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THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT In August of
1995, a group of over 70 physicists met at York University for a
three-day symposium in honour of Professor Jean-Pierre Vigier. The
attendance included theoretical and experimental physicists,
mathematicians, astronomers and colleagues concerned with issues in
the philosophy of science. The symposium was entitled "The Present
Status of the Quantum Theory of Light" in accordance with Professor
Vigier's wishes but in fact encompassed many of the areas to which
Professor Vigier has contributed over his long and distinguished
career. These include stochastic interpretations of quantum
mechanics, particle physics, and electromagnetic theory. The papers
presented at the symposium have been arranged in this proceedings
in the following approximate order: ideas about the nature of light
and photons, electrodynamiCS, the formulation and interpretation of
quantum mechanics, and aspects of relativity theory. Some of the
papers presented deal with alternate interpretations of quantum
phenomena in the tradition of Vigier, Bohm et al. These
interpretations reject the account given in purely probabilistic
terms and which deems individual quantum events to be acausal and
not amenable to any analysis in space-time terms. As is well known,
Einstein and others also rejected the purely statistical account of
quantum mechanics. As stressed by Professor Vigier at the
symposium, the current experimental situation now allows for the
first time for individual quantum events to be studied, e. g.
The Symposium entitled: Causality and Locality in Modern Physics
and As tronomy: Open Questions and Possible Solutions was held at
York University, Toronto, during the last week of August 1997. It
was a sequel to a similar sym posium entitled: The Present Status
of the Quantum Theory of Light held at the same venue in August
1995. These symposia came about as a result of discussions between
Professor Stanley Jeffers and colleagues on the International
Organizing Committee. Professor Jeffers was the executive local
organizer of the symposia. The 1997 symposium attracted over 120
participants representing 26 different countries and academic
institutions. The broad theme of both symposia was the enigma of
modern physics: the non-local, and possibly superluminal
interactions implied by quantum mechanics, the structure of
fundamental particles including the photon, the reconciliation of
quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity, and the nature of
gravity and inertia. Jean-Pierre Vigier was the guest of honour at
both symposia. He was a lively contributor to the discussions of
the presentations. The presentations were made as 30-minute
lectures, or during an evening poster session. Some participants
did not submit a written account of their presentation at the
symposium, and not all of the articles submitted for the
Proceedings could be included because of the publisher's page
limit. The titles and authors of the papers that had to be excluded
are listed in an appendix."
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THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT In August of
1995, a group of over 70 physicists met at York University for a
three-day symposium in honour of Professor Jean-Pierre Vigier. The
attendance included theoretical and experimental physicists,
mathematicians, astronomers and colleagues concerned with issues in
the philosophy of science. The symposium was entitled "The Present
Status of the Quantum Theory of Light" in accordance with Professor
Vigier's wishes but in fact encompassed many of the areas to which
Professor Vigier has contributed over his long and distinguished
career. These include stochastic interpretations of quantum
mechanics, particle physics, and electromagnetic theory. The papers
presented at the symposium have been arranged in this proceedings
in the following approximate order: ideas about the nature of light
and photons, electrodynamiCS, the formulation and interpretation of
quantum mechanics, and aspects of relativity theory. Some of the
papers presented deal with alternate interpretations of quantum
phenomena in the tradition of Vigier, Bohm et al. These
interpretations reject the account given in purely probabilistic
terms and which deems individual quantum events to be acausal and
not amenable to any analysis in space-time terms. As is well known,
Einstein and others also rejected the purely statistical account of
quantum mechanics. As stressed by Professor Vigier at the
symposium, the current experimental situation now allows for the
first time for individual quantum events to be studied, e. g.
The Symposium entitled: Causality and Locality in Modern Physics
and As tronomy: Open Questions and Possible Solutions was held at
York University, Toronto, during the last week of August 1997. It
was a sequel to a similar sym posium entitled: The Present Status
of the Quantum Theory of Light held at the same venue in August
1995. These symposia came about as a result of discussions between
Professor Stanley Jeffers and colleagues on the International
Organizing Committee. Professor Jeffers was the executive local
organizer of the symposia. The 1997 symposium attracted over 120
participants representing 26 different countries and academic
institutions. The broad theme of both symposia was the enigma of
modern physics: the non-local, and possibly superluminal
interactions implied by quantum mechanics, the structure of
fundamental particles including the photon, the reconciliation of
quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity, and the nature of
gravity and inertia. Jean-Pierre Vigier was the guest of honour at
both symposia. He was a lively contributor to the discussions of
the presentations. The presentations were made as 30-minute
lectures, or during an evening poster session. Some participants
did not submit a written account of their presentation at the
symposium, and not all of the articles submitted for the
Proceedings could be included because of the publisher's page
limit. The titles and authors of the papers that had to be excluded
are listed in an appendix."
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