Does Bohm's quantum force have a classical origin?

DOI10.1007/S10701-016-9990-1zbMATH Open1369.81037OpenAlexW3106476030MaRDI QIDQ2011808FDOQ2011808

Authors: David C. Lush 

Publication date: 7 August 2017

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the de Broglie - Bohm formulation of quantum mechanics, the electron is stationary in the ground state of the hydrogen atom, because the quantum force exactly cancels the Coulomb attraction of the electron to the proton. In this paper it is shown that classical electrodynamics similarly predicts the Coulomb force can be effectively canceled by part of the magnetic force that occurs between two similar particles each consisting of a point charge moving with circulatory motion at the speed of light. Supposition of such motion is the basis of the {em Zitterbewegung} interpretation of quantum mechanics. The magnetic force between two luminally-circulating charges for separation large compared to their circulatory motions contains a radial inverse square law part with magnitude equal to the Coulomb force, sinusoidally modulated by the phase difference between the circulatory motions. When the particles have equal mass and their circulatory motions are aligned but out of phase, part of the magnetic force is equal but opposite the Coulomb force. This raises a possibility that the quantum force of Bohmian mechanics may be attributable to the magnetic force of classical electrodynamics. It is further shown that non-relativistic relative motion between the particles leads to modulation of the magnetic force with spatial period equal to the de Broglie wavelength.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.8271

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zbMATH Keywords

classical spinning particleBohmian mechanicsquantum potentialquantum forceZitterbewegung interpretation of quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Atomic physics (81V45) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65) Motion of the gyroscope (70E05)

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