Quantization as Exchange Events in a Wave Medium: Falsification tests using acoustic, hydrodynamic and accelerator analogies, the hydrogen atom as a standing wave, and the limits of wave computing

This contribution presents a systematic numerical test of the limits of applicability of classical wave analogies to quantization. We test a restated account in which propagation is wave-like, the medium sets limiting speeds and reflection, and quanta are integer-valued exchange events (emission and absorption) between modes of a field and its resonators, rather than small projectiles in flight. Using acoustic, hydrodynamic, and accelerator analogies, the work reproduces blackbody radiation, photoelectric thresholds, atomic spectra (the hydrogen atom as a standing wave in the Coulomb well yielding exact -13.6/n^{2} eV levels and node counts), and evaluates the limits of wave-based analog computing and Bell-inequality violations.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-09
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23260545
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Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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Quantization as Exchange Events in a Wave Medium: Falsification tests using acoustic, hydrodynamic and accelerator analogies, the hydrogen atom as a standing wave, and the limits of wave computing

Oleg Arnold
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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Quantization as Exchange Events in a Wave Medium: Falsification tests using acoustic, hydrodynamic and accelerator analogies, the hydrogen atom as a standing wave, and the limits of wave computing

Oleg Arnold
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Abstract

This contribution presents a systematic numerical test of the limits of applicability of classical wave analogies to quantization. We test a restated account in which propagation is wave-like, the medium sets limiting speeds and reflection, and quanta are integer-valued exchange events (emission and absorption) between modes of a field and its resonators, rather than small projectiles in flight. Using acoustic, hydrodynamic, and accelerator analogies, the work reproduces blackbody radiation, photoelectric thresholds, atomic spectra (the hydrogen atom as a standing wave in the Coulomb well yielding exact -13.6/n^{2} eV levels and node counts), and evaluates the limits of wave-based analog computing and Bell-inequality violations.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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