COLLECTIVE ELECTRODYNAMICS .1.

Authors
MEAD CA
Citation
Ca. Mead, COLLECTIVE ELECTRODYNAMICS .1., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 94(12), 1997, pp. 6013-6018
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
94
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
6013 - 6018
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1997)94:12<6013:CE.>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Standard results of electromagnetic theory are derived from the direct interaction of macroscopic quantum systems; the only assumptions used are the Einstein-deBroglie relations, the discrete nature of charge, the Green's function for the vector potential, and the continuity of t he wave function. No reference is needed to Maxwell's equations or to traditional quantum formalism. Correspondence limits based on classica l mechanics are shown to be inappropriate.