Sub-Quantum Physics 2: ?Directional Modality? vs. ?Angular Momentum? in Central Force Wave Mechanics
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sub-Quantum Physics 2: ?Directional Modality? vs. ?Angular Momentum? in Central Force Wave Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Alan McCone |
| Keywords | quantum, hydrogen, angular momentum, aether |
| Published | 1998 |
| Journal | Galilean Electrodynamics |
| Volume | 9 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 51-52 |
Abstract
This article is part of a program to explain the quantum uncertainty and the quantum wave function as envelopes of motion resulting from bombardment of a quantum particle by the surrounding medium or aether. The program sees quantum position probabilities as superpositions of position probabilities of classical orbits. In a previous article, this ?method of fits,? a method successful for the ground state of the oscillator, is applied to states of the hydrogen atom with emphasis on 1S and 2P states. The Schr?dinger solution for the 1S state is fit exactly by the method. It is concluded that the Schr?dinger solution for the 2P state is a summary, but not an exact description, of a true dynamical state of motion in superposed coaxial ellipsoids. In the present article, it is argued that the term ?directional modality? should be preferred to the term ?angular momentum? in discussions of the solutions of the quantum central force problem. Before their use in wave mechanics, spherical harmonics were used in physics to describe macroscopic static fields of electric potential, which have no angular momentum. Rather than being attributed to ?centrifugal force,? the ?repulsion? apparent in wave mechanics solutions to the central force problem should be attributed to the ?fires of the quantum process.?
