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hydraulic quantum analogs I actually wrote a blog article about this a couple weeks ago: http://www.thefunisreal.com/2013/10/hydrodynamic-quantum-analogs/ My feeling is that the droplet experiments and quantum systems share similar dynamics. Sort of like a mass on a spring can be...

I have not had time to read about Time Sym QM, yet. But it sounds similar to the old Transactional Interpretation. Is anyone here familiar with that? How does Time Symmetric QM differ from the Transactional Interpretation? Warren

Hi, First thing you should do is make a sketch of what is going on. Then, write down the relevant equations. If you just had the two cylinders in air, with voltage V between them, you would have a capacitor of length L, where L is the total length of the cylinders. Now, part of the cylinder...

I am still trying to clarify and solidify definitions in my head. But what I generally interpret locality as meaning is that something can only be affected by something in its immediate vicinity. For example, if the sun wants to affect the earth, then it needs to send something (i.e. photons...

I was trying to avoid the use of "canonical momentum" since Fast77 mentioned he/she is in high school and has not had much physics yet. But I agree with you - a more accurate description would have been to state that the wavelength is inversely proportional to momentum. And for the purposes of...

Hi ZapperZ, Interesting point. I also recently read an article about a proposal to do the double slit experiment with the slits horizontal. The idea is to use particles heavy enough, and moving slowly enough, so that the gravitational potential (different for the two paths) causes each path...

Hi Fast77, You are basically on the right track. Because the mass of subatomic particles is so small, their gravitational effects are negligible compared to nuclear forces (strong and weak) and the electromagnetic force. So physicists can make accurate predictions while ignoring gravity...