Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
academia.edu, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.8-35, 2025 (Hakemsiz Dergi)
This contribution reconsiders, under the two-entity formalism of our Quantal Theory of Gravity (QTG) (Ann. Phys. 454, 2023, 169346), foundational interference experiments such as those with double-slit and delayed-choice quantum eraser setups. QTG posits that real overlapping relativistic wavefronts of energy hf each guide associated cores (or, in the case of photons, kernels) made up of the rest mass γm0∞ (unless a wavefront happens to be “bare”, i.e., not coupled with a core/kernel). In this regard, QTG’s root integral energy conservation postulate allows for two equations of motion, both conforming to a Newtonian procedure, the second of which straightly leads to the usual full quantum mechanical deployment. Any wave-like scenario can thus be handled either through a derivational path compatible with standard Quantum Mechanics (QM) or, alternatively, via a projectile-like description by making use of de Broglie’s archetypal equation hf=γm0∞c^2 (written with the familiar notation). We argue that, even in coherent quantum mechanical interference contexts, the core or kernel passes through just one slit at a time, while the wavefront that is associated with it traverses all available paths diffractively to create the expected fringe pattern downstream. To discover the true nature of wave-particle duality, a novel tiltable tabletop arrangement using entangled photons is proposed, which introduces gravitational delay between the wavefront and the photon kernel as predicted by QTG, thereby allowing the extraction of “which-slit” information without destroying the observed fringes. This approach resolves persisting paradoxes with respect to Bohr’s complementarity and harmonizes QM with gravity in a physically consistent manner.