Observation of discontinuous particle dynamics in macrocosm: A clue to the problem of "unified" theory
Year: 2014
Type: preprint
Abstract: We have observed light-induced spatially-discontinuous electron dynamics of a macroscopic lengthscale. The dynamics proves to be a peculiar type of quantum nonlocality, which is related to the fundamental indivisibility of individual macroscopic-scale orbit-like quantum states. The effect is revealed in a quantum phase which is a derivative of the Quantum Hall state of matter and characterized by the broken translational symmetry as a manifestation of the quantum indivisibility of any finite macroscopic system in such phase. The very fact of this observation strongly supports the Popper-Bell's realistic interpretation of so-called Bell test, which is based on the Lorentz-Poincare's version of relativity with a revival of absolute simultaneity together with a real causal sequence. Moreover, this observation allows one to interpret Lorentz's aether in terms of the Bohm's non-Cartesian quantum pre-space which basically is not Lorentz-invariant and now is demonstrated to be relevant to macrocosm. As a result, relativity appears to be coherently integrated into the de Broglie-Bohm quantum theory in such a way that the latter is, in a sense, the unified theory while the former is a limiting case relevant only to the systems consisting of essentially autonomous objects. Accordingly, the Minkowski model of spacetime appears to be a limiting case of a deeper quantum model, that is, the Bohm-Hiley's model of undividable universe, which proves to be the true conceptual framework for a renaissance of physical realism but now in a more subtle, non-mechanistic form.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: S. A. Emelyanov
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1822276358