6 papers
Islands of Instability in Nonlinear Wavefunction Models in the Continuum: A Different Route to "Chaos"
W. David Wick
In two previous papers the author described ``Islands of Instability" that may appear in wavefunction models with nonlinear evolution (of a type proposed originally in the context…
Chaos in a Nonlinear Wavefunction Model: An Alternative to Born's Probability Hypothesis
W. David Wick
In a prior paper, the author described an instability in a nonlinear wavefunction model. Proposed in connection with the Measurement Problem, the model contained an external potent…
Locality, Micro- vs. Macro-, Particle Interpretations and All That: A Lagrangian Approach to the Measurement Problem
W. David Wick
In 2017, this author proposed, as a resolution of the Measurement Problem, that terms be added to Schrodinger's wavefunction equation, rendering it nonlinear. Said equation derived…
Can the Infamous Boundary Be Found in Macromolecules? Also, von Neumann vs. Schroedinger ensembles, and `Hund's Paradox' in quantum chemistry
W. David Wick
John Bell coined the phrase ``Infamous Boundary" for the point where classical physics splits off from quantum physics. Many authors, including the present one, have advanced theor…
Nonlinear Nonlocal: Comparing A. O. Barut's Theory to Mine with special emphasis on That Dot on the Screen
W. David Wick
In the 1980's and 90's, A. O Barut and colleagues developed a nonperturbative approach to electrodynamics eschewing so-called ``second-quantization". Based on incorporation of self…
That Dot on the Screen: also, what about Born? and other objections to wavefunction physics
W. David Wick
In this paper I address the most common objections to the claim that Schrodinger was right in 1926: the wavefunction provides the correct, and complete, description of atomic pheno…