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Individual quantum objects display inseparable coexisting wave-like properties and particle-like properties; such inseparable coexistence can seem paradoxical and mind-boggling. The apparent paradox is resolved by the unified theory of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-09-04 Greyson Gilson

We show how pilot-wave theory points to new physics, beyond quantum mechanics, in three distinct ways. First, generalised cosmological initial conditions, departing from the Born rule, can lead to observable anomalies in the cosmic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-04 Antony Valentini

The idea of obtaining a pilot-wave quantum theory on a lattice with discrete time is presented. The motion of quantum particles is described by a $|\Psi|^2$-distributed Markov chain. Stochastic matrices of the process are found by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 Janusz Gluza , Jerzy Kosek

A novel two-tiered organization of the microworld is presented, in which only the fundamental quantum fields of the standard model of particle physics (electrons, photons, quarks, etc.) are true quantum waves, exhibiting linear…

General Physics · Physics 2011-07-29 Alan M. Kadin

Quantum physics, which describes the strange behavior of light and matter at the smallest scales, is one of the most successful descriptions of reality, yet it is notoriously inaccessible. Here we provide an approachable explanation of…

In the pilot-wave theory of quantum mechanics particles have definite positions and velocities and the system evolves deterministically. The velocity of a particle is determined by the wave function of the system (the guidance equation) and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Dan N. Vollick

The concept of walking wave is introduced from classical relativistic positions. One- and three-dimensional walking waves considered with their wave equations and dispersion equations. It is shown that wave characteristics (de Broglie's and…

General Physics · Physics 2012-05-03 A. V. Goryunov

Pilot-wave theories provide possible solutions to the measurement problem. In such theories, quantum systems are not only described by the state vector, but also by some additional variables. These additional variables, also called beables,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 Ward Struyve

The purpose of this paper is to come up with a Pilot Wave model of quantum field theory that incorporates particle creation and annihilation without sacrificing causality. In some sense, this work echoes the work of Nikoli\'c (I call…

General Physics · Physics 2010-05-13 Roman Sverdlov

In quantum mechanics textbooks, a single-particle scattering theory is introduced. In the present work, a generalized scattering theory is presented, which can be in principle applied to the scattering problems of arbitrary number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-06 Huai-Yu Wang

The Young double-slit interference pattern produced by quantum objects, like photons, that move through a double-slit is regarded, by the conventional Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, as the evidence of the wave-like…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-01 Andrea Petrucci

One of the most fundamental difference between classical and quantum mechanics is observed in the particle tunneling through a localized potential: the former predicts a discontinuous transmission coefficient ($T$) as a function in incident…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-05 Ching-Hao Wang , Tzay-Ming Hong , Ray-Kuang Lee , Daw-Wei Wang

It is argued that the topological approach to the (anti-)symmetrisation condition for the quantum state of a collection of identical particles, defined in the `reduced' configuration space, is particularly natural from the perspective of de…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Harvey R. Brown , Erik Sjoeqvist , Guido Bacciagaluppi

With purely classical tools a model for a bouncer-walker system of an elementary particle will be derived in this work which reflects the old idea of de Broglie's particle-wave duality. This model contains, on the one hand, a possible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-09 Johannes Mesa Pascasio

Wave-particle duality epitomizes the counterintuitive character of quantum physics. A striking illustration is the quantum delay-choice experiment, which is based on Wheeler's classic delayed-choice gedanken experiment, but with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-28 Kai Wang , Qian Xu , Shining Zhu , Xiao-song Ma

The Copenhagen interpretation has been the subject of much criticism, notably by De Broglie and Einstein, because it contradicts the principles of causality and realism. The aim of this essay is to study the wave mechanics as an alternative…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Olivier Rousselle

From a Newtonian-Maxwellian solution for a perturbed vacuum with a physical structure constructed based on pivotal experimental observations, we have achieved a general scheme for the formation of basic material particles. A basic particle,…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Z. Johansson , P-I. Johansson

A textbook interpretation of quantum physics is that quantum objects can be described in a particle or a wave picture, depending on the operations and measurements performed. Beyond this widely held believe, we demonstrate in this…

A brief account of the world view of classical physics is given first. We then recapitulate as to why the Copenhagen interpretation of the quantum mechanics had to renounce most of the attractive features of the clasical world view such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-16 Virendra Singh

In 1927 Louis de Broglie proposed an alternative approach to standard quantum mechanics known as the double solution program (DSP) where particles are represented as bunched fields or solitons guided by a base (weaker) wave. DSP evolved as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Aurélien Drezet