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FRI: Friday Contributed Sessions

FRI 10: Foundational / Mathematical Aspects – Unconventional Approaches

FRI 10.1: Vortrag

Freitag, 12. September 2025, 10:45–11:00, ZHG103

Particle-wave duality and quantization: Self-organisation of particle movement in zero-point field — •Christian Jooss — Institute of Materials Physics, University of Goettingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Goettingen, Germany

The Göttingen physicist Friedrich Hund gave a fitting definition of quantum theory, namely as ’The theory of the role that h plays in nature’.¹ In this contribution, I discuss the Planck constant h as being an emergent quantity, reflecting the threshold between energy and momentum conserving random motions of particles in the Lorentz-invariant zero-point field and the lasting energy / momentum changes of quantum states. The analysis builts up on the analysis of the stochastic effects of a real zero-point field on particle motion², distinguishing reversible fluctuations which underly detailed energy balance and abrupt lasting changes in quantum state determined by h. Based on simple models of these processes, the emergence of particle-wave duality can be understood in terms of a self-organization effect, where the effect of the zero-point field on particle motion and its back reaction on zero-point fluctuations gives rice to the emergence of matter waves. Thus, existence of the quantum of action is interpreted as an expression of an organizational law³. The impact of this analysis on the realistic interpretation of quantum mechanics is discussed. References: ¹ F. Hund, Geschichte der Quantentheorie, BI Wissenschaftsverlag 1975. ² L. de la Pena and A. M. Cetto, The quantum dice: An introduction to stochastic electrodynamics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. ³ Ch. Jooss, Self-organization of Matter, de Gruyter 2020.

Keywords: quantum theory; zero-point field; energy-momentum conservation; Plancks constant