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This monograph presents the latest findings from a long-term
research project intended to identify the physics behind Quantum
Mechanics. A fundamental theory for quantum mechanics is
constructed from first physical principles, revealing quantization
as an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper stochastic process.
As such, it offers the vibrant community working on the foundations
of quantum mechanics an alternative contribution open to
discussion. The book starts with a critical summary of the main
conceptual problems that still beset quantum mechanics. The basic
consideration is then introduced that any material system is an
open system in permanent contact with the random zero-point
radiation field, with which it may reach a state of equilibrium.
Working from this basis, a comprehensive and self-consistent
theoretical framework is then developed. The pillars of the
quantum-mechanical formalism are derived, as well as the radiative
corrections of nonrelativistic QED, while revealing the underlying
physical mechanisms. The genesis of some of the central features of
quantum theory is elucidated, such as atomic stability, the spin of
the electron, quantum fluctuations, quantum nonlocality and
entanglement. The theory developed here reaffirms fundamental
scientific principles such as realism, causality, locality and
objectivity.
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).
This monograph presents the latest findings from a long-term
research project intended to identify the physics behind Quantum
Mechanics. A fundamental theory for quantum mechanics is
constructed from first physical principles, revealing quantization
as an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper stochastic process.
As such, it offers the vibrant community working on the foundations
of quantum mechanics an alternative contribution open to
discussion. The book starts with a critical summary of the main
conceptual problems that still beset quantum mechanics. The basic
consideration is then introduced that any material system is an
open system in permanent contact with the random zero-point
radiation field, with which it may reach a state of equilibrium.
Working from this basis, a comprehensive and self-consistent
theoretical framework is then developed. The pillars of the
quantum-mechanical formalism are derived, as well as the radiative
corrections of nonrelativistic QED, while revealing the underlying
physical mechanisms. The genesis of some of the central features of
quantum theory is elucidated, such as atomic stability, the spin of
the electron, quantum fluctuations, quantum nonlocality and
entanglement. The theory developed here reaffirms fundamental
scientific principles such as realism, causality, locality and
objectivity.
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).
Thomas Brody had one of the most powerful and wide-ranging
intellects of his generation. Although primarily a physicist who
worked on statistical prob lems in nuclear physics, on probability
theory and on computational physics he had an extensive knowledge
of the philosophy of science and of philosophy, and was fluent in
many languages. He is well-known among physicists for the
Brody-Moshinsky transformation but his extensive work on
probability and on the philosophy of science remained almost
unknown. This was because the originality of his ideas entailed
many lengthy battles with uncomprehending referees, and he
frequently published in Mexican journals of limited circula tion.
In addition, his strongly critical spirit inhibited his willingness
to publish his ideas. He was always most concerned by the very
unsatisfactory situation in the philosophy of physics, that is
largely due to the generally poor knowledge that physicists and
philosophers have of each other's disciplines. Philosophers of
science write at length about physics without any detailed
first-hand knowl edge of how research is actually carried out.
Physicists, for their part, often implicitly assume naive or
erroneous philosophical ideas, and this often hinders their
scientific work, besides spreading further confusion if they try to
give an account of what they are doing."
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