Tag: quantum-physics
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Quantum Nonlocality and Probability from the McGucken Principle of a Fourth Expanding Dimension — How dx4/dt = ic Provides the Physical Mechanism Underlying the Copenhagen Interpretation as well as Relativity, Entropy, Cosmology, and the Constants of Nature
Elliot McGucken, Ph.D.elliotmcguckenphysics.com “More intellectual curiosity, versatility and yen for physics than Elliot McGucken’s I have never seen in any senior or graduate student.” — John Archibald Wheeler, Princeton’s Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, on Dr. Elliot McGucken Abstract This paper presents the deeper physical foundations underlying quantum probability, quantum nonlocality, and the Copenhagen Interpretation.…
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A Geometric Derivation of the Born Rule P = |ψ|2 from the McGucken Principle of the Fourth Expanding Dimension dx4/dt = ic
Why Probability Is the Squared Modulus of the Amplitude: The Complex Character of x4 = ict Uniquely Determines the Born Rule Elliot McGucken “More intellectual curiosity, versatility and yen for physics than Elliot McGucken’s I have never seen in any senior or graduate student. . . Originality, powerful motivation, and a can-do spirit make me think that McGucken is…
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The McGucken Invariance & Einstein’s Simultaneity: How Different Trains Can Agree on “Now.”
Introduction Einstein’s famous train thought experiment tells us something shocking: two lightning strikes that are “at the same time” for someone standing on a platform are not at the same time for someone on a moving train. This is the relativity of simultaneity. That conclusion can feel deeply unsettling. If different observers cannot even agree on which events…
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How the McGucken Principle of the Fourth Expanding Dimension (dx₄/dt = ic) Accounts for the Standard Model’s Broken Symmetries, Time’s Arrows and Asymmetries, and Much More
From a single geometric postulate — one physically real dimension expanding perpendicular to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c — every broken symmetry, every arrow of time, and the deepest structures of physics all follow as theorems. “More intellectual curiosity, versatility and yen for physics than Elliot McGucken’s I have never seen…
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A Brief History of Dr. Elliot McGucken’s Principle of the Fourth Expanding Dimension dx4/dt=ic: Princeton and Beyond
A Brief History of Dr. Elliot McGucken’s Principle of the Fourth Expanding Dimension dx4/dt=ic: Princeton and Beyond Moving Dimensions Theory (MDT) → Dynamic Dimensions Theory (DDT) → Light Time Dimension Theory (LTD) → dx4/dt = ic elliotmcguckenphysics.com Compiled April 2026 Abstract This document provides the first comprehensive chronological record of Dr. Elliot McGucken’s theory of the physically expanding…
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How the McGucken Principle of a Fourth Expanding Dimension dx4/dt=ic Sets the Constants c (the Velocity of Light) and h (Planck’s Constant)
Abstract The McGucken Principle — that the fourth dimension of spacetime x₄ is a physical geometric axis advancing at the fixed imaginary rate dx₄/dt = ic, where x₄ = ict is Minkowski’s imaginary fourth coordinate, c is the speed of light, and i is the imaginary unit — is shown to provide a unified geometric…
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The Fourth Dimension Is Expanding at the Speed of Light–How the McGucken Principle and Equation — dx₄/dt = ic — Exalts Special Relativity, the Principle of Least Action, Huygens’ Principle, and the Schrödinger Equation
How the McGucken Principle and Equation — dx₄/dt = ic — Exalts Special Relativity, the Principle of Least Action, Huygens’ Principle, and the Schrödinger Equation *By Elliot McGucken* I want to propose something that I believe cuts to the heart of what spacetime actually is. Not a new formalism. Not a new way of writing…
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Two Theories, One Standard: String Theory and the McGucken Principle “The Fourth Dimension is Expanding at the Rate of c dx₄/dt=ic” Evaluated Against the Classical Criteria of Physical Science
Two Theories, One Standard: String Theory and the McGucken Principle “The Fourth Dimension is Expanding at the Rate of c dx₄/dt=ic” Evaluated Against the Classical Criteria of Physical Science A criterion-based comparative analysis What makes something a physical theory? Not institutional prestige. Not the number of papers published about it. Not the brilliance of the…
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The McGucken Principles, Postulates, Equations, and Proofs: An Examination of Light Time Dimension Theory
The McGucken Principles, Postulates, Equations, and Proofs: An Examination of Light Time Dimension Theory Executive Summary Light Time Dimension (LTD) Theory, proposed by Dr. Elliot McGucken, presents a foundational physical model aiming to unify two cornerstones of modern physics: Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics. This ambitious theoretical framework is predicated on a singular, central premise:…
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Light, Time, Dimension Theory — Dr. Elliot McGucken’s Five Foundational Papers 2008–2013–Exalting the Principle: The Fourth Dimension is Expanding at the Rate of c Relative to the Three Spatial Dimensions: dx4/dt=ic
Light, Time, Dimension Theory — Dr. Elliot McGucken’s Five Foundational Papers 2008–2013–Exalting the Principle: The Fourth Dimension is Expanding at the Rate of c Relative to the Three Spatial Dimensions: dx4/dt=ic Time as an Emergent Phenomenon: Traveling Back to the Heroic Age of Physics In Memory of John Archibald Wheeler by Dr. Elliot McGucken ABSTRACT In his…
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The Abstracts of McGucken’s Five Seminal Papers on Light, Time, Dimension Theory (2008–2013) and The McGucken Principle–The Fourth Dimension is Expanding at the Rate of c Relative to the Three Spatial Dimensions dx4/dt=ic
The Abstracts of McGucken’s Five Papers on Light, Time, Dimension Theory (2008–2013) and The McGucken Principle–The Fourh Dimension is Moving at the Rate of c Relative to the Three Spatial Dimensions dx4/dt=ic 2008: Time as an Emergent Phenomenon: Traveling Back to the Heroic Age of Physics (In Memory of John Archibald Wheeler) Time as an…
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The McGucken Equivalence: Quantum Nonlocality and Relativity Both Emerge From the Expansion of the Fourth Dimension at the Velocity of Light— how Quantum Nonlocality and Entanglement are found in Relativity’s Time Dilation and Length Contraction.
The McGucken Equivalence of Quantum Nonlocality and Relativity. Relativity tells us that the photon experiences no time in its frame. And too, relativity tells us that the photon experiences no space in its frame. Thus, to a photon, the spatial distance between any two points is zero. And too, in the photon’s frame, it takes…
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The Second McGucken Principle of Nonlocality: Only systems of particles with intersecting light spheres, with each light sphere having originated from each respective particle, can ever be entangled. Any Entangled Particles Must Exist in a McGucken Sphere. The McGucken Sphere is defined as a sphere whose radius expands at the velocity of light c, as given by radius x4=ict. So it is that the fourth dimension expands at the velocity of light dx4/dt=ic.
Relativity tells us that the photon experiences no time in its frame. And too, relativity tells us that the photon experiences no space in its frame. Thus, to a photon, the spatial distance between any two points is zero. And too, in the photon’s frame, it takes no time to travel between any two points.…
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As All “Quantum Eraser” Experiments take Place within a McGucken Sphere given by dx4/dt=ic, All “Quantum Eraser” Experiments Exhibit the Same Basic Physics Observed in the Double Slit Experiment which also Takes Place in a McGucken Sphere
Relativity tells us that the photon experiences no time in its frame. And too, relativity tells us that the photon experiences no space in its frame. Thus, to a photon, the spatial distance between any two points is zero. And too, in the photon’s frame, it takes no time to travel between any two points.…
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Princeton Afternoons with Noble and Nobel Physicists (the Birth of dx4/dt=ic) & A Paper on Quantum Entanglement with John Archibald Wheeler and Joseph Taylor at Princeton University — Within a Context: A Discussion of Paradoxes in Quantum Theory between Curiosity and Perseverance
Princeton Afternoons with Noble and Nobel Physicists (the Birth of dx4/dt=ic) & A Paper on Quantum Entanglement with John Archibald Wheeler and Joseph Taylor at Princeton University — Within a Context: A Discussion of Paradoxes in Quantum Theory between Curiosity and Perseverance by Dr. Elliot McGucken PDF: https://elliotmcgucken.substack.com/api/v1/file/dc1b2c4d-0fec-4ece-8a7e-ec61ae9640f0.pdf 1. Princeton Afternoons with Noble and Nobel Physicists (the Birth…
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The Triumph of LTD Theory and Physics over String Theory, the Multiverse, Inflation, Supersymmetry, M-Theory, LQG, and Failed Pseudoscience: How dx4/dt=ic…
John Archibald Wheeler: More intellectual curiosity, versatility and yen for physics than Elliot McGucken’s I have never seen in any senior or graduate student. . . Originality, powerful motivation, and a can-do spirit make me think that McGucken is a top bet. (J.A. Wheeler, Princeton Joseph Henry Professor of Physics) The great Albert Einstein stated,…
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FINDING QUANTUM MECHANICS IN THE LIGHT CONE: THE MCGUCKEN LIGHT CONE
FINDING QUANTUM MECHANICS IN THE LIGHT CONE: THE MCGUCKEN LIGHT CONE McGucken’s Law of Nonlocality: All nonlocality begins as locality. In order for two particles to become entangled, they must first share a common locality. As they separate, they may yet share the orginal locality, and we see them to be entangled. Thus, over time,…
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The McGucken Nonlocality Principle: All quantum nonlocality begins in locality as found in dx4/dt=ic
The McGucken Nonlocality Principle: All quantum nonlocality begins in locality Locality becomes nonlocality via the expansion of the fourth dimension at the rate of c as given by dx4/dt=ic, which naturally gives rise to Huygens’ Principle, time and all its arrows, all of relativity via the spacetime metric x4=ict, and quantum nonlocality, entanglement, and probability.…
The McGucken Principle: The fourth dimension x4 is expanding at the velocity of light c: x4=ict, ergo dx4/dt=ic 