The de Broglie Wave as Evidence of a Deeper Wave Structure
First published: 2018
Brief summary
Argues the de Broglie wave is a relativistically-induced modulation of an underlying carrier standing wave moving with the particle, rather than an independent wave, offering a physical ontology for wave-particle duality.
Article
The de Broglie Wave as Evidence of a Deeper Wave Structure is a preprint published by arXiv (Shanahan) in 2018. It argues the de Broglie wave is a relativistically-induced modulation of an underlying carrier standing wave moving with the particle, rather than an independent wave, offering a physical ontology for wave-particle duality.
Reinterprets de Broglie wavelength/frequency as a modulation of an underlying standing wave carrier. It also considers addresses Schrodinger equation interpretation directly. This gives the cycle claim a specific numerical and evidential setting rather than presenting periodicity only as a visual impression.
The article reports the following result: It is argued that the de Broglie wave is not the wave usually supposed, but the relativistically induced modulation of an underlying carrier wave that moves with the velocity of the particle, which in the particle's rest frame has the form of a standing wave. The argument is strongest when its equations, assumptions and testable predictions are stated clearly and compared with established quantum and relativistic models.
For cycles researchers, the article brings together de broglie wave, carrier standing wave, wave-particle duality, relativistic modulation. It is relevant to wave-based models of matter because it links physical interpretation to standing waves, phase, wavelength and relativistic or quantum behaviour.
Because it is a preprint, the work should be read alongside later peer-reviewed publications and independent replications. It remains useful because the proposed cycle, dataset and analytical approach are stated clearly enough to be scrutinised.
Source details and credits
- Source / publisher: arXiv (Shanahan)
- Source type: Preprint
- URL type: PDF
- Credits: arXiv (Shanahan)
- URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.02534