Quantum Physics Famous Physicists
 Max
Planck Quantum Physics Discrete Light Quanta
 Albert
Einstein 'Photon' Quantum Theory Photoelectric Effect
 Niels Bohr
Quantum Physics Copenhagen Interpretation
 Louis de
Broglie Physics Matter Waves Particle Wave Duality
 Erwin
Schrodinger Quantum Physics Wave Equations
 Max
Born Quantum Physics Probability Waves
 Werner
Heisenberg Quantum Mechanics Uncertainty Principle
 Paul
Dirac Quantum Physics Dirac Equation
 Richard
Feynman Quantum Physics Electrodynamics QED
 John
Bell's Inequality Quantum Mechanics EPR Paradox
 David
Bohm Quantum Physics Bohmian Mechanics
 Milo
Wolff Quantum Mechanics Wave Structure Matter
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Summary of Quantum Physics
These
Quantum Physics pages (on either side) show how this new understanding of
physical reality (that all light and matter interactions are wave
interactions in Space) explains and solves the central problems of Quantum
Theory. The mistake was to work from Newton's foundation of
particles and instantly acting gravity forces in space and time
(many things) and then have to add more things to explain light and
electricity, i.e. charged particles, continuous electromagnetic fields and
waves ( Faraday,
Maxwell,
Lorentz,
Einstein's
Special Relativity). Thus by 1900 the central concepts of Physics
were; Matter as discrete particles with both
gravitational mass and electrical charge properties (mass-charge
duality). Light as continuous electromagnetic waves
(velocity of light c). Continuous electromagnetic
fields created by discrete charged particles (discrete
particle-continuous field duality). Local charge
interactions limited by the velocity of electromagnetic waves
(velocity of light c). Over the next 30 years Quantum
Theory destroyed these foundations by showing the exact opposite,
that; Matter has wave properties thus a particle-wave
duality ( de
Broglie Waves, Schrodinger's
wave equations). Light has discrete particle
properties thus a particle-wave duality ( Light
'quanta', Max
Planck, Albert
Einstein) Continuous deterministic fields are replaced by
discrete statistical fields e.g. Heisenberg's
Uncertainty Principle, Niels Bohr's
Copenhagen Interpretation, Born's
probability waves to predict the location of the
particle. Non-Local matter interactions ( instant
action-at-distance EPR Bell Aspect) The solution to
this confusion and contradiction is simple once known. Describe reality
from One thing existing, Space (that we all commonly experience) and its
Properties. i.e. Rather than adding matter particles to space as
Newton did, we consider Space with properties of a continuous wave medium
for a pure Wave Structure of Matter. This is the
Most Simple Science Theory of Physical Reality (despite many claims to
the contrary, science does actually work, we just needed the correct
foundation of continuous Space rather than discrete matter). Most
importantly, this Dynamic
Unity of Reality provides simple solutions to all the 'strangeness' of
quantum physics that has resulted from this discrete / disconnected
'particle' conception of matter. i.e. Matter is a Wave
Structure of Space - the Spherical Wave Center creates the
'particle' effect. Light is a Wave Phenomena -
however, spherical standing waves (matter) act as spherical resonators and
only interact (resonantly couple) at discrete frequencies / energies which
gives the effect of discrete light 'quanta'. Reality is both
Continuous (Space) and Discrete (Standing Wave
Interactions).Reality is both Local and
Non-Local - matter is causally inter-connected in Space by its
Spherical In and Out Waves (traveling at velocity c, i.e. Einstein's
Locality). However (and very importantly), with relative motion these
matter wave interactions form de
Broglie phase waves that travel at high velocities (c 2/v),
explaining EPR and apparent Non-Locality /
Instant-Action-at-a-Distance. Reality is Causally Connected but
Non-Deterministic / Statistical. The waves in quantum theory are
real waves (not abstract 'probability waves') but lack of knowledge of the
interconnected whole (infinite Space) causes statistical behaviour of
matter (as Einstein believed). I realise this is a pretty abrupt /
radical introduction to a new way of seeing things - that it will take
some time to adjust. But the Wave Structure of Matter is simple sensible
and obvious once known. Each Quantum Physics page has a short summary and
important quotes, so it is easy to click around and confirm things for
yourself. Enjoy! Think! Geoff
Haselhurst - Email - Nice
Letters.
Quantum Mechanics: Milo Wolff The Wave Structure of Matter (WSM) explains Discrete Quantum
Energy States, Particle Wave Duality of Light & Matter & Instant
Action at a Distance (non-locality)
Introduction: Dr Milo Wolff
For more information on Dr Milo Wolff and his contributions to the Wave
Structure of Matter please see the following articles and Digital Video
Interviews.
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Wolff-Wave-Structure-Matter.htm
- Abstract: The structure of the electron is investigated and found
closely entwined with the origin of the natural laws. The natural laws had
been measured for hundreds of years but no one knew how Nature creates
them. Richard Feynman wrote, speaking of the Conservation of Energy,
Nature has a hidden accountant who keeps honest books of energy input
and output but we don't know how she does it. The origins had been
proposed earlier by Clifford and Schrodinger, who pointed out that only a
Wave Structure of Matter (WSM), can explain natural laws (i.e. Wave
Mechanics). Further, Einstein realised that matter was spherical and
spatially extended and thus the Electron was not a point particle, but
rather, a structure of space. He writes; Physical
objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended. In
this way the concept empty space loses its meaning. ... Since the theory
of general relativity implies the representation of physical reality by a
continuous field, the concept of particles or material points
cannot play a fundamental part, nor can the concept of motion. The
particle can only appear as a limited region in space in which the field
strength or the energy density are particularly high. (Albert
Einstein) Einstein's error was to represent matter as a
continuous spherical field in space-time rather than as a Spherical Wave
in continuous Space which causes the spherical force field effects (as we
shall shortly explain). Using the WSM a quantitative origin has been
found based on the wave structure of the electron. It is shown that Space
(the quantum wave medium) is a single entity underlying electron structure
and the laws. Three Principles are found describing the wave medium,
enabling calculation of particles and the laws. The predictive power of
the WSM is shown by deriving the previously unknown physical origin of
electron spin and making experimental predictions which solve the
paradoxes of the famous EPR experiment. The WSM has important implications
for research, industry, and our human role in the universe.
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Wolff-Einstein-EPR-Experiment.htm
- Abstract: In l935, Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen (EPR) put forward a
gedanken (thought) experiment whose outcome they thought was certain to
show that there existed natural phenomena that quantum theory could not
account for. The experiment was based on the concept that two events
cannot influence each other if the distance between them is greater than
the distance light could travel in the time available. In other words,
only local events inside the light sphere can influence one another.
Their experimental concept was later used by John Bell (1964) to frame
a theorem which showed that either the statistical predictions of quantum
theory or the Principle of Local Events is incorrect. It did not say which
one was false but only that both cannot be true, although it was clear
that Einstein expected The Principle to be affirmed. When later
experiments (Clauser & Freedman 1972; Aspect, Dalibard, and Roger,
1982; and others) confirmed that quantum theory was correct, the
conclusion was startling. The Principle of Local Events failed, forcing us
to recognize that the world is not the way it appears. What then is the
real nature of our world? The important impact of Bell's Theorem and
the experiments is that they clearly thrust a formerly only philosophical
dilemma of quantum theory into the real world. They show that post-modern
physics’ ideas about the world are somehow profoundly deficient. No one
understood these results and only scant scientific attention has been paid
to them. With the recent discoveries on the Wave Structure of Matter we
can now understand the cause of these apparently 'spooky' actions at a
distance.
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Wolff-Feynman-QED.htm
- Abstract: Lack of knowledge of energy transfer between particles is a
major obstacle in understanding physics, matter, and the Universe. In 1945
Wheeler and Feynman sought the mechanism of energy transfer by calculating
e-m radiation from an accelerated electron. The electron generated outward
and inward waves and evoked a response of the universe from absorber
charges. This paper compares Wheeler and Feynman’s work with a rigorous
solution using the scalar wave equation that finds a quantum-wave electron
structure based upon two fundamental principles of Nature. This is
equivalent to replacing the material point electron with a spherical
quantum-wave electron, a new structure in main-stream thinking but
fulfilling a proposal by Schrodinger (Quantum Wave Mechanics).
Surprisingly, all the natural laws are found embedded in the wave
structure of the electron – as envisioned by Schrodinger.
http://www.quantummatter.com/ (Milo Wolff's Website on
the Wave Structure of Matter)
Video Interview: Dr Milo Wolff on the Wave Structure of Matter
Introduction - Below are links to ten Digital Video
clips of an interview I filmed with Milo Wolff. The purpose of this is to
allow you to download video clips while you read the Introduction to the
Wave Structure of Matter, and the following article on how this solves the
problems of the famous Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR)
Experiment. Geoff Haselhurst
Digital Video Interview - Milo Wolff and Geoff
Haselhurst
 
The following interview between Philosopher Geoff
Haselhurst and Physicist Milo Wolff on the
Wave Structure of Matter was filmed in 2000 on the
grounds of Berkeley University in California. Milo Wolff is a fine
theoretical physicist and one day he will no doubt receive a Nobel Prize
for his pioneering work on the Wave Structure of Matter. I think
you will find these video interviews to be interesting (at times amusing)
and very informative about the problems of modern physics and how they can
be solved by the Wave Structure of Matter.
The Digital Video has been compressed to about 6 Kilo Bytes per second
(48kbits) using Premiere 6.5 and the latest (November 2003) Windows Media
9 codec (format .wmv, 12.5 frames/second, small screen size of 150 by
120). While the images are a bit blurry at times, we have chosen small
data size over image quality to encourage people to download these videos,
as they contain important information (in a nice human friendly
format!). The interview is broken into ten video clips - from 60
seconds (360 KBytes) to 180 seconds (1 MByte) so they download quickly
(from 10 to 30 seconds on DSL / cable, from 60 to 180 seconds on a 56 kbit
modem). They should then play automatically in Windows Media Player which
is standard in Windows. NOTE: If you press the play button before the
video completes downloading (while buffering) for some strange reason the
download resets back to the beginning and you loose what had already
downloaded - so be patient, it will play automatically once it has
finished downloading / buffering the file!
We also have the video clips Online in Real Media (see REAL links below
- they average 1.6 times the size and data rate) and Quicktime format if
required (write to us). If you don't have the latest Media Players you can
go to our website; Philosophy
of Search Engine Optimisation and Web Design which has links to latest
movie player downloads. Enjoy! Geoff Haselhurst
1. Milo Wolff (1,100K) 'I was
curious!' - On his lifelong (slightly obsessive) motivation to
find the cause of the de Broglie wavelength of
Quantum Theory. His discovery (in 1986) that a Spherical
Wave Structure of Matter deduced Doppler shifts (due to
relative motion of the Spherical In and Out-Waves and the Wave-Center)
that correctly corresponded to the de Broglie Wavelength of matter. Of
even more significance is the fact that within these same simple wave
equations were the correct terms for the
Frequency-Mass-Energy increases with
Motion as deduced by Einstein' Special
Relativity. Thus for the first time finding a fundamental
theoretical and mathematical unification of these two famous theories. (REAL)
2. Milo Wolff (720K) 'We're talking
about the Wave Structure of Matter. For three thousand years ... ' How
does one particle emit and absorb
another particle? It only makes sense when we
realise that spherical standing waves cause 'particle' effects. (REAL)
3. Milo Wolff (950K) Explains the
obvious fact that Spherical Waves necessarily form a
'particle' effect at their Wave-Center,
thus solving the 70 year old paradox of the Particle-Wave Duality
of Matter. Further discussion of Space and it
Properties as a Wave Medium for the
Spherical Waves which form matter. On the size of the Wave-Centers and how
many exist in the matter of our bodies. (REAL)
4. Milo Wolff (900K)
Cosmology - How Huygens' Principle
explains where our Spherical In-Waves come from and where our Spherical
Out-Waves go to? Discusses Mathematical analysis of the Waves. (REAL)
5. Milo Wolff (1,100K) The Spherical
Wave Structure of Matter is an obvious solution to the particle wave
duality of Matter, why wasn't it discovered many years earlier? Milo
Wolff's reply 'Humans are creatures of
habit and custom ... '. What did
Einstein think matter was? On Maxwell's
Equations and the Electromagnetic Force Field
theory of Matter (which are not real, but merely mathematical
constructions which approximate reality). (REAL)
6. Milo Wolff (620K) What are the
similarities of the Wave Structure of Matter and
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity? Einstein
represents matter as Continuous Spherical Electromagnetic Force Fields -
thus he is largely correct, matter is not a discrete and separate particle
but rather a structure of Space. His error was to use continuous spherical
e-m fields rather than Spherical Standing Waves. Thus he was never able to
explain the discrete Energy transfers of Quantum Theory, which are due to
Standing Wave Interactions, which only occur at discrete frequencies and
thus energies. This Energy exchange is fundamental to all observation and
thus to all Physics (though it has been ignored). (REAL)
7. Milo Wolff (740K) Explains the
illusion of Light and the 'Photon Particle' - On how
discrete energy exchanges of light 'photons' are caused by Standing Wave
Interactions (Resonant Coupling). (REAL)
The last three videos are a brief biography and reminiscence on life as
a Professor of Physics and some of the more interesting and different
places and things Milo Wolff has done over the past 80 years.
8. Milo Wolff (500K) On growing up
wanting to understand how everything worked and thus how to fix things! On
becoming a Physicist so he could understand the fundamental 'basic'
things.
9. Milo Wolff (680K) PhD in Nuclear
Physics, Electrical Engineering, 1958. Setting up a University Physics
faculty in Indonesia. Working for MIT, landing Spacecraft on the
Moon.
10. Milo Wolff (1,000K) Working for the
Aerospace Corporation, making new discoveries.
Please email me if you
have any problems with these videos - Thanks. Geoff Haselhurst, (Last
updated, January, 2005)
Quantum Mechanics: Biography of Dr. Milo
WolffTechnotran Press 124 Third St. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Phone/fax: 310-379-7855 or 510-841-2626 (Berkeley, Calif.) milo.wolff@QuantumMatter.com
Biographical Data
Date of birth: August 8, 1923 Place of birth: Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Nationality : USA
Education
Upsala College, BS (Biophysics), 1948 University of Pennsylvania,
MS (Physics/EE), 1953 University of Pennsylvania, PhD (Physics),
1958 Major Academic Discipline(s) Physics, EE, Astronomy, CE,
Economics. Area(s) of specialization Optics, particle structure, quantum
theory / wave mechanics, electromagnetism, light scattering, education,
economics
Positions Held
Professor of Physics/EE, University of Indonesia (Bandung Institute of
Technology), 1958-1962. USAID Grant to the U of Kentucky. Foundation
Professor of Physics, University of Singapore (Nanyang Institute of
Technology), 1970-72. Fulbright Grant Support. Professor of Physics,
University of Sri-Lanka, 1966-1968. Established the Science Faculty. Asia
Foundation support. Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
1963-1969. Apollo mooncraft navigation system. Measurement of
atmospheric chemistry by space-borne Computer-aided Tomography (CAT);
principal investigator for airglow height measurement; design of
space-viewed horizon sensors; satellite measurements of Earth's
gravity. Member, Technical Staff, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles.
1972-1975. Planning earth-survey satellites. Principal investigator for
NASA grant to analyze satellite gravity data. United Nations, Chief,
Science and Technology, Economic Committee for Africa. 1975-77. Member
of NSF Review Team to Pakistan for Science Policy (Sept-Oct), 1974.
Visiting Astronomer, Observatoire de Paris. Plantary Polarization
(Nov-Dec), 1979. Visiting Professor, Nanjing Institute of Technology,
China. Space Navigation and Computers (Sept-Oct), 1982.
Honors (awards, fellowships, prizes, honorary degrees.)
Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Sri-Lanka, 1992 (for
pioneer work in establishing the Science Faculty at Kelaniya) Commendation
from NASA for research work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on
the Earth's atmosphere and the Moon's surface for navigation of the Apollo
spacecraft to the Moon. Honorary Science Society, Sigma X1 (1952)
Various tuition scholarships, NSF Honorable Mention (1951) Biography in
Who's Who in American Science & Engineering Member, National
Academy of Science, Methane Energy Panel (1974)
Major Work
Wolff has found the structure of the electron consisting of two
spherical quantum waves, one moving radially outward and another moving
radially inward. The center of the waves is the nominal location of the
electron 'particle'. These waves extend to infinity, like charge force.
All 'particle' waves mix and contribute to each other, thus all matter of
the universe is interrelated by this intimate connection between the
fundamental 'particles' and the universe. The natural laws are a direct
consequence of this Wave Structure of Matter (WSM), thus WSM underlies all
of science.
Three Principles underlie the WSM
Principle I. Wave Equation Determines the behavior of Quantum Waves in
Space.
Principle II. Wave Density Principle. Generalization of Mach's
Principle - determines the density of the quantum wave medium.
Principle III. Minimum Amplitude Principle (MAP). The sum of Wave
Amplitudes seeks a Minimum at each point in Space. (Can be deduced from
Principle II above).
Publications
'Exploring the Physics of the Unknown Universe' (Technotran
Press, CA) A reader-friendly investigation of the natural laws with
applications to particles and cosmology. 2nd edition (1994). See at
www.amazon.com 'Exploring the Universe and the Origin of it Laws,'
Temple University Frontier Perspectives, 6, No 2, pp. 44-56 (1997). This
provides the philosophy of why Wave Structure of Matter must be
true. 'The Eight-Fold Way of the Universe,' Apeiron 4, no. 4. Oct
(1997). 'Relativistic Mass Increase and Doppler Shift without Special
Relativity,' Galilean Electrodynamics, 8, No. 4, (1997). 'Origin of
the Spin of the Electron' Amer. Phys. Soc. This work provided the last
unknown of the electron - its spin. It showed how all matter of the
universe is inter-connected by their wave structures. 'Microphysics,
Fundamental Laws and Cosmology.' Invited paper at Proc. 1st Int'l Sakharov
Conf. Phys., Moscow, May 21-31, 1991, L. Keldysh & V. Fainberg,
editors, pp.1131-1150, Nova Sci. Publ.,NY (1992). 'Fundamental Laws,
Microphysics and Cosmology,' Physics Essays, 6, pp 181-203. This is the
first in-depth description of the Wave Structure of Matter (1993).
'Beyond the Point Particle - A Wave Structure for the Electron,'
Galilean Electrodynamics, 6, No. 5, pp. 83-91 (1995). Two selected
papers in volume on Polarization in six-volume set were published by
International Society for Optical Engineering, Bruce Billings, Editor,
1990. Theory and Application of the Polarization Albedo Rules, Icarus, 44,
pp. 780-792 (1980). Polarization of Light from Rough Planetary
Surfaces, Applied Optics, 14, pp. 1395-1405 (1975) Experiments to Test
Theoretical Models of the Polarization of Light, Geake, Geake and Zellner,
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., 210, pp. 89-112 (1984). These experiments
showed the Wolff model to be correct. Precision Limb Profiles for
Navigation and Research, J. Spacecraft, pp. 978-983 (1967).
Project Narratives
Wolff's work at MIT (1963-69) on the structure of the
atmosphere resulted in a $6 million contract for MIT to build apparatus
that would scan the atmosphere in orbit and then compute the constituents
over the entire earth. This scanning scheme and math method were the
precursor to the MRI (magnetic resonance image) scheme developed five
years later to scan the human body. In Singapore (1970-72) and at the
Aerospace Corporation (1973-75), he did computer studies of the structure
of rough surfaces of asteroids and planetary satellites seeking the cause
of 'negative polarization' of reflected light - an 80 year old mystery of
planetary astronomy. His results showed the cause to be multiple
scattering of light and interior reflections in grains. This knowledge
makes it possible to remotely measure the size of distant asteroids as
well as the index of refraction of grains on distant surfaces. At the
UN (1975-77) and privately (1978-present) he did the pioneering research
on the Wave Structure of Matter, leading to a quantitative quantum wave
structure of the electron/positron and the origin of the natural laws. He
has shown how the fundamental particles, being in fact the Wave-Centers of
Spherical Waves in Space, are intimately joined with the large-scale
structure of the universe. |
Quantum Theory Central Concepts
 Discrete
Standing Wave Interactions Explain Light Quanta 'Photon Particles'
 Wave
Structure of Matter Explains Particle - Wave Duality of Light &
Matter
 High
Velocity de Broglie Phase Waves Explain EPR Non-Locality Spooky
Action-at-a-Distance, Einstein
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