Author(s)

Eric Bond

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA.

A new and falsifiable realist interpretation of quantum mechanics is examined in relation to the sum over histories concept, pilot wave theory and the many-worlds interpretation. This electric charge/transactional model explains how the single electron double-slit experiment produces extremely localized endpoints from diffracted wavicles, why these endpoints are scattered around the entire surface of the absorber screen, and why these points of contact result in the characteristic fringe pattern as they accumulate. Advanced waves and substantive electric charge effects in the double-slit experiment are postulated, then this hypothesis is supported by a quantitative analysis of electron emission in comparison to lightning. The wider implications if advanced waves and electric charge distribution prove to be significant factors in the double-slit experiment are discussed, including possible parallels with meteorological and neurological phenomena.

Double-Slit Experiment, Wave/Particle Duality, Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, Wheeler-Feynman Absorber Theory, Advanced Wave, Retarded Wave, Lightning Bolt Mechanism, Electric Charge, Neuroscience

Bond, E. (2021) The Quantum Handshake: An Electric Charge/Transactional Interpretation of the Single Electron Double-Slit Experiment. Journal of Quantum Information Science, 11, 71-83. doi: 10.4236/jqis.2021.112006.