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QUANTUM THEOLOGY : M. M. NINAN<br />

'hidden variable' that determines the precise position of the<br />

photon.<br />

For the case of the double-slit-experiment, each particle has a<br />

well-defined trajectory and passes through one of the two slits.<br />

However the particles do produce interference pattern because it<br />

is guided by the quantum potential. Thus classical trajectory<br />

depends on the quantum potential, which is dependent on the<br />

external situation. It is not possible, to predict or to select a<br />

specific trajectory for the particle by controlling physical<br />

conditions such as the slit width or source distance or screen<br />

distance.<br />

This theory was thwarted when John von Neumann (1903-1957)<br />

a well-known mathematician in 1932 proved that this theory was<br />

impossible. John Bell (1928-1990) in 1966 discovered that the<br />

proof had holes. According to Bell there is a definite possibility<br />

of a quantum guiding potential and possible hidden variables --<br />

but only if particles could communicate faster than light (this is<br />

called 'nonlocality').<br />

In 1982 at the University of Paris, Aspect and his team<br />

discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles<br />

such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with<br />

each other regardless of the distance separating them. But we<br />

cannot use this method to communicate.<br />

Bohm's theory was that the second wave was indeed faster than<br />

light, and moreover it did not get weaker with distance but<br />

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