Dynamical Localized Wave Packet Theory (DLWPT): Many-Body Coherence, Bell Correlations, and No-Signaling

Eric Aboagye Amankwah

Published Jun 13, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

DLWPT: Many-Body Coherence, Bell Correlations, and No-Signaling extends the Dynamical Localized Wave Packet Theory (DLWPT) to many-body quantum systems and investigates its implications for Bell correlations, quantum nonlocality, contextuality, and the measurement problem. The paper develops a deterministic, collapse-free framework in which the fundamental ontic entity is a conserved coherence field defined on configuration space rather than a probabilistic wavefunction interpretation. The work demonstrates how local detector interactions arise through marginal coupling to the coherence density while the global non-separable structure of the many-body field naturally generates Bell-inequality violations. Operational no-signaling is preserved despite ontic nonlocality, thereby providing a deterministic account of quantum correlations without invoking wavefunction collapse, hidden particle trajectories, superdeterminism, or retrocausality. A concrete Stern–Gerlach detector model is developed to show how discrete measurement outcomes emerge through spatial sorting and temporal coarse-graining of the coherence density. The paper further establishes the contextual nature of DLWPT in accordance with the Kochen–Specker theorem and proposes experimentally testable deviations from standard quantum mechanics in ultrafast and high-energy Bell experiments. Overall, this work positions DLWPT as a coherence-based reconstruction of quantum foundations in which the Born rule, Bell correlations, and operational no-signaling emerge from a unified dynamical principle based on the conservation and evolution of coherence density.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20674019

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