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- From: sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti)
- Subject: Feynman 47: The Master shows the existence of precognition in QED
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- Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:07:56 GMT
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- Feynman 47. Elimination of photons requires future causation! part1
- (from "Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic
- Interaction" paper 23 in Schwinger.)
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- Problem from Feynman 46 - what about the Lenard-Wichert potentials for a
- moving charge? If the Coulomb potential for a charge at rest has frame-
- invariant spacelike influence so must they.
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- "the Hamiltonian method ... replaced by the over-all space-time point of
- view of a direct particle interaction ... the Lagrangian form of quantum
- mechanics ,,, useful in this connection ....
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- The advantage of a Lagrangian form of quantum mechanics is that in a system
- with interacting parts it permits a separation of the problem such that the
- motion or any part can be analyzed or solved first, and the results of this
- solution may then be used in the solution of the motion of the other parts
- .... The electromagnetic field is an especially simple system and its
- behavior can be analysed completely ... the net effect of the field is a
- delayed interaction of the particles. It is possible to do this easily only
- if it is not necessary at the same time to analyse completely the motion of
- the particles. ...
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- 2.QED in Lagrangian form:
- Non-relativistic matter, plane wave expansion of electromagnetic transverse
- vector potential. Field Hamiltonian is sum of harmonic oscillators etc.
- Longitundinal-scalar part of field replaced by Coulomb potential. Then
- Feynman writes down the Lagrangian version.
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- "The Lagrangian enters through the statement that the functional which
- carries the system from one state to another is e^iS where
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- S = Integral[Ldt] (3)
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- ... it is possible to eliminate the transverse oscillators ... One must
- specify, however, the initial and final state of all oscillators."
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- The necessity of "future causation" is in the phrase "One must specify,
- however, the initial and final state of all oscillators."
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- to be continued.
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- The math details in part 2 will only be posted to sci.physics and alt.sci.
- physics.new-theories.
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- What are the lessons of New Age Physics?
- Mass without mass.
- Charge without charge.
- Force without force.
- Geometry without geometry.
- Cause without cause.
- Physics without physics.
- Reason without reason.
- God without god.
- Existence without existence.
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- The Mantra of SAR.
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