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ADDRESSING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM THEORY: MODELS, MEASUREMENT AND THE MARKOV PROPERTY.

Twenty-first century science faces a dilemma. Two of its well-verified foundation stones - relativity and quantum theory - have proven inconsistent. Resolution of the conflict has resisted improvements in experimental precision leaving some to believe that some fundamental understanding in our world...

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Published in:Cosmos & History Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 86 - 116
Main Author: Boardman, Gareth
Format: Article
Published: Ashton & Rafferty 2013
Subjects:
Relativity (Physics)
Quantum theory
Radical Reformation
Employment
Wavefronts (Optics)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Twenty-first century science faces a dilemma. Two of its well-verified foundation stones - relativity and quantum theory - have proven inconsistent. Resolution of the conflict has resisted improvements in experimental precision leaving some to believe that some fundamental understanding in our world-view may need modification or even radical reform. Employment of the wave-front model of electrodynamics, as a propagation process with a Markov property, may offer just such a clarification.