973-7zbMATH Open1336.81016arXiv1406.0901OpenAlexW2212255037MaRDI QIDQ266255FDOQ266255

Authors: Louis Vervoort 

Publication date: 13 April 2016

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recent experiments have shown that certain fluid-mechanical systems, namely oil droplets bouncing on oil films, can mimic a wide range of quantum phenomena, including double-slit interference, quantization of angular momentum and Zeeman splitting. Here I investigate what can be learned from these systems concerning no-go theorems as those of Bell and Kochen-Specker. In particular, a model for the Bell experiment is proposed that includes variables describing a 'background' field or medium. This field mimics the surface wave that accompanies the droplets in the fluid-mechanical experiments. It appears that quite generally such a model can violate the Bell inequality and reproduce the quantum statistics, even if it is based on local dynamics only. The reason is that measurement independence is not valid in such models. This opens the door for local 'background-based' theories, describing the interaction of particles and analyzers with a background field, to complete quantum mechanics. Experiments to test these ideas are also proposed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.0901

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell's theoremfluid mechanicsnonlocalitybackground-based theorieshidden-variable theoriesmeasurement independencesub-quantum theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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