Section I.- Theoretical Implications of Time-Dependent Double Resonance Neutron Interferometry.- Calculations in the Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- Calculation of Amplification Processes Generated by Empty Quantum Waves.- Relative Metrics and Physical Models for Non-local Particles.- A Two-Fluid Vacuum, the Photex, and the Photex-Photon Connection.- Discussion I.- Section II.- Summary of F. De Martini's Paper, Testing of Particle Distinguish-ability with Laser Interference Experiments.- Toward a Causal Interpretation of the Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of a Spinning Particle.- Nonlinear Behaviour of Light at Very Low Intensities: The Photon Clump Model.- Geometry-Dependent Predictions of the Quantum Potential Model for the Anomalous Photoelectric Effect.- EPR-Type Experiments and Enhanced Photon Detection.- Discussion II.- Section III.- Stochastic Optics: Wave-Particle Duality Without Particles.- Neo-Hertzian Electromagnetism.- Effective Photon Hypothesis vs. Quantum Potential Theory: Theoretical Predictions and Experimental Verification.- Compositeness of Photons and Its Implications.- Logical Meanings in Quantum Mechanics for Axioms and for Imaginary and Transfinite Numbers and Exponentials.- The Aharonov-Bohn Effect and the Quantum Interference Phase Shift due to an Electrostatic Field.- Discussion III.- Section IV.- Critical Analysis of the Tests of Local Realism Versus Quantum Mechanics.- Physical Photons: Theory, Experiment and Implications.- The Theoretical Nature of a Photon in a Lattice Vacuum.- Is the Photon Concept Really Necessary?.- Beyond Quantum Mechanics Using the Subvac.- Discussion IV.- Section V.- Does Quantum Electrodynamics Explain the Observed Lamb Shift?.- The Quantum and Rest Frame Vacuum - Absolute Motion with Lorentz Covariance.- The Double Slit Experiment and the Nonergodic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- Einstein's Conception of the Ether and Its Up-To-Date Applications in the Relativistic Wave Mechanics.- Discussion V.- Section VI.- Concluding Remarks.- Concluding Remarks.- Comments.- Photo.- Conference Participants and Observers.
Abstract The cross section for the photoelectric effect is calculated for the case where the photoionization takes place within a Faraday cage held at a constant electrostatic potential. When the geometry has spherical symmetry, and when the potential is repulsive, the cross section is enhanced by a factor E/(E − V0). The predicted effect is a purely quantum mechanical one, since according to classical electrodynamics, no forces due to the potential of the cage will act on a charged particle in the fieldfree region inside it. In quantum theory, the effect arises because the continuum states extend to the region outside the cage.
We model electric field noise from fluctuating patch potentials on conducting surfaces by taking into account the finite geometry of the ion trap electrodes to gain insight into the origin of anomalous heating in ion traps. The scaling of anomalous heating rates with surface distance
d is obtained for several generic geometries of relevance to current ion trap designs, ranging from planar to spheroidal electrodes. The influence of patch size is studied both by solving Laplace's equation in terms of the appropriate Green's function as well as through an eigenfunction expansion. Scaling with surface distance is found to be highly dependent on the choice of geometry and the relative scale between the spatial extent of the electrode, the ion-electrode distance, and the patch size. Our model generally supports the ${d}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ dependence currently found by most experiments and models, but also predicts geometry-driven deviations from this trend.