Local model of entangled photon experiments compatible with quantum predictions based on the reality of the vacuum fields

DOI10.1007/S10701-020-00395-9MaRDI QIDQ828384zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emilio Santos

Publication date 8 January 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08238

zbMATH Keywords

Bell inequalitieslocal realismentangled photonsloopholesvacuum fieldsWeyl-Wigner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: Arguments are provided for the reality of the quantum vacuum fields. A polarization correlation experiment with two maximally entangled photons created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion is studied in the Weyl-Wigner formalism, that reproduces the quantum predictions. An interpretation is proposed in terms of stochastic processes assuming that the quantum vacuum fields are real. This proves that local realism is compatible with a violation of Bell inequalities, thus rebutting the claim that it has been refuted by experiments. Entanglement appears as a correlation between fluctuations of a signal field and vacuum fields. Key words; local realism, Bell inequalities, entangled photons, Weyl-Wigner, loopholes,vacuum fields

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