From Atoms and Molecules to the Cosmos: A Quasi-Ergodic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9783540646365 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 214 str.

Andre Julg

Opis

Andre Julg has published several papers concerning the continuity of classical physics and quantum mechanics. He provides a provocative conclusion in this book: the quantum formalism can be effectively interpreted within the framework of classical physics, provided some minor rearrangements are accepted.

Spis treści

I. The quantum formalism and its main interpretations.- The axioms and their immediate consequences. The various interpretations. Practical conclusion.- II. Proposal of a new model.- The apparent failure of the classical physics. Origin of the stability of atoms and molecules. The general properties of the universe field. Direct consequences.- III. A remark about the construction of the operators in quantum mechanics.- The operator associated with the square of the energy. The difficulties to find a general construction rule. Energy fluctuation. Case of the operators associated with Mz2 and M2 . Comparison with experiment. Conclusion.- IV. The problem of enantiomers.- The classical point of view. The quantal point of view. Our interpretation. Analogy with ferromagnetism.- V. Measurement of a property and ergodicity time.- A preliminary remark. Physical meaning of the measurement result. Some arguments for an ergodic interpretation of quantum mechanics. Estimation of the ergodicity time: A quantum approach. Orders of magnitude of the ergodicity time. Other approaches of the ergodicity time. Going back to the measurement axiom.- VI. The molecular structure.- The Born-Oppenheimer approximation. The Woolley paradox. Case of isomers. The chemical bond. The orbitals domains. Case of crystals. Does Quantum Mechanics apply to the universe as a giant molecule?.- VII. A mathematical approach.- The model. Study of the motion. First consequences. Energy balance. The virial theorem. Effect of a virtual deformation of the trajectory. The Hellmann-Feynman theorem. The charged harmonic oscillator. Case of complex particles. The angular momentum. Effect of a magnetic field. Conclusion.- VIII. Connection with the quantum formalism.- Transcription into an operator formalism. The Schrödinger equation. Coming back to the harmonic oscillator. The rigid rotator in a plane. The time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Origin of the universality of the Schrödinger Equation. Meaning of the quantum formalism. Stabilty of atoms and molecules.- IX. The electron spin.- Ambiguity of the notion. The intrinsic kinetic momentum of the electron. Intrinsic magnetic momentum of electron. Magnetic momentum of positron. The Vaschy theorem. Effect of a constant magnetic field. Correlation in a singlet state. The Bell inequality.- X. The excited states.- The quantal point of view. The excited state in our model. Theorem. Consequences. The Franck-Condon principle. Relationship between the transition energy and the frequency of the radiation. Molecular spectra. Utilizable energy carried by a radiation. Induced emission and laser effect. Connexion with the perturbation theory. Remark about the states of the continuum. Thermalization effect.- XI. Many-particle systems.- Interest of the problem. The Hartree-Fock approximation. Justification of the Hartree-Fock model. Connection between the spin and the Fermi-Dirac statistics. Coming back on the orbital domains. Slater’s rules . Hund’s rule. Muon-electron systems.- XII. The wave-particle duality.- Origin and interpretation of the concept. The spreading of a wave-packet. Wave associated with a particle. Electron diffraction. The particle in a box. Momentum associated with an electromagnetic radiation — Application to the Compton effect. Closed and unclosed systems.- XIII. Microreversibility and ergodicity.- The specific character of the time variable. Reversibility and irreversibility in Mechanics. Friction, irreversibility and stability. Similarity to our model. Parallelism with entropy.- XIV. Does Planck’s constant vary versus time?.- The problem of the past variability of the fundamental parameters in physics. A preliminary remark. Experimental data. Choice of a unit system. Derived units. Invariance of the physical laws. Invariance of the light velocity and that of G . First consequences. Connection with the strong and weak interactions. Origin of the time-invariability of a. The principle of conservation of energy. Variation of ? versus the expansion of the universe. Consequences and various applications. Remark about the ? ? 0 limit in quantum mechanics.- Conclusion.

Blurb

André Julg has published several papers concerning the continuity of classical physics and quantum mechanics. He provides a provocative conclusion in this book: the quantum formalism can be effectively interpreted within the framework of classical physics, provided some minor rearrangements are accepted.