Quantum Mechanics from General Relativity: An Approximation for a Theory of Inertia (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 18)

This monograph is a sequel to my earlier work, General Relativity and Matter [1], which will be referred to henceforth as GRM. The monograph, GRM, focuses on the full set of implications of General Relativity Theory, as a fundamental theory of matter in all domains, from elementary particle physics to cosmology. It is shown there to exhibit an explicit unification of the gravitational and electromagnetic fields of force with the inertial manifestations of matter, expressing the latter explicitly in terms of a covariant field theory within the structure of this general theory. This monograph will focus, primarily, on the special relativistic limit of the part of this general field theory of matter that deals with inertia, in the domain where quantum mechanics has been evoked in contemporary physics as a funda­ mental explanation for the behavior of elementary matter. Many of the results presented in this book are based on earlier published works in the journals, which will be listed in the Bibliography. These results will be presented here in an expanded form, with more discussion on the motivation and explanation for the theoretical development of the subject than space would allow in normal journal articles, and they will be presented in one place where there would then be a more unified and coherent explication of the subject. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Fundamental Outlook....Pages 1-6 On the Comparison of the Quantum and Relativity Theories....Pages 7-38 Basis of a Matter Field Theory of Inertia — A Generalization of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 39-52 A Covariant Field Theory of Inertia....Pages 53-73 The Electromagnetic Interaction....Pages 74-87 Quantum Mechanics from the Matter Field Equations and Derivation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle....Pages 88-107 The Particle—Antiparticle Pair Without Annihilation Creation....Pages 108-133 The Electron—Proton System....Pages 134-166 Elementary Particle Physics....Pages 167-199 Epilogue....Pages 200-206 Back Matter....Pages 207-227