The Primary Gas and the Postulates of Quantum Mechanics-VII

V.A.Induchoodan Menon

Published Jun 1, 2010• 0 citations

Abstract

The author shows that that for each quantum mechanical property of a micro-system there is a corresponding thermodynamic one in the primary gas. He further shows that the basic postulates of quantum mechanics have equivalents in the primary gas approach based on statistical mechanics provided time is accorded directional symmetry. He shows that the interference pattern obtained in Young's double slit experiment could be explained in terms of the primary gas approach using the directional symmetry of time.

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