Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Einstein Classical Program Revived / A. Carati, L. Galgani. - In: ORGANISMS. - ISSN 2532-5876. - 5:2(2022), pp. 53-61. [10.13133/2532-5876/17626]
Abstract:
The Einstein Classical Program is well known: to prove that, at least in the domain of atomic physics, quantum
mechanics can be recovered from a theory presenting some “realistic character’’. Here we address an extreme form
of the program in which the realistic theory is just classical electrodynamics of point charges, and give concrete
examples in which typical “quantum phenomena’’ are explained. Namely, spectral lines (in the case of ionic crystals)
and chemical bond (in the case of the H 2
+ ion of the Hydrogen molecule). Additionally, an explanation is given of a
phenomenon (existence of polaritons in ionic crystals), for which a quantum explanation is still lacking. Concerning
the general objection that a classical theory would be impossible because of radiative collapse (radiation emission
by accelerated charges), we illustrate how it is removed for charges in a medium, in virtue of the Wheeler-Feynman
cancellation. The impact of such results for the general reductionistic program is also commented.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
microscopic electrodynamics; Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory; IR crystal spectrum; H 2+ bond
Elenco autori:
A. Carati, L. Galgani
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