Overview
- Develops an alternative approach to QM, as an emergent phenomenon arising from a more profound stochastic process
- Controversial as often alternative approaches are, it is offered to the scientific community open to discussion
- Provides a comprehensive critical account of stochastic electrodynamics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This monograph presents the latest findings from a long-term research project intended to identify the physics behind Quantum Mechanics. A fundamental theory for quantum mechanics is constructed from first physical principles, revealing quantization as an emergent phenomenon arising from a deeper stochastic process. As such, it offers the vibrant community working on the foundations of quantum mechanics an alternative contribution open to discussion. The book starts with a critical summary of the main conceptual problems that still beset quantum mechanics. The basic consideration is then introduced that any material system is an open system in permanent contact with the random zero-point radiation field, with which it may reach a state of equilibrium. Working from this basis, a comprehensive and self-consistent theoretical framework is then developed. The pillars of the quantum-mechanical formalism are derived, as well as the radiative corrections of nonrelativistic QED, while revealing the underlying physical mechanisms. The genesis of some of the central features of quantum theory is elucidated, such as atomic stability, the spin of the electron, quantum fluctuations, quantum nonlocality and entanglement. The theory developed here reaffirms fundamental scientific principles such as realism, causality, locality and objectivity.
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“This is an excellent advanced book on proofs of the major theories on Quantum Mechanics from the Planck, Heisenberg, deBroglie, Schrodinger, Einstein traditions. … This is primarily for cutting edge graduate physics students and researchers. … I think this book deserves a place on the shelf of every quantum physicist and learner of theoretical physics.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Emerging Quantum
Book Subtitle: The Physics Behind Quantum Mechanics
Authors: Luis de la Peña, Ana María Cetto, Andrea Valdés Hernández
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07893-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07892-2Published: 29 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34792-9Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07893-9Published: 15 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 366
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Mathematical Physics