Quantum Physics

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[2] viXra:2609.0020 [pdf] submitted on 2026-09-08 23:35:02

On the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

Authors: Francesco Prandel
Comments: 12 Pages.

If interpretation is a metacognitive process, interpreting a physical theory means identifying the metaphysical concepts suitable for representing its theoretical terms. From this perspective, given the linearity of the formalism of quantum mechanics, its natural interpretation is the one suggested by W. Heisenberg, according to whom quantum mechanics governs the potential level of physical reality, not its actual level.
Category: Quantum Physics

[1] viXra:2609.0002 [pdf] submitted on 2026-09-01 20:46:50

Real-Phase Gauge Field Theory Transformations in U(1), SU(2), and SU(4)

Authors: Nigel B. Cook
Comments: 5 Pages.

Reference 1 shows that when multipath interference is treated correctly, the imaginary term, i sin S, is unnecessary; the real term cos S suffices, therefore Euler’s exp(iS) = i sin S + cos S reduces to exp(iS) → cos S. Can this same principle be applied to complex phase amplitudes in gauge theory phase ransformations? Gauge invariance only requires a continuous group action in real space, not the complex phase structure suggested by textbooks. The complex exponential hides the physics. The conversion of gauge theory to real space phase changes makes explicit the physical mechanism of gauge theory.
Category: Quantum Physics