A statistical method for the quantization of natural electromagnetic (NEMOS) and electron-positron (NEPOS) oscillatory systems is discussed. The Wheeler-Feynman's concept of “direct interparticle action” for the quantum radiation-absorption is generalized to the Coulomb interaction. The energy-momentum conservation is postulated as a fundamental law forbidding any objective their “uncertainty”. The spatial (spatio-temporal) localization of NEPOS wavepackets and the Heisenberg's “uncertainty principle” are supposed to be a result of a permanent interaction of NEPOS and NEMOS, i.e., the stochastic exchange with random quanta of momentum (or energy-momentum) between ones. The absence of “zero-point oscillations” of the natural oscillatory systems is asserted. The new physical sense of De Broglie wavefunctions is illustrated with the simplest quantum systems “electrons in potential wells”.
A statistical method for the quantization of natural electromagnetic (NEMOS) and electron-positron (NEPOS) oscillatory systems is discussed. The Wheeler-Feynman's concept of “direct interparticle action” for the quantum radiation-absorption is generalized to the Coulomb interaction. The energy-momentum conservation is postulated as a fundamental law forbidding any objective their “uncertainty”. The spatial (spatio-temporal) localization of NEPOS wavepackets and the Heisenberg's “uncertainty principle” are supposed to be a result of a permanent interaction of NEPOS and NEMOS, i.e., the stochastic exchange with random quanta of momentum (or energy-momentum) between ones. The absence of “zero-point oscillations” of the natural oscillatory systems is asserted. The new physical sense of De Broglie wavefunctions is illustrated with the simplest quantum systems “electrons in potential wells”.
Statistical dependences of quantum phenomena substantial for advance in nanoelectronic technology are discussed basing on the interpretation of de Broglie matter waves as real oscillations of the generalized coordinates of some natural oscillatory systems with distributed parameters (NOSs). E.g., electrons are supposed to be excited wave packets of natural electron-positron oscillatory system (NEPOS), not hard particles; photons are wave packets of natural electromagnetic oscillatory system (NEMOS) and so on. The Wheeler-Feynman's concept of “direct interparticle action” is developed for both the quantum radiation-absorption and the Coulomb interaction. The spatio-temporal localization of the NOS wave packets and Heisenberg's “uncertainty principle” both are supposed to be results of the permanent stochastic exchange with action quanta between different NOSs (e.g., NEPOS and NEMOS) according to the general laws of the statistical physics. The basic principles of quantum statistics (probability laws for the stochastic exchange with action quanta between the wave packets of NEPOS and NEMOS in the Minkowski spacetime) are discussed. The new physical sense of de Broglie wavefunctions is illustrated with the simplest quantum systems. E.g., “free electron” is presumed as a spatially localized area (within its “interval of uncertainty”) filled with “pink noise” of NEPOS oscillations. The finite probability of harmonics with large spatial wavenumbers in spectra of NEPOS and NEMOS “wide” wavepackets makes scattering of high-energy electrons still possible creating outward appearance of “point particles” existence.
Specific treatments of some quantum phenomena substantial for progress in nanotechnology and nanoelectronics are presented. De Broglie waves are interpreted as oscillations of the generalized coordinates of natural oscillatory systems with distributed parameters (NOSs). The spatio-temporal localization of the NOS wave packets and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle both are assumed to be results of the stochastic exchange with action quanta between different NOSs. The quantum kinematics (spatio-temporal evolution of NOS wave packets), quantum dynamics (interaction by means of random exchange with momentum-energy quanta between wave packets of different NOSs), and quantum statistics (probability laws for the stochastic exchange with action quanta between the wave packets in the Minkowski spacetime) are discussed. Both the action four-scalar and the momentum-energy four-vector, as the directional How of action through 3D world, are assimilated with the geometry of NOS eigenmodes in the Minkowski spacetime. The conservation law for the action is supposed as a necessary condition for the energy-momentum conservation. The simplest examples of NOS wave packets are given. Some outcomes of application of this theory to solid-state phenomena are discussed.
Fundamental issues of quantum electrodynamics of nanophotonic systems essential for further progress of nanotechnology are considered. Hypothesis of natural oscillatory systems with distributed parameters (NOSs) as bases for “real”, not “probabilistic”, de Broglie matter waves underlies the theory of natural oscillatory systems (TNOS). TNOS is a 4D theory in essence; the action, not momentum-energy, is regarded as a primary conservative and quantized physical value of Universe causing excitation of NOSs. Conservation laws individually for the positive and the negative parts of action are supposed. The spatial localization of fermion NOS wave packets (“particles”) and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle both are supposed to be results of a stochastic “spread” of fermion NOS action over multiple degrees of freedom of boson NOSs (according to the general laws of statistical physics). The physical origin of both Coulomb potential and own (spin) magnetic moment of fermions is considered to be also the action spread over boson NOS. A 4D spatio-temporal structure of fermion wave packet conjointly with estimation of actions of respective “forced” eigenmodes of boson NOS (virtual photons) is the subject of this paper.
Abstract The uncertainty principle is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, but its exact mathematical expression cannot obtain correct results when used to solve theoretical problems such as the energy levels of hydrogen atoms, one-dimensional deep potential wells, one-dimensional harmonic oscillators, and double-slit experiments. Even after approximate treatment, the results obtained are not completely consistent with those obtained by solving Schrödinger’s equation. This indicates that further research on the uncertainty principle is necessary. Therefore, using the de Broglie matter wave hypothesis, we quantize the action of an elementary particle in natural coordinates and obtain the quantization condition and a new deterministic relation. Using this quantization condition, we obtain the energy level formulas of an elementary particle in different conditions in a classical way that is completely consistent with the results obtained by solving Schrödinger’s equation. A new physical interpretation is given for the particle eigenfunction independence of probability for an elementary particle: an elementary particle is in a particle state at the space-time point where the action is quantized, and in a wave state in the rest of the space-time region. The space-time points of particle nature and the wave regions of particle motion constitute the continuous trajectory of particle motion. When an elementary particle is in a particle state, it is localized, whereas in the wave state region, it is nonlocalized.
Are we to accept quantization as a fundamental property of nature, the origin of which does not require or admit further investigation? To get an insight into this question we consider atomic systems as open systems, since they are by necessity in contact with the electromagnetic radiation field. This includes not only photonic radiation, but, more importantly for our purposes, the random zero-point or nonthermal radiation that pervades the Universe. The Heisenberg inequalities, atomic stability and the existence of discrete solutions are explained as a result of the permanent action of this field upon matter and the balance between mean absorbed and emitted powers in the equilibrium regime. A detailed study carried out along the years has led to the usual quantum-mechanical formalism as a powerful and revealing statistical description of the behavior of matter in the radiationless approximation, as well as to the radiative corrections of nonrelativistic QED. The theory presented gives thus a response to the question posed above, within a local, realist and objective framework: quantization appears as an emergent phenomenon due to the matter-field interaction.
Background: Recently, we obtained a unitary theory of quantum mechanics and general relativity, where a quantum particle is a continuous distribution of matter in the two conjugate spaces of the coordinates and momentum, quantized by the equality of the mass parameter describing the relativistic dynamics of the matter, with the mass as an integral of the matter density. However, in this framework, we have not explicitly revealed the connection between our new theory and the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics. Methods: We analyzed in detail the three fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, explicitly describing experimental data: 1) Planck’s law of the blackbody electromagnetic radiation of a system of electrically charged harmonic oscillators, 2) Einstein’s law of the photon energy proportionality with the photon frequency, and 3) de Broglie’s law of the quantum particle as an oscillator in space. Results: We reobtained the two dynamical equations, in the conjugate spaces of the coordinates and momentum, as functions of the Lagrangian system, unlike the Schrödinger equation, depending on the Hamiltonian. Conclusion: According to the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, a quantum particle is a continuous distribution of matter with an intrinsic mass, unlike the conventional quantum mechanics for the state occupation probabilities of punctual entities moving with the light velocity and getting an apparent mass only by collisions with some bosons pervading the whole universe. According to these laws, we obtained a quantum theory in agreement with common sense, classical logic, and general relativity.