Discrete-event simulation of uncertainty in single-neutron experiments
Quantum Physics
2014-03-19 v1
Abstract
A discrete-event simulation approach which provides a cause-and-effect description of many experiments with photons and neutrons exhibiting interference and entanglement is applied to a recent single-neutron experiment that tests (generalizations of) Heisenberg's uncertainty relation. The event-based simulation algorithm reproduces the results of the quantum theoretical description of the experiment but does not require the knowledge of the solution of a wave equation nor does it rely on concepts of quantum theory. In particular, the data satisfies uncertainty relations derived in the context of quantum theory.
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@article{arxiv.1403.4584,
title = {Discrete-event simulation of uncertainty in single-neutron experiments},
author = {Hans De Raedt and Kristel Michielsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4584},
year = {2014}
}