A New Dynamical Conception of Physical Objects and Their Interactions

Tina May Hall

Danil Doubochinski

This article continues the work on Argumental Physics of Interactions (DAPI), which develops the concept of the macroscopic quantum effect (DMQE) and a dynamic ontology of argumental physical objects and their interactions. The study systematically reveals the mechanisms of interaction and self-organization underlying the discreteness, stability, and cyclical nature of physical processes — from quantum systems to complex self-organizing structures. It is shown that argumental modes are one form of interaction between objects and fields, and that argumental topology describes the structure and dynamics of complex systems. Particular attention is paid to: self-regulating phase-frequency modulation, argumental interaction conditions, discrete stable modes, the dynamic nature of argumental physical objects, and questions regarding the relationship between the continuous and the discrete in Nature. The work includes directions for the development of DAPI, methodological remarks, and an extended bibliography covering current research on DMQE and DAPI. The research results provide a foundation for the further development of this new field—DAPI.

Federico Zalamea

Arkady Plotnitsky

This article reconsiders the concept of physical reality in quantum theory and the concept of quantum measurement, following Bohr, whose analysis of quantum measurement led him to his concept of a (quantum) "phenomenon," referring to "the observations obtained under the specified circumstances," in the interaction between quantum objects and measuring instruments. This situation makes the terms "observation" and "measurement," as conventionally understood, inapplicable. These terms are remnants of classical physics or still earlier history, from which classical physics inherited it. As defined here, a quantum measurement does not measure any preexisting property of the ultimate constitution of the reality responsible for quantum phenomena. An act of measurement establishes a quantum phenomenon by an interaction between the instrument and the quantum object or in the present view the ultimate constitution of the reality responsible for quantum phenomena and, at the time of measurement, also quantum objects. In the view advanced in this article, in contrast to that of Bohr, quantum objects, such as electrons or photons, are assumed to exist only at the time of measurement and not independently, a view that redefines the concept of quantum object as well. This redefinition becomes especially important in high-energy quantum regimes and quantum field theory and allows this article to define a new concept of quantum field. The article also considers, now following Bohr, the quantum measurement as the entanglement between quantum objects and measurement instruments. The argument of the article is grounded in the concept "reality without realism" (RWR), as underlying quantum measurement thus understood, and the view, the RWR view, of quantum theory defined by this concept. The RWR view places a stratum of physical reality thus designated, here the reality ultimately responsible for quantum phenomena, beyond representation or knowledge, or even conception, and defines the corresponding set of interpretations quantum mechanics or quantum field theory, such as the one assumed in this article, in which, again, not only quantum phenomena but also quantum objects are (idealizations) defined by measurement. As such, the article also offers a broadly conceived response to J. Bell's argument "against 'measurement'".

Grit Kalies, D.D. Do

Momentum work involves a change in the basic energetic concepts of physics, which also concerns binding processes. We apply the findings from the preceding papers in this series and describe any kind of interaction between particles via processes instead of forces. We illustrate a new understanding of the interaction and the energies involved using a vibrating diatomic molecule. After a detailed critical review of the current force-based interpretation of potential energy profiles, such as the Morse or Lennard-Jones potentials, the energy profiles are reinterpreted within the framework of quantum-process thermodynamics and the forms of energy released during the spontaneous formation of a bond are specified. Interaction by processes implies the real wave character of any quantum object, provides a path toward the development of a unified interaction theory, and should initiate a paradigm shift in fundamental theoretical physics.