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26 mars 2026: 1 événement
séminaire
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Quantum empty waves revisited
En savoir plus : Quantum empty waves revisitedJeudi 26 mars 11:00-12:00 - Thomas Durt - Ecole Centrale Mediterranee, Institut Fresnel, Marseille Quantum empty waves revisited Résumé : The idea of empty waves can be traced back to Einstein who faced the following problem when he developed his theory of the photon : if the localized particle (the photon) carries all the energy and momentum, how can the wave (here the Maxwell wave) be considered real ? A possible way to answer this question is to consider the wave as an empty wave (what Einstein called Gespenterfelder -ghost field-), which corresponds to the so-called pilot-wave introduced by L. de Broglie in a quantum framework in 1926, one century ago.
In our talk we will discuss these questions and present an experimental proposal aimed at putting into evidence the objective existence and the reality of such empty waves.