TY - BOOK AU - Pena,Luis de la AU - Cetto,Ana Maria AU - Hernandez,Andrea Valdes TI - Emerging quantum : : the physics behind quantum mechanics SN - 9783319078922 U1 - 530.12 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Switzerland : PB - Springer KW - Quantum theory. KW - Mathematical physics. N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Quantum Mechanics: questions -- 2. The phenomenological stochastic approach: a short route to quantum mechanics -- 3. The Planck distribution, a necessary consequence of the fluctuating zero-point field -- 4. The long journey to the Schrodinger equation -- 5. The road to Heisenberg quantum mechanics -- 6. Beyond the Schrodinger equation -- 7. Disentangling quantum entanglement -- 8. Causality, locality and entanglement in quantum mechanics -- 9. The zero-point field waves (and) matter -- 10. Quantum mechanics: some answers -- References -- Suggested literature -- Index N2 - The book starts with a critical summary of the main conceptual problems that still beset quantum mechanics. The basic consideration is then introduced that any material system is an open system in permanent contact with the random zero-point radiation field, with which it may reach a state of equilibrium. Working from this basis, a comprehensive and self-consistent theoretical framework is then developed. The pillars of the quantum-mechanical formalism are derived, as well as the radiative corrections of nonrelativistic QED, while revealing the underlying physical mechanisms. The genesis of some of the central features of quantum theory is elucidated, such as atomic stability, the spin of the electron, quantum fluctuations, quantum nonlocality, and entanglement. The theory developed here reaffirms fundamental scientific principles such as realism, causality, locality and objectivity ER -