Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Geometric Quantum Description of the Ionospheric Delay of the Satellite Signals and Hidden Parameters of the Theory
Oleg A. Olkhov, D. V. Shestakov
Abstract
Abstract A quantum interpretation of the particle wave function as a microscopic distortion of the space-time geometry is proposed, i.e., a closed topological 4-manifold. This approach allows us to create a relativistic quantum theory to determine the temporal ionospheric delay in the propagation of satellite signals. In three-dimensional Euclidean space, the specified geometric object has the form of a topological defect with stochastic and wave-particle properties of a quantum system. All possible deformations (homeomorphisms) of a closed topological manifold play the role of hidden parameters responsible for the statistical character of the theory.