Vacuum Landscaping: Cause of Nonlocal Influences without Signaling

TL;DR

This paper proposes a cosmological model where nonlocal vacuum oscillations explain quantum nonlocality without signaling, deriving the de Broglie-Bohm guiding equation through classical means in 3-space.

Contribution

It introduces a vacuum landscaping approach with nonlocal vacuum oscillations that derive quantum guidance equations without relying on influences from configuration space.

Findings

Derivation of de Broglie-Bohm guiding equation from classical nonlocal vacuum oscillations.

Demonstration that nonlocal distribution functions suffice for quantum interference phenomena.

Model describes quantum effects purely within 3-space, avoiding configuration space influences.

Abstract

In the quest for an understanding of nonlocality with respect to an appropriate ontology, we propose a "cosmological solution". We assume that from the beginning of the universe each point in space has been the location of a scalar field representing a zero-point vacuum energy that nonlocally vibrates at a vast range of different frequencies across the whole universe. A quantum, then, is a nonequilibrium steady state in the form of a "bouncer" coupled resonantly to one of those (particle type dependent) frequencies, in remote analogy to the bouncing oil drops on an oscillating oil bath as in Couder's experiments. A major difference to the latter analogy is given by the nonlocal nature of the vacuum oscillations. We show with the examples of double- and $n$-slit interference that the assumed nonlocality of the distribution functions alone suffices to derive the de Broglie-Bohm guiding equation for $N$ particles with otherwise purely classical means. In our model, no influences from configuration space are required, as everything can be described in 3-space. Importantly, the setting up of an experimental arrangement limits and shapes the forward and osmotic contributions and is described as vacuum landscaping.