Figure 1, Dirac sea for massive particles and anti-particles

The Karpinsky Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Part 2)

Introduction

As described in Part 1, the Karpinsky Interpretation of Quantum mechanics is a purely wave theory. All interactions are the interaction of one wave with another wave. This follows from the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics. The Schrodinger equation is a wave equation, and there is no reason to claim that what is being described is a particle. We will occasionally still use the word “particle” for waves that have enough energy to meet the threshold required for existence, but that is only because the language is already there.

The Mass Shell Condition

The ‘mass shell” condition is that “Particles” exist only when they have enough energy to exist. That is when the energy is more than or equal to the amount needed for the particle to exist. E= mc² for a massive particle. The standard model of quantum mechanics describes all the known particles and describes them in terms of the energy that is required for them to exist. If the energy of the Higgs field is less than these energies, the particles cannot exist. This is shown in Figure 1 where the shaded area around zero energy is too low to manifest a phase change of the wave to make what we call a particle. In the yellow region, matter can exist, and in the blue region, anti-matter can exist. Figure 2 shows another view of the Dirac sea.