Latest Update 9/12/2016 Author: Don Limuti
Digital Wave Theory (DWT)
- an investigation into some deviously puzzling questions -
“Don Limuti's Digital Wave Theory pages give an amazing and elegant tour of the mathematics and physics of big and small motions. Even more than a tour, it's a complete course of answers to some of the most devious puzzling questions you will ever encounter. A real tour de force.” mathematics professor and author Joseph Mazur (www.josephmazur.com)
Quantum Mechanics
1 Introduction Conflict: Zeno of Elea: Nothing can move. Louis deBroglie: Everything must move.
2 The Trouble with Physics Quantum mechanical particles are not things that move with uncertainty.
3 Uncertainty and Measurement The uncertainty principle is somewhat workable, but Einstein was correct, it is goofy.
4 Superposition The concept of λ-hopping (explored in section 11) makes more sense than superposition.
5 Entanglement The basic mechanism that creates atoms and molecules, sometimes creates weird stuff.
6 EPR It takes more than a missing variable in quantum mechanics to fix the mess it is in.
7 Who is wrong? A list of scientists and their mistakes.
8 The Math-Physics Connection Physics uses a lot of mathematical constructs. Sometimes these tools are misapplied.
9 Zeno of Elea Viewpoint Greek philosopher (495 - 430 B.C.E.): who lived in a Greek community in what is now Italy.
10 Louis deBroglie Viewpoint French physicist who postulated that matter (like light) might behave like a wave.
11 Wavelength-Hopping Quantum Mechanical Particles and Photons hop over space-time (λ-hopping).
12 Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion Newton was wrong in his deduction that a particle can have a velocity at a point.
13 Dual Slit Revisited Particles (i.e. electrons) and photons do not go thru slits. They hop over them.
14 Experiments: QM Possible QM experiments that could provide evidence of the validity of λ-hopping.
Gravity
15 Planck Units and Numerology Max Planck hits it out of the ballpark again. The Planck units can be very useful.
16 Derivation: Compton Wavelength The Compton wavelength turns out to be more fundamental than many think.
17 The Case for Gravitons Newton’s theory of gravity is not as obsolete as many think.
18 Inertia Gravitons offer a way to understand F=ma.
19 Dark Energy-Curved SpaceTime Dark Energy gives space a strong index of refraction near massive bodies.
20 Nitpicking General Relativity Some considerations on how gravity bends light. And a proposed experiment.
21 The Schwarzschild Radius The Schwarzschild radius made into a Schwarzschild wavelength.
22 Experiments: Gravity A listing of possible gravity experiments.
Light
23 Special Relativity Lorentz’s key insight.
24 The Fundamental Axiom of Light The foundation of relativity is slightly different than we think.
25 Light and the Twins Paradox A speculation on the mechanism that causes the twins paradox.
26 The Elephants in the Room Infinities in math are respectable. Infinities in physics are usually problematic.
27 Thermodynamics & Fusion Thoughts on thermodynamics and an interesting hack to get tabletop fusion.
Particles
28 Visualizing Spin An attempt to give a complex concept a way to be visualized.
29 A Tale of Two Wavelengths The Compton and deBroglie wavelengths concatenated to describe how a particle moves.
30 Max Mass of a Quantum Particle When a particle is accelerated to near c it’s mass approaches the Planck mass not infinity.
31 The Arrow of Time Explaining why classical objects age, and why quantum objects do not age.
Charge & Anti-Particles
32 AntiParticles - Chirality Why does nature have a favored mirror image?
33 Quantum of Electro-Static Force Why isn’t the Planck charge the charge of an electron?
Neutrinos
34 Neutrinos and Light Expanding on deBroglie’s concept that light consists of neutrinos.
35 Neutrinos and Gravity Speculation that neutrinos are the particles responsible for gravity as well as light.
The Author
36 About the Author To my readers: You = Awesome, Me = Grateful ........Physics = Tutti Fantastico!