Quantum mechanics as a statistical description of classical electrodynamics
Abstract
It is shown that quantum mechanics is a plausible statistical description of an ontology described by classical electrodynamics. The reason that no contradiction arises with various no-go theorems regarding the compatibility of QM with a classical ontology, can be traced to the fact that classical electrodynamics of interacting particles has never been given a consistent definition. Once this is done, our conjecture follows rather naturally, including a purely classical explanation of photon related phenomena. Our analysis entirely rests on the block-universe view entailed by relativity theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1804.00509,
title = {Quantum mechanics as a statistical description of classical electrodynamics},
author = {Yehonatan Knoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.00509},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Inaccuracies corrected regarding the interpretation of a superposition state; The hydrogen wave-function more accurately interpreted; A pedagogical figure added; A reference added