Towards Ontology of Quantum Mechanics and the Conscious Agent. David Bohm Centennial Symposium, in the framework of the 4th International Symposium about Quantum Mechanics based on a »Deeper Level Theory« (Emergent Quantum Mechanics – EmQM17), University of London, 26-28 October,…
Elements of a „deeper level“ explanation of the deBroglie-Bohm (dBB) version of quantum mechanics are presented. Our explanation is based on an analogy of quantum wave-particle duality with bouncing droplets in an oscillating medium, the latter being identified as the…
We show that during stochastic beam attenuation in double slit experiments, there appear unexpected new effects for transmission factors below 10-4, which can eventually be observed with the aid of weak measurement techniques. These are denoted as quantum sweeper effects,…
The EmQM13 conference took place 23-25 october 2015 in Vienna, Austria. 2nd International Symposium about Quantum Mechanics based on a »Deeper Level Theory« The symposium invites the open exploration of an emergent quantum mechanics, a possible »deeper level theory« that…
Conference Emergent Quantum Mechanics (EmerQuM11 or EmQM11) On the occasion of Heinz von Foerster’s 100th birthday EmerQuM11 conference webpage 10 – 13 November 2011, University of Vienna, Austria The theme of „emergent quantum mechanics“ is, we believe, an appropriate present-day…
A classical explanation of interference effects in the double slit experiment is proposed. We claim that for every single „particle“ a thermal context can be defined, which reflects its embedding within boundary conditions as given by the totality of arrangements…
Based on the modelling of quantum systems with the aid of (classical) non-equilibrium thermodynamics, both the emergence and the collapse of the superposition principle are understood within one and the same framework. Both are shown to depend in crucial ways…
By assuming that a particle of energy hbar.omega is actually a dissipative system maintained in a nonequilibrium steady state by a constant throughput of energy (heat flow), the exact Schroedinger equation is derived, both for conservative and nonconservative systems. Thereby,…
The quantum potential is shown to result from the presence of a subtle thermal vacuum energy distributed across the whole domain of an experimental setup. Explicitly, its form is demonstrated to be exactly identical to the heat distribution derived from…
We have been particularly interested in nonlocal effects, whose explanation remains somehow «mysterious» within the linear framework but becomes a natural one within the framework of quantum cybernetics. The prominent candidate of a corresponding experiment is a modification of Wheeler’s…