Quantum Physics

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[9] viXra:2403.0142 [pdf] replaced on 2024-06-18 21:00:21

The Spacetime Superfluid Hypothesis: Unifying Gravity, Electromagnetism, and Quantum Mechanics

Authors: Eric Edward Albers
Comments: 52 Pages. Math updates: More details were requested by reviewers

The Spacetime Superfluid Hypothesis (SSH) is a novel approach to unifying the fundamental forces of nature by proposing that spacetime is a superfluid medium. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the SSH, its mathematical formulation, and its potential implications for our understanding of gravity, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. The SSH describes spacetime as a superfluid governed by a modified non-linear Schr¨odinger equation (NLSE), which includes interactions between the superfluid and the electromagnetic field. In this frame-work, particles and fields emerge as excitations or topological defects within the superfluid, with their properties determined by the dynamics and geometry of the superfluid. The paper explores the key aspects of the SSH, including the interpretation of matter-antimatter pair creation as the formation of solitons with opposite topological charges, the role of the potential term in the NLSE, and the description of magnetic fields as a manifestation of the superfluid’s topological properties. The SSH’s implications for light deflection and its relationship to Snell’s law are also discussed. A significant focus of the paper is the coupling between gravity and electromagnetism within the SSH. By introducing a density field and a gravitational field defined as its gradient, the SSH provides a unified description of these fundamental forces. The modified Maxwell’s equations and the equations for the coupling between gravity and electromagnetism are derived and analyzed.Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that the SSH can be aligned with general relativity by carefully choosing the values of its parameters, such as the mass of the superfluid particles and the coupling constants. This alignment highlights the SSH’s potential as a generalization of general relativity, capableof describing both classical and quantum phenomena. The SSH offers a fresh perspective on the nature of spacetime and the unification of the fundamental forces. While still a speculative theory, its mathematical elegance and potential for explaining a wide range of physical phenomena make it a promising avenue for further research. This paper provides a solid foundation for future investigations into the SSH and its implications for our understanding of the universe.
Category: Quantum Physics

[8] viXra:2403.0138 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-29 16:26:20

About the Experimental Study of Nonlocality in Quantum Physics

Authors: V. A. Kuz’menko
Comments: 4 Pages.

There is a long-forgotten experiment in quantum physics in which nonlocality manifests itself in a quite direct and obvious way. The basic properties of nonlocality can be experimentally studied there using very simple tools.
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[7] viXra:2403.0132 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-28 20:19:55

Weirdness: Quantum Mechanics Versus General Relativity

Authors: Joseph Palazzo
Comments: 5 Pages.

The consensus among physicists is that General Relativity, a Classical theory, is a straightforward deterministic theory and Quantum Mechanics is weird. In this paper we present the alternative: for General Relativity, a classical theory in which the Equivalence Principle requires that a free falling frame - a non-inertial frame by definition - is to be considered as an inertial frame, its weirdness principally lies in its indispensable requirement of a space-time coordinate system in a non-Euclidean geometry.
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[6] viXra:2403.0123 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-25 19:41:46

On the Nonlocality of Quantum Mechanics

Authors: Angel Garcés Doz
Comments: 7 Pages.

Essentially, the nonlocality of quantum mechanics is manifested between entangled particles that are far enough apart from each other, such that the measurement of an observable in one of them, for example thespin, is correlated with the other particle. Ruling out the transmission of information between these particles not even at the speed of light. This experimental fact being widely confirmed in all the experiments that havebeen repeated throughout all these years since the thought experiment of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox.It is therefore a problem not resolved by quantum mechanics to explain how the cause-effect of correlation can be produced. Quantum mechanics simply accepts experimentalfacts without explaining them.We think that there must be an agent that mediates the cause that produces the effect of the correlation. And this agent, we theorize, must be the structure of space. A space of more than four dimensions and that is totally interconnected or intertwined by the own characteristics of this space and that we will show in this article.Themain fact would be how this space moves at the same time and in all its extension.
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[5] viXra:2403.0114 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-23 20:41:36

The Double-Slit Experiment is not as Mysterious

Authors: Tadeusz Pastuszek
Comments: 7 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Please cite and list scientific references!)

This paper presents a novel interpretation of quantum mechanics, specifically addressing the mysteries of wave-particle duality and the collapse of the wave function upon measurement. It challenges the notion that consciousness affects wave function collapse, proposing instead that nature inherently performs continuous, observer-independent measurements. The author argues for a universe that operates on a discrete, pixelated spacetime, contradicting traditional views of continuous mo- dels. This is based on the idea that the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics implies a digital, computational framework for the universe, termed the "Random Machine."The concept of the "Random Machine" is applied to explain quantum phenomena, such as the double-slit experiment and entanglement, suggesting that these events are determined by computational processes rather than physical properties. By reinterpreting these foundational experiments, the paper advocates for an indeterministic quantum universe, where events are outcomes of randomly made choices.This approach redefines the understanding of quantum mechanics, proposing a shift from deterministic interpretations to a model where quantum events are dictated by a cosmic random mechanism. The manuscript offers significant implications for the conceptual underpinnings of quantum physics, advocating for a reconsideration of the nature of reality as fundamentally computational.
Category: Quantum Physics

[4] viXra:2403.0049 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-13 00:01:52

The Sound of the Aeolian Harp in the Madelung Model of Quantum Mechanics

Authors: Miroslav Pardy
Comments: 11 Pages.

According to Madelung, Bohm and Vigier, Wilhelm, Rosen and others, the original Schroedinger equation can be transformed into the hydrodynamical system of equations by using the so called Madelung ansatz. We derive in such quantum hydrodynamics, the non-relativistic and relativistic Strouhal number from the socalled vortex street. The relativistic derivation of this formula follows from the addition formula for velocities. The Strouhal friction tones are generated also during the motion of cosmic rays in relic photon sea, during the motion of bolids in atmosphere, during the Saturn rings motion in the relic black-body sea, during the motion of bodies in superfluid helium and so on.
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[3] viXra:2403.0028 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-07 23:48:14

The Real Value of Vacuum Density and Information Theory

Authors: Angel Garcés Doz
Comments: 6 Pages. (Note by viXra Admin: Further repetition/regurgitation will not be accepted!)

The value calculated by quantum field theory for the energy of the vacuum disagrees greatly with the observational value. In this article weshow how to calculate it using information theory and the E8 group.
Category: Quantum Physics

[2] viXra:2403.0023 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-06 21:32:36

Quantum Measurements Generating Forces with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle [:] An Alternative Understanding of Quantum Mechanics by Using Concepts From Thermodynamics, Special, and General Relativity.

Authors: Brian Beverly
Comments: 11 Pages.

According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, changing the uncertainty in a particle's position through measurement changes the particle's momentum. Newton's second law states that a changing momentum is due to a force on the particle. Therefore, changing the uncertainty in a particle's position through measurement changes the particle's momentum and generates a force on the particle. Understanding the consequences of measurements creating forces requires a conceptual derivation using thermodynamics and relativity concepts.Motion is not absolute; a quantum particle requires a second particle to provide a relative position and momentum. A measurement generates a force and creates a non-inertial reference frame. Without a measurement, velocity, momentum, and position are undefined. The particle occupies every possible allowed state simultaneously until a measurement defines the observables, increases entropy, and collapses the wavefunction.Many quantum mechanics interpretations use the complex wavefunction to obfuscate the underlying mechanics. Interpretations describe observable particle properties as consequences of ideas which science cannot falsify. It is impossible to measure imaginary numbers experimentally. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle eliminates the need for the Born rule, as it already contains the squared wavefunctions. Applying oscillating uncertainties provides a logical mechanism for forces and extends into the spherical harmonics of atomic physics.
Category: Quantum Physics

[1] viXra:2403.0017 [pdf] submitted on 2024-03-05 07:16:36

Spontaneous Disentanglement and Thermalisation

Authors: Eyal Buks
Comments: 10 Pages.

The problem of quantum measurement can be partially resolved by incorporatinga process of spontaneous disentanglement into quantum dynamics. We propose amodified master equation, which contains a nonlinear term giving rise to bothspontaneous disentanglement and thermalisation. We find that the addednonlinear term enables limit cycle steady states, which are prohibited instandard quantum mechanics. This finding suggests that an experimentalobservation of such a limit cycle steady state can provide an importantevidence supporting the spontaneous disentanglement hypothesis.
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