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Quantum Reconstruction and Phenomenology per the Relativity Principle
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt
We use the relativity principle to complete axiomatic reconstructions of quantum mechanics (QM) via information-theoretic principles that are based on Darrigol's "discreteness" req…
Review of "Just Plain Wrong: The Dalliance of Quantum Theory with the Defiance of Bell's Inequality"
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
This is a review of Frank Lad's book "Just Plain Wrong: The Dalliance of Quantum Theory with the Defiance of Bell's Inequality" (Austin Macauley Publishers, 2024).
Completing the Quantum Reconstruction Program via the Relativity Principle
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt
We explain how the disparate kinematics of quantum mechanics (finite-dimensional Hilbert space of QM) and special relativity (Minkowski spacetime from the Lorentz transformations o…
"Mysteries" of Modern Physics and the Fundamental Constants , , and
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
We review how the kinematic structures of special relativity and quantum mechanics both stem from the relativity principle, i.e., "no preferred reference frame" (NPRF). Essentially…
The Relativity Principle at the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
Quantum information theorists have created axiomatic reconstructions of quantum mechanics (QM) that are very successful at identifying precisely what distinguishes quantum probabil…
Introducing Quantum Entanglement to First-Year Students: Resolving the Trilemma
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
While quantum mechanics (QM) is covered at length in introductory physics textbooks, the concept of quantum entanglement is typically not covered at all, despite its importance in…
Why the Tsirelson Bound? Bub's Question and Fuchs' Desideratum
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt +1
To answer Wheeler's question "Why the quantum?" via quantum information theory according to Bub, one must explain both why the world is quantum rather than classical and why the wo…
End of a Dark Age?
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, A. K. Sten +1
We argue that dark matter and dark energy phenomena associated with galactic rotation curves, X-ray cluster mass profiles, and type Ia supernova data can be accounted for via small…
The Missing Mass Problem as a Manifestation of GR Contextuality
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, A. K. Sten +1
In Newtonian gravity, mass is an intrinsic property of matter while in general relativity (GR), mass is a contextual property of matter, i.e., matter can simultaneously possess two…
Concerning Quadratic Interaction in the Quantum Cheshire Cat Experiment
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt
In a July 2014 Nature Communications paper, Denkmayr et al. claim to have instantiated the so-called quantum Cheshire Cat experiment using neutron interferometry. Crucial to this c…
Modified Regge calculus as an explanation of dark energy
W. M. Stuckey, T. J. McDevitt, M. Silberstein
Using Regge calculus, we construct a Regge differential equation for the time evolution of the scale factor in the Einstein-de Sitter cosmology model (EdS). We propose two m…
Being, Becoming and the Undivided Universe: A Dialogue between Relational Blockworld and the Implicate Order Concerning the Unification of Relativity and Quantum Theory
Michael Silberstein, W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt
In this paper two different approaches to unification will be compared, Relational Blockworld (RBW) and Hiley's implicate order. Both approaches are monistic in that they attempt t…
Gauge Invariance from a Graphical Self-Consistency Criterion
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
We propose that quantum physics is the continuous approximation of a more fundamental, discrete graph theory (theory X). Accordingly, the Euclidean transition amplitude Z provides…
An Adynamical, Graphical Approach to Quantum Gravity and Unification
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt
We use graphical field gradients in an adynamical, background independent fashion to propose a new approach to quantum gravity and unification. Our proposed reconciliation of gener…
Relational Blockworld: Towards a Discrete Graph Theoretic Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
We propose a discrete path integral formalism over graphs fundamental to quantum mechanics (QM) based on our interpretation of QM called Relational Blockworld (RBW). In our approac…