The Stable Wave Packet in the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

• 作者: Antony J. Bourdillon
• 来源期刊: 现代物理(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: STABLE WAVE Packet TRAVELLING WAVE Group NEGATIVE Mass ANTIMATTER NEGATIVE Energy Quantum MECHANICS WAVE MECHANICS
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（4）
• 页码范围: 463-471
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: O1

摘要

The stable wave packet has been missing in quantum mechanics for a long time. A consistent argument finds, in antimatter, regular group and phase velocities, along with negative energy and negative mass. For this, a new wave function is derived for free antiparticles, consistent with the Feynman-Stueckelberg switching principle. The wave packet, expressing internal periodicity together with external confinement, is ubiquitous in physics. The stable wave packet has many consequences, a few of which are mentioned. They extend to the debate about what is measurable in physics and to localization of quantized properties in entangled particles.