1933. “On the Question of Measurability of Electromagnetic Field Quantities”: Complementarity and Quantum Field Theory

2012 ◽  
pp. 89-106
Author(s):  
Arkady Plotnitsky
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Field

scholarly journals A Physically-Motivated Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field on Curved Spacetimes

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 844
Author(s):  
Ben Maybee ◽  
Daniel Hodgson ◽  
Almut Beige ◽  
Robert Purdy
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Minkowski Space ◽  
Unruh Effect ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Rindler Space ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Field ◽  
Curved Spacetimes

Recently, Bennett et al. (Eur. J. Phys. 37:014001, 2016) presented a physically-motivated and explicitly gauge-independent scheme for the quantisation of the electromagnetic field in flat Minkowski space. In this paper we generalise this field quantisation scheme to curved spacetimes. Working within the standard assumptions of quantum field theory and only postulating the physicality of the photon, we derive the Hamiltonian, H ^ , and the electric and magnetic field observables, E ^ and B ^ , respectively, without having to invoke a specific gauge. As an example, we quantise the electromagnetic field in the spacetime of an accelerated Minkowski observer, Rindler space, and demonstrate consistency with other field quantisation schemes by reproducing the Unruh effect.

scholarly journals Introduction to “Quantum Light Theory” (QLT)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Vegt
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Fundamental Interaction ◽  
Electromagnetic Equation ◽  
Classical Quantum ◽  
Light Theory

Quantum Light Theory (QLT) is the development in Quantum Field Theory (QFT). In Quantum Field Theory, the fundamental interaction fields are replacing the concept of elementary particles in Classical Quantum Mechanics. In Quantum Light Theory the fundamental interaction fields are being replaced by One Single Field. The Electromagnetic Field, generally well known as Light. To realize this theoretical concept, the fundamental theory has to go back in time 300 years, the time of Isaac Newton to follow a different path in development. Nowadays experiments question more and more the fundamental concepts in Quantum Field Theory and Classical Quantum Mechanics. The publication “Operational Resource Theory of Imaginarity“ in “Physical Review Letters” in 2021 (Ref. [2]) presenting the first experimental evidence for the measurability of “Quantum Mechanical Imaginarity” directly leads to the fundamental question in this experiment: How is it possible to measure the imaginary part of “Quantum Physical Probability Waves”? This publication provides an unambiguously answer to this fundamental question in Physics, based on the fundamental “Gravitational Electromagnetic Interaction” force densities. The “Quantum Light Theory” presents a new “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” describing Electromagnetic Field Configurations which are simultaneously the Mathematical Solutions for the Quantum Mechanical “Schrodinger Wave Equation” and more exactly the Mathematical Solutions for the “Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Dirac Equation”. The Mathematical Solutions for the “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” carry Mass, Electric Charge and Magnetic Spin at discrete values.

scholarly journals The Curved Space-Time Paradox

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Vegt
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Curved Space ◽  
Time Continuum ◽  
Light Theory

The fundamental principle in General Relativity is to combine the inertia of mass and the relationship with the gravity force acting on this mass. In this article a new concept in General Relativity will be introduced. The concept of the “Paradox in a Curved Space-Time Continuum”. The “Paradox in a Curved Space-Time Continuum” has been based on the fundamental question: Does light follow a curved path within a gravitational field because a gravitational field causes a “Curved Space Time Continuum” or does a curved path of a beam of light generate a Gravitational Field. Differently formulated: Is Gravity a second order effect of a curved Electromagnetic field?To answer this question a new theory will be introduced. The “Quantum Light Theory” which is a specialization of “Quantum Field Theory”.Quantum Light Theory (QLT) is the new development in Quantum Field Theory (QFT). In Quantum Field Theory, the fundamental interaction fields are replacing the concept of elementary particles in Classical Quantum Mechanics. In Quantum Light Theory the fundamental interaction fields are being replaced by One Single Field. The Electromagnetic Field, generally well known as Light. In which gravity is the second order effect of the fundamental Electromagnetic Field. To realize this theoretical concept, the fundamental theory has to go back in time 300 years, the time of Isaac Newton to follow a different path in development. Nowadays experiments question more and more the fundamental concepts in Quantum Field Theory and Classical Quantum Mechanics. The publication “Operational Resource Theory of Imaginarity“ in “Physical Review Letters” in 2021 (Ref. [2]) presenting the first experimental evidence for the measurability of “Quantum Mechanical Imaginarity” directly leads to the fundamental question in this experiment: How is it possible to measure the imaginary part of “Quantum Physical Probability Waves”? This publication provides an unambiguously answer to this fundamental question in Physics, based on the fundamental “Gravitational Electromagnetic Interaction” force densities. The “Quantum Light Theory” presents a new “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” describing Electromagnetic Field Configurations which are simultaneously the Mathematical Solutions for the Quantum Mechanical “Schrodinger Wave Equation” and more exactly the Mathematical Solutions for the “Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Dirac Equation”. The Mathematical Solutions for the “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” carry Mass, Electric Charge and Magnetic Spin at discrete values.

We’re Having a Field Day!

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mee
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
James Clerk Maxwell ◽  
Richard Feynman ◽  
Michael Faraday

Space is permeated by fields, such as the electromagnetic field, that transmit forces between objects that are not in direct contact. This idea was first devised by Michael Faraday and its mathematical realization for the electromagnetic field was achieved by James Clerk Maxwell. Light is an electromagnetic wave that ripples through the electromagnetic field. Richard Feynman invented a diagrammatic representation of the interactions between particles that plays an important role in quantum field theory. Maxwell’s theory was the inspiration for Einstein when developing his new theory of gravity. Newton was criticized for suggesting the gravitational force acts between bodies that are not in contact. Einstein resolved this issue when he devised general relativity which is a gravitational field theory.

scholarly journals Introduction to “Quantum Light Theory” (QLT) (version 2.0)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Vegt
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Fundamental Interaction ◽  
Electromagnetic Equation ◽  
Classical Quantum ◽  
Light Theory

Quantum Light Theory (QLT) is the development in Quantum Field Theory (QFT). In Quantum Field Theory, the fundamental interaction fields are replacing the concept of elementary particles in Classical Quantum Mechanics. In Quantum Light Theory the fundamental interaction fields are being replaced by One Single Field. The Electromagnetic Field, generally well known as Light. To realize this theoretical concept, the fundamental theory has to go back in time 300 years, the time of Isaac Newton to follow a different path in development. Nowadays experiments question more and more the fundamental concepts in Quantum Field Theory and Classical Quantum Mechanics. The publication “Operational Resource Theory of Imaginarity“ in “Physical Review Letters” in 2021 (Ref. [2]) presenting the first experimental evidence for the measurability of “Quantum Mechanical Imaginarity” directly leads to the fundamental question in this experiment: How is it possible to measure the imaginary part of “Quantum Physical Probability Waves”? This publication provides an unambiguously answer to this fundamental question in Physics, based on the fundamental “Gravitational Electromagnetic Interaction” force densities. The “Quantum Light Theory” presents a new “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” describing Electromagnetic Field Configurations which are simultaneously the Mathematical Solutions for the Quantum Mechanical “Schrodinger Wave Equation” and more exactly the Mathematical Solutions for the “Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Dirac Equation”. The Mathematical Solutions for the “Gravitational-Electromagnetic Equation” carry Mass, Electric Charge and Magnetic Spin at discrete values.

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