The Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory: A reinterpretation?

P. C. W. Davies

FRED HOYLE, Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

James G. O’Brien

A. Marchewka, Z. Schuss

Kuninosuke Imaeda, Mari Imaeda

The basic idea of the theory developed in a previous paper : the theory of stochastic electrodynamics with classical Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory, the character of the Lorentz invariant zero point radiation and a minimum "emitter-absorber transaction" of Cramer extended to the case where the zero point radiation exists, has been studied.

Kuni Imaeda, Mari Imaeda

The classical Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory with a postulate of Lorentz-invariant zero-point electromagnetic radiation is proposed to explain quantum phenomena in a similar manner to that of stochastic electrodynamics. For this purpose, Cramer's model of a 'Minimum emitter-absorber transaction' is extended to the case where zero-point radiation exists, in the context of the classical Wheeler-Feynman theory. The Einstein-Podolski-Rosen paradox and the quantum levels of a charged simple harmonic oscillator are derived from the theory. It is shown that the condition for a transaction plays an essential role, such as in the radiative balance of a simple harmonic oscillator.