On the Interpretation of Quantum Physics: Energy Transfer Between Field and Matter According to the “Pairwise Interference Model” and a Quantum-Physical Measurement Problem
Abstract
In classical electrodynamic wave theory, the intensity of light is proportional to the square of the amplitude of the electric field; in quantum theory, according to the conventional interpretation, the probability of detecting a light particle (and hence, ultimately, the photon density) is given by the square of the probability amplitude (as prescribed by the Born rule, which itself lacks a deeper theoretical justification). A mathematical formulation equivalent to the path integral provides, within the framework of the Pairwise Interference Model (PIMOQ), an alternative interpretation that is mutually exclusive with the conventional one. According to this interpretation, quantum physics, within the scope considered here, describes the local (at the detector), intrinsically bidirectional, quantised energy transfer between field and matter (apart from quantisation this is in direct analogy with classical physics). In the case of constructive interference, this transfer is unidirectional, occurring exclusively from matter to the field, whereas in the case of destructive interference the two opposing energy fluxes are equal in magnitude. However, it appears that in the macroscopic world only the net balance of these two antagonistic and complementary fluxes is experimentally observable, whereas the individual contributions cannot be measured independently. This limitation is referred to here as a quantum-physical measurement problem. From this perspective, quantum physics…
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