Winterberg's conjectured breaking of the superluminal quantum correlations over large distances

TL;DR

This paper critically examines Winterberg's hypothesis that turbulence in the zero point field could break superluminal quantum correlations over large distances, and provides a corrected estimate consistent with experiments.

Contribution

It refutes Winterberg's original estimate by showing the turbulence intensity was overestimated and offers a revised, more accurate lower bound for the transition distance.

Findings

Winterberg's initial transition scale was overestimated.

Corrected lower bound aligns with recent experimental results.

Steeper energy spectrum slopes do not significantly increase the transition distance.

Abstract

We elaborate further on a hypothesis by Winterberg that turbulent fluctuations of the zero point field may lead to a breakdown of the superluminal quantum correlations over very large distances. A phenomenological model that was proposed by Winterberg to estimate the transition scale of the conjectured breakdown, does not lead to a distance that is large enough to be agreeable with recent experiments. We consider, but rule out, the possibility of a steeper slope in the energy spectrum of the turbulent fluctuations, due to compressibility, as a possible mechanism that may lead to an increased lower-bound for the transition scale. Instead, we argue that Winterberg overestimated the intensity of the ZPF turbulent fluctuations. We calculate a very generous corrected lower bound for the transition distance which is consistent with current experiments.