A Quantum of Physics

Michael G. Raymer

What is quantum physics? Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy—the basic constituents of the physical world—in the ‘quantum realm.’ The quantum realm encompasses those aspects of Nature that cannot be explained using classical physics. By ‘classical physics’ we physicists mean the...

David K. Ferry, Mihail Nedjalkov

Alexander I. Lvovsky

Hans-Otto Carmesin

Quantum physics is very successful in describing nature and developing technology. However, quantum physics had not yet been really understood. Instead, quantization procedures and postulates had been proposed without derivation from more general physics. Now, quantum physics has been derived as a natural consequence of the dynamics of vacuum. These dynamics, in turn, has been derived from gravity and relativity. Thus, quantum physics is a natural consequence of gravity and relativity. In this paper, I derive the dynamics of the vacuum, I derive quantum physics, and I propose a corresponding course of quantum physics.

Michel Paty

Despite its power as the conceptual basis for a huge range of physical phenomena in atomic and subatomic physics, quantum mechanics still suffers from a lack of clarity regarding the physical meaning of its fundamental theoretical concepts, such as those of quantum state and of quantum theoretical quantities or variables , dealt with by the known mathematical-theoretical rules. These concepts have generally been considered as not giving a direct description of physical systems, for they do not correspond to what is usually understood by `physical states' or `physical properties', notably characterized by definite numerical values such as those obtained from measurement. The situation has been tentatively expressed in terms of various `interpretations', conceived not only with regard to the physical meanings of mathematical quantities, but also in connection with philosophical statements about `physical reality'. The question of whether or not quantum theoretical quantities describe definite physical systems existing in nature has therefore generally been considered as beyond the possibilities of physics, because of the definitions that are commonly taken for `physical state' and `physical quantity'. We sketch the main ideas on this problem and propose a possible way out of the puzzle, in terms of an extension of the meaning given to the concepts of the physical state and physical quantity of a system, which would allow one, without any theoretical change in quantum mechanics, to speak consistently of real quantum systems as having definite physical properties .

Prabir Kanti Basu, Hrishikesh Dhasmana