Elements of Physics for the 21st century
arXiv:1311.5470 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/504/1/012014
Abstract
Given the experimental precision in condensed matter physics -- positions are measured with errors of less than 0.1pm, energies with about 0.1meV, and temperature levels are below 20mK -- it can be inferred that standard quantum mechanics, with its inherent uncertainties, is a model at the end of its natural lifetime. In this presentation I explore the elements of a future deterministic framework based on the synthesis of wave mechanics and density functional theory at the single-electron level.
12 pages, 7 figures, the paper shall appear in the proceedings of the 2013 conference on emergent quantum mechanics (EmQM13), which took place in Vienna from October 3-6, 2013