3. The Essence of de Broglie’s Wave Function
Theorem 1. The energy added by particles composed of positive and negative charges during motion is the accompanying energy field , which is equivalent in nature to photons or electromagnetic waves, and therefore has interference effects.
For the accompanying energy field of moving charges , we have already argued about its size and nature in the “Unified Theory of Forces.” The most powerful experimental evidence comes from synchrotron radiation experiments, where the radiated energy form is photons. Therefore, we have sufficient evidence to prove that the energy form of the accompanying energy field is equivalent to photons.
The same conclusion applies to other ordinary particles and matter composed of positive and negative charges (including almost all matter except neutrinos).
We can conduct two thought experiments for demonstration.
The first thought experiment:
Due to the relative independence of space [
2], we can actually regard matter as charged particles separated from each other by a long distance. Let’s take hydrogen atoms as an example for proof.
Hydrogen atoms can be equivalently regarded as composed of protons and electrons that are far apart. So when we observe a hydrogen atom moving at a speed (assuming the mass of the hydrogen atom in the stationary state is ), it is equivalent to observing the motion of a proton and an electron, and they will both produce an accompanying energy field (for simplicity, we assume that the total energy deficit of the entire moving hydrogen atom is ).
According to the conclusions of special relativity, assuming the mass and momentum of the hydrogen atom moving at a speed
are:
and
respectively, we have:
We find that the second term on the right side of equation (1) is actually equivalent in form to a photon, having an interference effect similar to that of a photon. However, if we look at the first term on the right side of equation (1), we find that this term still has momentum, corresponding to in equation (2). Therefore, the second term on the right side of equation (1) is not the complete form of the moving hydrogen atom. Therefore, we need to find out the physical quantity that does not participate in the interference effect in the moving state, just as we observe the mass of the stationary particle, to determine the complete form of the accompanying energy of the hydrogen atom moving at a speed .
Next, let’s go back to a thought experiment in another paper of ours [
3]:
Since any object can annihilate into two photons by matter-antimatter annihilation, in fact, any object is equivalent in form to two photons. A hydrogen atom moving at a speed in the direction of the X-axis is equivalent to two photons emitted in the positive and negative directions of the X-axis. Due to the Doppler effect produced by the moving object emitting photons, the energies of the two photons are and .
Then, the photon moving in the opposite direction of the X-axis will not participate in the interference effect on the positive direction of the X-axis. At the same time, it will also cancel out the energy of a part of the photons with equal energy and in the positive direction of the X-axis (equivalent to the energy of the particle in the stationary state). Therefore, we can calculate the part of the energy of the hydrogen atom moving at a speed that does not participate in the interference effect and is equivalent to the energy of the hydrogen atom in the stationary state in terms of physical meaning:.
Thus, the part of the energy
of the hydrogen atom moving at speed
that truly participates in the interference effect is:
We note that equation (3) is precisely the momentum form corresponding to the hydrogen atom moving at speed , because this form of energy is equivalent to that of a photon, hence its energy and momentum relationship differs only by the speed of light C.
Therefore, we can draw the following conclusions:
Conclusion 1. The wave nature of moving particles is actually an effect caused by the accompanying energy field , which is equivalent to the wave function form of photons. Thus, its wavelength can be represented by .
Conclusion 2. Unlike the photon wave function, a part of the energy of moving particles does not participate in the interference effect, with the energy value is of . Therefore, we can speculate that with the particle’s momentum P determined, the larger the mass of the particle, the weaker the interference effect due to the influence of this part of energy that does not participate in the interference effect, and its distribution will be more concentrated at the central position of the particle’s direction of motion.
The second thought experiment:
We have conducted a similar thought experiment in the paper on the relative independence of space and have also discussed the asymmetry of motion [
2]. Since the laws of physics are consistent in any uniform motion reference frame, we can also prove the fact that the increase in energy and other physical effects we see in moving objects are actually a kind of motion asymmetry effect, which is essentially caused by the relative independence of space, the accompanying energy field
, and the prohibition of energy arbitrage, among other physical laws [
1,
2,
3].
We will not elaborate further on this.