Nonlinear Nonlocal: Comparing A. O. Barut's Theory to Mine with special emphasis on That Dot on the Screen

TL;DR

This paper compares Barut's nonlinear nonlocal electrodynamics theory from the 1980s and 90s with a newer theory introduced in 2017, focusing on their explanations of quantum phenomena and the measurement problem.

Contribution

It provides a detailed comparison of two nonlinear nonlocal theories of electrodynamics, highlighting differences and similarities in their approaches to quantum phenomena and the measurement problem.

Findings

Barut's theory explains atomic phenomena without second-quantization.

The 2017 theory aims to resolve the Measurement Problem.

Comparison reveals key conceptual differences between the theories.

Abstract

In the 1980's and 90's, A. O Barut and colleagues developed a nonperturbative approach to electrodynamics eschewing so-called ``second-quantization". Based on incorporation of self-energy terms, the resulting nonlinear and nonlocal theory explained many well-known phenomena of atomic and radiation physics. In 2017, this author introduced a nonlinear, nonlocal theory with the intent of resolving the Measurement Problem. Barut also suggested that his theory resolved such paradoxes. Here I compare the two theories with special attention to That Dot on the Screen.