Quantum Physics
The Wave Structure of Matter (WSM) and
Spherical Standing Wave Interactions explains Discrete Energy States of
Quantum Physics (Quantum Theory / Quantum Wave Mechanics). A Simple Solution
to the Particle / Wave Duality of Light and Matter & Quantum Entanglement
On the one hand the
quantum theory of light cannot be considered satisfactory
since it defines the energy of a light particle (photon) by the equation E=hf
containing the frequency f. Now a purely particle theory contains nothing
that enables us to define a frequency; for this reason alone, therefore, we
are compelled, in the case of light, to introduce the idea of a particle and
that of frequency simultaneously. On the other hand, determination of the
stable motion of electrons in the atom introduces integers, and up to this
point the only phenomena involving integers in physics were those of
interference and of normal modes of vibration. This fact suggested
to me the idea that electrons too could not be considered simply as
particles, but that frequency (wave properties) must be
assigned to them also. (Louis de Broglie, Nobel Prize
Speech, Quantum Physics, 1929)
The development during
the present century is characterized by two theoretical systems essentially
independent of each other: the theory of relativity and the
quantum theory. The two systems do not directly contradict
each other; but they seem little adapted to fusion into one unified theory.
Experiments on interference made with particle rays have given brilliant
proof that the wave character of the phenomena of motion as
assumed by the theory do, really, correspond to the facts.
de Broglie conceived an electron revolving about the atomic nucleus as being
connected with a hypothetical wave train, and made intelligible to some
extent the discrete character of Bohr's 'permitted' paths by the
stationary (standing) character of the corresponding waves. (Albert
Einstein, On Quantum Mechanics, 1940)
A careful analysis of
the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic
particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood
as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the
subsequent measurement. Quantum theory thus reveals a basic oneness of the
universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently
existing smallest units. As we penetrate into matter, nature does not show
us any isolated ‘basic building blocks’, but rather appears as a complicated
web of relations between the various parts of the whole. (Fritjof
Capra, The Tao of Physics, On Quantum Theory)
Introduction to Quantum Physics
Quantum Theory / Wave Mechanics
From 1900 to 1930 there was a revolution in the foundations of our
understanding of light and matter interactions. In 1900 Planck showed that
light energy must be emitted and absorbed in discrete 'quanta' to explain
blackbody radiation. Then in 1905 Einstein showed that the energy of light
is determined by its frequency, where E=hf. Finally, in the late 1920s, de
Broglie and Schrodinger introduced the concept of Standing Waves to explain
these discrete frequency and energy states of light and matter (standing
waves only exist at discrete frequencies and thus energy states). So it is
clear that Waves are central to Quantum Physics and our understanding of the
structure and discrete energy states of Matter (which explains why Quantum
Theory is also called Quantum Wave Mechanics). As we shall explain, the
problems and absurdities of quantum theory have been caused by the
continuing assumption of the discrete 'particle' concept for both light and
matter, and thus the resulting paradox of the 'Particle / Wave' duality.
As we are dealing with a scientific theory, it is necessary to begin by
stating the central Principles of the 'Metaphysics of Space and
Motion and the Wave Structure of Matter', which describe how Matter
exists in Space as a Spherical Standing Wave and interacts with other Matter
in the Space around it. From this foundation we can then deduce the
solutions to many problems currently found in Quantum Theory caused by this
ancient concept that matter exists as 'particles'.
For example, the obvious solution to the paradox of the particle / wave
duality of matter is to realise that the Wave-Center of the Spherical
Standing Wave causes the observed 'particle' effects of Matter (see wave
diagram below). Likewise, the discrete 'particle' properties of Light
(quanta / photons) are caused by Standing Wave interactions which only occur
at discrete frequencies and thus energy states.
What we observe as material bodies
and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.
Particles are just schaumkommen (appearances). The world is given to me only
once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one.
The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of
recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.
(Erwin Schrodinger, on Quantum Theory)
The notion that all these fragments
is separately existent is evidently an illusion, and this illusion cannot do
other than lead to endless conflict and confusion. Indeed, the attempt to
live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in
essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that
is confronting us today. Thus, as is now well known, this way of life has
brought about pollution, destruction of the balance of nature,
over-population, world-wide economic and political disorder and the creation
of an overall environment that is neither physically nor mentally healthy
for most of the people who live in it. Individually there has developed a
widespread feeling of helplessness and despair, in the face of what seems to
be an overwhelming mass of disparate social forces, going beyond the control
and even the comprehension of the human beings who are caught up in it.
(David Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order, 1980)