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In spite of the impressive predictive power and strong mathematical
structure of quantum mechanics, the theory has always suffered from
important conceptual problems. Some of these have never been
solved. Motivated by this state of affairs, a number of physicists
have worked together for over thirty years to develop stochastic
electrodynamics, a physical theory aimed at finding a conceptually
satisfactory, realistic explanation of quantum phenomena. This is
the first book to present a comprehensive review of stochastic
electrodynamics, from its origins to present-day developments.
After a general introduction for the non-specialist, a critical
discussion is presented of the main results of the theory as well
as of the major problems encountered. A chapter on stochastic
optics and some interesting consequences for local realism and the
Bell inequalities is included. In the final chapters the authors
propose and develop a new version of the theory that brings it in
closer correspondence with quantum mechanics and sheds some light
on the wave aspects of matter and the linkage with quantum
electrodynamics. Audience: The volume will be of interest to
scholars and postgraduate students of theoretical and mathematical
physics, foundations and philosophy of physics, and teachers of
theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory,
and statistical physics (stochastic processes).
In spite of the impressive predictive power and strong mathematical
structure of quantum mechanics, the theory has always suffered from
important conceptual problems. Some of these have never been
solved. Motivated by this state of affairs, a number of physicists
have worked together for over thirty years to develop stochastic
electrodynamics, a physical theory aimed at finding a conceptually
satisfactory, realistic explanation of quantum phenomena. This is
the first book to present a comprehensive review of stochastic
electrodynamics, from its origins to present-day developments.
After a general introduction for the non-specialist, a critical
discussion is presented of the main results of the theory as well
as of the major problems encountered. A chapter on stochastic
optics and some interesting consequences for local realism and the
Bell inequalities is included. In the final chapters the authors
propose and develop a new version of the theory that brings it in
closer correspondence with quantum mechanics and sheds some light
on the wave aspects of matter and the linkage with quantum
electrodynamics. Audience: The volume will be of interest to
scholars and postgraduate students of theoretical and mathematical
physics, foundations and philosophy of physics, and teachers of
theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory,
and statistical physics (stochastic processes).
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