The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light

1. Front Matter

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2. A Quantum of Light Shed on a Classical Problem

   • Cynthia Kolb Whitney

   Pages 1-8

3. A Classical Photon Model

   • R. G. Beil

   Pages 9-16

4. Stationary Vacuum-Polarization “P Fields”: The Missing Element in Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics

   • Malcolm H. Mac Gregor

   Pages 17-35

5. Electrons and Photons as Soliton-Waves

   • Geoffrey Hunter

   Pages 37-44

6. Topological Solitons in Nonlinear Electrodynamics

   • German Kälbermann

   Pages 45-55

7. A Particle or Photon in a Field

   • J. Kajamaa

   Pages 57-65

8. The Myth of The Photon

   • Trevor W. Marshall, Emilio Santos

   Pages 67-77

9. Could the Photon be Superfluous?

   • Mendel Sachs

   Pages 79-96

10. Fluctuation-Dissipation Quantum Electrodynamics

    • G. F. Efremov, A. Y. Chekhov, L. G. Mourokh, M. A. Novikov

    Pages 97-101

11. Statistical Theory of Photon in the Nonlinear Media and in Vacuum

    • G. F. Efremov, L. G. Mourokh, M. A. Novikov

    Pages 103-106

12. Einstein-De Broglie-Proca Theory of Light and Simultaneous Existence of Transverse and Longitudinal Photons

    • Sisir Roy, Malabika Roy

    Pages 107-116

13. Origin, Observation and Consequences of the B ⁽³⁾ Field

    • M. W. Evans

    Pages 117-125

14. Opto-Magnetic Effects in Nonabsorbing Media: Problems of Measurement and Interpretation

    • S. Jeffers, M. Novikov, G. Hathaway

    Pages 127-139

15. Generalized Equations of Electrodynamics of Continuous Media

    • V. M. Dubovik, B. Saha, M. A. Martsenuyk

    Pages 141-150

16. Maxwellian Analysis of Reflection and Refraction

    • R. D. Prosser, S. Jeffers, J. Desroches

    Pages 151-157

17. Solutions of Maxwell Equations for a Hollow Curved Wave Conductor

    • V. Bashkov, A. Tchernomorov

    Pages 159-163

18. Maxwell’s Equations Directly from the Dynamics of Point Particles

    • G. N. Ord

    Pages 165-168

19. Obtaining the Schrödinger and Dirac Equations from the Einstein/KAC Model of Brownian Motion by Projection

    • G. N. Ord

    Pages 169-180

20. Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation

    • Thomas B. Andrews

    Pages 181-192

THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT In August of 1995, a group of over 70 physicists met at York University for a three-day symposium in honour of Professor Jean-Pierre Vigier. The attendance included theoretical and experimental physicists, mathematicians, astronomers and colleagues concerned with issues in the philosophy of science. The symposium was entitled "The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light" in accordance with Professor Vigier's wishes but in fact encompassed many of the areas to which Professor Vigier has contributed over his long and distinguished career. These include stochastic interpretations of quantum mechanics, particle physics, and electromagnetic theory. The papers presented at the symposium have been arranged in this proceedings in the following approximate order: ideas about the nature of light and photons, electrodynamiCS, the formulation and interpretation of quantum mechanics, and aspects of relativity theory. Some of the papers presented deal with alternate interpretations of quantum phenomena in the tradition of Vigier, Bohm et al. These interpretations reject the account given in purely probabilistic terms and which deems individual quantum events to be acausal and not amenable to any analysis in space-time terms. As is well known, Einstein and others also rejected the purely statistical account of quantum mechanics. As stressed by Professor Vigier at the symposium, the current experimental situation now allows for the first time for individual quantum events to be studied, e. g.

• Dirac equation
• Passe
• Potential
• cosmology
• electrodynamics
• electromagnetism
• magnetism
• mechanics
• optics
• optoelectronics
• quantum mechanics
• relativity
• topological soliton

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, North York, Canada

  Stanley Jeffers

• Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India

  Sisir Roy

• Department of Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

  Jean-Pierre Vigier

• Department of Chemistry, York University, North York, Canada

  Geoffrey Hunter

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