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Nonlinear Nonlocal: Comparing A. O. Barut's Theory to Mine with special emphasis on That Dot on the Screen

Quantum Physics 2025-05-21 v1

Abstract

In the 1980's and 90's, A. O Barut and colleagues developed a nonperturbative approach to electrodynamics eschewing so-called ``second-quantization". Based on incorporation of self-energy terms, the resulting nonlinear and nonlocal theory explained many well-known phenomena of atomic and radiation physics. In 2017, this author introduced a nonlinear, nonlocal theory with the intent of resolving the Measurement Problem. Barut also suggested that his theory resolved such paradoxes. Here I compare the two theories with special attention to That Dot on the Screen.

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@article{arxiv.2505.13704,
  title  = {Nonlinear Nonlocal: Comparing A. O. Barut's Theory to Mine with special emphasis on That Dot on the Screen},
  author = {W. David Wick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.13704},
  year   = {2025}
}