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A Unified Experiment for Testing Both the Interpretation and the Reduction Postulate of the Quantum Mechanical Wave Function

Gino Tarozzi

Published Jan 1, 1985• 4 citations
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10.1007/978-94-009-5245-4_25

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Quantum mechanics is often praised as a theory which unifies classical mechanics and classical wave theory. Quanta are said to behave either as particles or waves, depending on the type of experiment they are subjected to. But where in the standard formalism can a pointlike particle structure actually be found? Perhaps only to some degree in the reduction postulate applied to position measurements. In reaction to this unsatisfactory state of affairs, Bohmian mechanics introduces a mathematically precise particle concept into quantum mechanical theory. The fuzzy wave functions are supplemented by sharp particle world-lines. Through this additional structure some quantum phenomena like the double slit experiment have lost their mystery.
Feynman (1956) called the double slit experiment "a phenomenon […] has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality, it contains the only mystery. We cannot make the mystery go away by ‘explaining’ how it works". To study the mystery, the double slit experiments were performed one photon at the time. The photons are described by probability wave function. To interpret, the concept of the collapse of the wave function is utilized. However, the collapse of the wave function leads to the inconsistent/incomplete of the quantum mechanics (Penrose, 2022). In this article, we propose Postulate: the diaphragm, e.g., the slide of the double slit, does not change the nature of the light passing through it. Then we perform multi-experiments to test Postulate, and show that, before and after passing the diaphragm of the double slit, the light is photons. It is photons that produce the wave pattern, e.g., the interference pattern. We referred the phenomena as “PhotonWave Phenomena”. Particle phenomena Wave phenomena Light as wave non Light waves produce wave patterns Light as photons Photons produce ejection of electrons: Photoelectric effect Photons produce wave patterns: PhotoWave phenomena A complete interpretation should consistently explain all of the experiments, which challenges the existing wave theories. The experiments show the coexistence of particle nature and wave pattern in the same experiment, which violate Bohr’s complementarity principle and the wave interpretations. The experiments provide the comprehensive phenomena for developing theoretical model to study the nature of the light, the complementarity principle, the wave-particle duality, and wave theories.