Collective Electrodynamics I

Standard results of electromagnetic theory are derived from the direct interaction of macroscopic quantum systems; the only assumptions used are the Einstein-deBroglie relations, the discrete nature of charge, the Green's function for the vector potential, and the continuity of the wave functio...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 1997-06, Vol.94 (12), p.6013-6018
Main Author: Mead, Carver A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electric current
Electric potential
Electromagnetism
Electrons
Inertia
Mathematical vectors
Momentum
Physical Sciences
Physics
Superconductors
Wave functions
Waves
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Summary:Standard results of electromagnetic theory are derived from the direct interaction of macroscopic quantum systems; the only assumptions used are the Einstein-deBroglie relations, the discrete nature of charge, the Green's function for the vector potential, and the continuity of the wave function. No reference is needed to Maxwell's equations or to traditional quantum formalism. Correspondence limits based on classical mechanics are shown to be inappropriate.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.94.12.6013