Fundamental disagreement of wave mechanics with relativity

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

A number of well-known difficulties in physics resulted from merging the theory of relativity with the Compton-de Broglie wave mechanics. Two such problems were the failure of Dirac's relativistic wave equation to predict the correct velocity of the electron and the fact that the measured yield from nuclear fission was found to be substantially less than the theoretical yield. It is shown that the origin of these and other problems is the inconsistency of the relativistic mass-energy equivalence principle with the fundamental assumptions of wave mechanics. An alternative view of the concept of mass-energy equivalence that results in a very good agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated. The conclusions of this paper will be quite important for ongoing research into such things as the current problem of the neutrino's mass.

Identifier

0242371097 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Physics Essays

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.4006/1.3025514

ISSN

08361398

First Page

87

Last Page

100

Issue

1

Volume

15

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