Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A wave equation complying with Galilean transformations is proposed for electromagnetic and matter waves. A fundamental feature entirely different from the principle of relativity is that the wave equation is referred specifically to the proposed local-ether frame. For electromagnetic wave, the local-ether wave equation accounts for a wide variety of experiments of propagation or interference. For matter wave, the wave equation leads to modifications of Schrodinger´s equation which in turn lead to a unified quantum theory of electromagnetic and gravitational forces in conjunction with the identity of inertial and gravitational mass. Further, it leads to modifications of the Lorentz force law and of Maxwell´s equations. Moreover, the wave equation leads to dispersion of matter wave, from which the speed-dependences in the mass of a particle and in the wavelength, angular frequency, and quantum energy of a matter wave are derived. The consequences of the wave equation are in accord with a wide variety of experiments which are commonly ascribed to the special relativity, the general relativity, the Lorentz mass-variation law, or to the de Broglie matter wavelength. Thereby, the local-ether wave equation unifies quantum mechanics, electromagnetics, and gravitation.
Keywords :
Lorentz transformation; Maxwell equations; Schrodinger equation; electromagnetic forces; electromagnetic waves; general relativity; gravitation; quantum theory; unified field theories; Galilean transformations; Lorentz force law; Lorentz variation law; Maxwell equations; Schrodinger equation; de Broglie matter wavelength; electromagnetic forces; electromagnetic waves; general relativity; gravitation; gravitational forces; local-ether wave equation; matter waves; quantum energy; quantum mechanics; special relativity; unified quantum theory; Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Lorentz covariance; Matter waves; Maxwell equations; Partial differential equations; Quantum mechanics; Schrodinger equation;