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[[File:Vigier, J.P..jpg|thumb|350px|Jean-Pierre Vigier in his Paris office 2003]]
'''Jean-Pierre Vigier''' (January 16, 1920, [[Paris]]{{spaced ndash}}May 4, 2004, Paris<ref>[http://redshift.vif.com/BookBlurbs/vigierbook.htm Jean-Pierre Vigier, 1920-2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917145721/http://redshift.vif.com/BookBlurbs/vigierbook.htm |date=2006-09-17 }}</ref>) was a [[theoretical physicist]], known for his work on the foundations of physics, and in particular on his [[de Broglie-Bohm theory|stochastic interpretation]] of quantum physics.
[[File:Louis de Broglie's chair.jpg|thumb|200px|Nobel Laureate Louis de Broglie's office chair]]

==Education==
Vigier earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from [[University of Geneva]] in 1946 with a study on ''Infinite Sequences of [[Hermitian]] Operators''.<ref>"Some works and publications of Jean-Pierre Vigier'', Foundations of Physics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 399-407, 1995</ref> In 1948 he was appointed assistant to [[Louis de Broglie]], a position he held until the latter's retirement in 1962. Vigier was professor emeritus in the Department of Gravitational Physics at ''Pierre et [[Marie Curie]] University'' in Paris. He authored more than 300 scientific papers, and co-authored and edited a number of books and conference proceedings. He was a member of the editorial board of Physics Letters A.

Vigier was a proponent of the stochastic interpretation of quantum mechanics, which was based on the ideas of de Broglie and [[David Bohm]]. Politically, Vigier was an active supporter of communism throughout his life.

Vigier was invited to be Einstein's assistant; but at the time because of his political controversy related to Vietnam the US State Department would not allow him entry into the United States.

==Family==
Vigier's father was a professor of English, such that Vigier became fluent in English and French, his native language.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

==References==
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==Publications==
;Books:
* Myron W. Evans, Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''The Enigmatic Photon'' (series in several volumes), Kluwer Academic, 1996, {{ISBN|0-7923-4044-2}}
* Louis de Broglie, P A M Dirac, Eugene Paul Wigner, A O Barut, Alwyn Van der Merwe, Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''Quantum, space, and time — the quest continues: studies and essays in honour of Louis de Broglie, Paul Dirac, and Eugene Wigner'', Cambridge Monographs on Physics, {{ISBN|978-0-521-31911-9}}. Originally published in Foundations of physics, 1982-1983.
* Yann Fitt, Alexandre Faire, Jean Pierre Vigier: ''The world economic crisis: U.S. imperialism at bay'', Zed Press, 1980, {{ISBN|978-0-905762-53-1}}
* Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''France's May revolution: an analysis of the French May revolt'', Sydney: International Publications, 1968
* Louis de Broglie; Jean Pierre Vigier: ''Introduction to the Vigier theory of elementary particles: with a chapter by Jean-Pierre Vigier'', Elsevier, 1963
* Pierre Hillion, Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''Les Ondes associées à une structure interne des particules. Sur les équations d'ondes associées à la structure des bosons. Sur les équations d'ondes associées à la structure des fermions'' (''On wave equations associated with an internal structure of particles''), Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré, vol.&nbsp;17, no.&nbsp;3, 1962
* Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''Recherches sur l'interprétation causale de la théorie des quanta'' (''Research on the causal interpretation of quantum theory''), Thèse d'Etat, Université de Paris, Faculté des sciences, 1954. Published by Gauthier-Villars, 1955.

;Conference proceedings in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier:
* G. Hunter, S. Jeffers, J. P. Vigier: ''Causality and Locality in Modern Physics'', Proceedings of a symposium held in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier at York University, Toronto, Canada, in August 1997, Springer, 1998, {{ISBN|978-90-481-5092-2}}
* S. Jeffers, J. P. Vigier, S. Roy: ''The present status of the quantum theory of light: Proceedings of a symposium in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier'', Proceedings of a symposium held in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier in Toronto, Canada, in August 1995, Kluwer Academic, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-7923-4337-0}}

;Articles (selection):
* J.-P. Vigier: ''Derivation of inertial forces from the Einstein-de Broglie-Bohm (E.d.B.B.) causal stochastic interpretation of quantum mechanics'', Foundations of Physics, vol.&nbsp;25, no.&nbsp;10, pp.&nbsp;1461–1494, 1995 ([http://www.springerlink.com/content/h56rv63mrk732841/ abstract]), {{doi|10.1007/BF02057462}}
* J.-P. Vigier: ''Explicit mathematical construction of relativistic nonlinear de Broglie waves described by three-dimensional (wave and electromagnetic) solitons "piloted" (controlled) by corresponding solutions of associated linear Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger equations'', Foundations of Physics, vol.&nbsp;21, no.&nbsp;2, pp.&nbsp;125–148, 1991 ([http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7380043727t7154/ abstract]), {{doi|10.1007/BF01889529}}
* J.-P-Vigier: ''Particular solutions of a non-linear Schrödinger equation carrying particle-like singularities represent possible models of de Broglie's double solution theory'', Physics Letters A, vol.&nbsp;135, no.&nbsp;2, 13 February 1989, pp.&nbsp;99–105 ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0375960189906531 abstract]) {{doi|10.1103/PhysRev.96.208}}
* A. Garuccio, V. Rapisarda, J.-P. Vigier: ''New experimental set-up for the detection of de Broglie waves'', Physics Letters A, vol.&nbsp;90, no.&nbsp;1-2, 21 June 1982, Pages 17–19 ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037596018290038X abstract]), {{doi|10.1016/0375-9601(82)90038-X}}
* Augusto Garuccio, [[Karl Popper|K. R. Popper]], Jean-Pierre Vigier: ''Possible direct physical detection of de Broglie waves'', Physics Letters A, vol.&nbsp;86, no.&nbsp;8, 7 December 1981, pp.&nbsp;397–400, {{doi|10.1016/0375-9601(81)90346-7}} ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0375960181903467 abstract])
* L. de Broglie, J.-P. Vigier: ''Photon Mass and New Experimental Results on Longitudinal Displacements of Laser Beams near Total Reflection'', Phys. Rev. Lett. vol.&nbsp;28, no.&nbsp;15, pp.&nbsp;1001–1004 (1972) ([http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v28/i15/p1001_1 abstract]), {{doi|10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.1001}}
* L. De Broglie, D. Bohm, P. Hillion, F. Halbwachs, T. Takabayasi, J.-P. Vigier: ''Rotator Model of Elementary Particles Considered as Relativistic Extended Structures in Minkowski Space'', Phys. Rev. vol.&nbsp;129, no.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;438–450 (1963) ([http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v129/i1/p438_1 abstract]), {{doi|10.1103/PhysRev.129.438}}
* D. Bohm, J.-P. Vigier: ''Model of the Causal Interpretation of Quantum Theory in Terms of a Fluid with Irregular Fluctuations'', Phys. Rev. vol.&nbsp;96, no.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;208–216 (1954) ([http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v96/i1/p208_1 abstract]), {{doi|10.1103/PhysRev.96.208}}

==Further reading==
* [[Peter R. Holland|Peter Holland]]: [http://www.springerlink.com/content/h61g40p60l5q1332/fulltext.pdf ''Jean-Pierre Vigier at seventy-five: La lutte continue''], Foundations of Physics, invited papers dedicated to Jean-Pierre Vigier, vol.&nbsp;25, no.&nbsp;1, pp.&nbsp;1–4, {{doi|10.1007/BF02054654}}
* Jean-Pierre Vigier, selected and edited by Stanley Jeffers, Bo Lehnert, Nils Abramson, Lev Chebotarev: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060917145721/http://redshift.vif.com/BookBlurbs/vigierbook.htm ''Jean-Pierre Vigier and the Stochastic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics''], Apeiron, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-9683689-5-4}}

==References==
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