% % This program simulates a Bell's inequality experiment that uses a % Stern-Gerlach type apparatus. The entangled particles used in this type of % experiment would be spin 1/2 particles such as protons or electons. % % From "The New Physics for the Twenty-First Century" by Gordon Fraser(mostly % quoted but I've made a few alterations): % "There are many mathematical formulations of the resulting Bell inequality. % The simplest was first formulated by Eugene Wigner. For three arbitrary % angles, A, B, and C, the following inequality must be satisfied: % N(uA,dB') <= N(uA,dC') + N(uB,uC'). Here, for example, N(uA,uB') means the % number of cases when the "up" detector in the Stern-Gerlach apparatus of % particle 1 (unprimed) oriented along direction A registers simultaneously with % the "up" detector of particle 2 (primed) with the Stern-Gerlach apparatus % oriented along direction B." % % In english this inequality says: "The number of men, uA, (as opposed to women) % who have green eyes, dB', (as opposed to blue eyes) is not greater than the % sum of the number of men who are tall, dC', (as opposed to short) plus the % number of people with green eyes, uB, who are short, dC'. (Note: the % primed quantities are the complements of the corresponding unprimed % quantities. For example dB' (green eyes) == uB (green eyes).) % % Quantum mechanics predicts that the spin orientations of singlet state % (entangled) particle pairs measured at the two Stern-Gerlach detectors % are correlated and depend on the angle |A - B| by which the orientations % of the detectors differ: Pqm(uA,uB) = (sin(|A-B|/2))^2, and % Pqm(uA,dB) = 1-Pqm(uA,uB) (again adapted from "The New Physics for the % Twenty-First Century" by Gordon Fraser). ("P", here, is the probability of a % "spin up" detection, and "qm" is "according to quantum mechanics".) % "Correlated" means that measuring a characteristic of one particle, say % gender, influences the result of measuring another characteristic, say % eye color, of the other particle. % % "Local realistic" theories predict that these probabilities are % Plr(uB given uA) = 1 - |A-B|/pi and Phv(dB given uA) = 1 - Plr(uB given uA), % assuming a uniform random distribution of the spin orientation of the % particle. (The "lr" is "according to local realistic theories".) % Local realistic theories say that the results of measurements of % characteristics of the two particles are independent of one another -- that % measuring a characteristic of one particle, say gender, has no influence on % the result of measuring another characteristic, say eye color, of the other % particle. % % Local realistic theories predict that Bell's inequality will be obeyed, % quantum mechanics predicts it will be violated. % % In this program, the angles are A (man) = 0 degrees, B (green eyes) = 30 % degrees, and C (tall) = 60 degrees. Change them as you desire. % clear all; % Initialize the set counts: nMG = 0; % The number of men with green eyes; nMT = 0; % The number of men who are tall; nSG = 0; % The number of short people with green eyes. % Initialize the quantum spin state: M = 1; % Man as opposed to woman (spin up). G = 1; % Green eyes as opposed to blue eyes (spin up). T = 1; % Tall as opposed to short (spin up). nTrials = 10000; % Number of trials; for nTrials = 1 : nTrials % Generate a spin state. Each state is either +1 or -1: M = M * (2*randi(2) - 3); G = G * (2*randi(2) - 3); T = T * (2*randi(2) - 3); A = [M G T]; % Create a proton. aax = randi(3); % Pick the axes we will measure. (We can measure only bax = randi(3); % two spin components per trial.) if ( ((aax == 1) && (bax == 2)) || ((aax == 2) && (bax == 1)) ) % If gender and eye color |A-B| = 30 ... if (A(1) == 1) % If it's a man... P = (cos(15.0*(pi/180.0)))^2; % QM (quantum mechanics). % P = 1.0-(30.0/180.0); % LR (local realistic theories). if (rand <= P) % If he has green eyes, nMG = nMG + 1; % increment the count. end end elseif ( ((aax == 1) && (bax == 3)) || ((aax == 3) && (bax == 1)) ) % If gender and height |A-C| = 60 ... if (A(1) == 1) % If it's a man... P = (cos(30.0*(pi/180.0)))^2; % QM % P = 1.0-(60.0/180.0); % LR if (rand <= P) % If he is tall, nMT = nMT + 1; % increment the count. end end elseif ( ((aax == 3) && (bax == 2)) || ((aax == 2) && (bax == 3)) ) % If height and eye color |B-C| = 30 ... if (A(3) == -1) % If it's a short person... P = (sin(15.0*(pi/180.0)))^2; % QM (Note "sin" not "cos" here.) % P = 1.0 - (120/180.0); % LR if (rand <= P) % If the person has green eyes, nSG = nSG + 1; % increment the count. end end end end nMG, nMT, nSG