{
  "id": "1507.02113",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-07-07T07:44:07.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-07-07T07:44:07.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum mechanics without quanta. 1.The nature of the wave-particle duality of light",
  "authors": [
    "Sergey A. Rashkovskiy"
  ],
  "comment": "21 pages, 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "In this paper, I argue that photons do not exist as physical objects and that light is a continuous classical electromagnetic wave, while the observed so-called quantum nature of the interaction of light with matter is connected to the discrete (atomic) structure of matter and to the specific nature of the light-atom interaction. From this point of view, the Born rule for light is derived, and the double-slit experiment is analysed in detail. I show that the double-slit experiment can be explained without using the concept of a \"photon\", solely on the basis of classical electrodynamics. I show that within this framework, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for a \"photon\" has a simple physical meaning not related to the fundamental limitations in accuracy of the simultaneous measurement of position and momentum or time and energy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-07-07T07:44:07.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "81P10"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "quantum mechanics",
      "wave-particle duality",
      "double-slit experiment",
      "heisenberg uncertainty principle",
      "fundamental limitations"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 21,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015arXiv150702113R"
    }
  }
}