Classical Wave Mechanics

Robert Close (Clark College)

18-Aug-2020, 16:00-17:00 (4 years ago)

Abstract: This is an attempt to describe elementary particles using classical continuum mechanics. First, a wave equation is derived for infinitesimal shear waves in an elastic solid. Next, a change of variables is used to describe the waves in terms of classical spin angular momentum density, which is the field whose curl is equal to twice the classical momentum density. The second-order wave equation is then converted to a first-order Dirac equation. Plane wave solutions are presented, and the dynamical operators of relativistic quantum mechanics are derived. Wave interference gives rise to the Pauli exclusion principle and electromagnetic potentials.

mathematical physicsgeneral physicsquantum physics

Audience: general audience

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QM Foundations & Nature of Time seminar

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