On the analogy between stochastic electrodynamics and nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics
Quantum Physics
2022-12-07 v1
Abstract
I expose nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics in the Weyl-Wigner representation. Hence I prove that an approximation to first order in Planck constant has formal analogy with stochastic electrodynamics (SED), that is classical electrodynamics of charged particles immersed in a random radiation filling space. The analogy elucidates why SED agrees with quantum theory for particle Hamiltonians quadratic in coordinates and momenta, but fails otherwise.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.03077,
title = {On the analogy between stochastic electrodynamics and nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics},
author = {Emilio Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.03077},
year = {2022}
}