Physical Foundations of Quantum Psychology

Fran De Aquino

Maranhao State University, Physics Department,

S.Luis/MA, Brazil.Copyright

©

Abstract:

The existence of imaginary mass associated to the neutrino is already well-known.Although its imaginary mass is not physically observable, its square is. This amount is foundexperimentally to be negative. Recently, it was shown that

quanta

of imaginary mass existassociated to the

electron

and the

photon

too. These imaginary masses have unusualproperties that violate the Parity Conservation Principle. The non-conservation of the parity isalso found in the weak interactions, and possibly can be explained by means of the existence ofthe imaginary masses. Also protons and neutrons would have imaginary masses associated tothem and, in this way, atoms and molecules would also have imaginary masses directlyproportional to their atomic and molecular masses. The Parity Conservation Principle holds thatthe material particles are not able to distinguish their right from their left. The non-conservationof the parity would necessarily imply capability of "choice". Thus, as the particles with imaginarymass don't conserve the parity, they would have the elementary capability of “choosing betweentheir right or left”. Where there is “choice” isn’t there also psychism, by definition? Thisfundamental discovery shows that, in some way, the consciousnesses are related to theimaginary masses. This fact, make it possible to redefine Psychology on a Quantum Physicsbasis.

Key words

:

Quantum Psychology, Quantized Fields, Unification and Mass Relations,Quantum Mechanics, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Origin of the Universe.

PACs

: 03.70.+k; 12.10.Kt; 14.80.Cp; 03.65.-w; 03.75.Nt; 98.80.Bp.

1. INTRODUCTION

In the last decades it has become evident that the theoretical foundations ofNatural Sciences are based on Physics. Today’s Chemistry is completely based onQuantum Mechanics, Quantum Statistics, Thermodynamics and Kinetic Physics. AlsoBiology becomes progressively based on Physics, as more and more biologicalphenomena are being described on the basis of Quantum Physics. Modern Biophysicsis now considered a branch of Physics and no longer a secondary part of Biology andPhysiology. As regards Psychology, there are recently several authors making use ofQuantum Physics in order to explain psychic phenomena [1,2].The idea of psyche associated with matter dates back to the pre-Socratic periodand is usually called

panpsychism

. Remnants of organized panpsychism may be foundin the

Uno

of Parmenides or in Heracleitus’s

Divine Flux

. Scholars of Miletus’s schoolwere called

hylozoist

s, that is, “those who believe that matter is alive”. More recently,we will find the panpsychistic thought in Spinoza, Whitehead and Teilhard de Chardin,among others. The latter one admitted the existence of proto-conscious properties atlevel of elementary particles.Generally, the people believe that there is some type of psyche associated to theanimals, and some biologists agree that even very simple animals like the ameba andthe sea anemone are endowed with psychism. This led several authors to consider thepossibility of the psychic phenomena to be described in a theory based on Physics[3,4,5,6].This work presents a possible theoretical foundation for Psychology based onQuantum Physics, starting from discoveries published in a recent article [7], where it isshown that there is a

quantum

of

imaginary mass

associated to the electron, whichwould be equivalent to an elementary particle that does not conserves the

parity

. Thus,besides its

inertial mass

the electron would have an

imaginary mass

that would haveelementary capacity of “choice”. The theory here presented describes the structures

2

and the interaction between these imaginary particles and also explain their relationswith the matter on all levels, from the atom to man. In addition, it gives us a betterunderstanding of life and a more complete cosmological view, which lead us tounderstand our relationship with ourselves, with others, with the Universe and withGod.

2. THEORY

It was shown [7] that

quanta

of imaginary mass exist associated to the

electron

and the

photon

and that these imaginary masses would have psychicproperties (elementary capacity of “choice”). Thus, we can say that, besides itsinertial mass, the electron would have a psychic mass, given by

( ) ( )

( )

01

34234

imichf mm

electronrealielectronelectronimaginarygelectron

=⎟ ⎠ ⎞⎜⎝ ⎛ ==

Ψ

Where is the

real

inertial mass of the electron. In thecase of the photons, it was shown that the

imaginary gravitationa

l mass of thephoton is:

( )

kgm

electronreali

31

10119

−

×=

.

( )

ichf m

photonimaginaryg

⎟ ⎠ ⎞⎜⎝ ⎛ =

2

34

. Therefore, the psychic mass associatedto a photon with frequency is expressed by the following equation:

f

( )

0234

2

ichf mm

photonimaginaryg photon

⎟ ⎠ ⎞⎜⎝ ⎛ ==

Ψ

The equation of

quantization of mass

[7], in the generalized form is expressedby: . Thus, we can also conclude that the psychic

mass is also quantized

, due to

( ) ( )(

min

imagynarygimaginaryg

mnm

2

=

)

)(

imaginaryg

mm

=

Ψ

, i.e.,

( )

03

2

min

ΨΨ

=

mnm

Where

( )

04

34234

imichf m

reali

min min min

==

Ψ

The

minimum quantum

of real inertial mass in the Universe, , is givenby [7]:

( )

min

reali

m

( )

05109383

73

kgcd hm

reali

−

×±=±=

.

max min

By analogy to Eq. (01), the expressions of the psychic masses associated to the

proton

and the

neutron

are respectively given by:

( )

06

34234

imichf mm

protonreali proton protonimaginaryg proton

===

Ψ

( )

07

34234

imichf mm

neutronrealineutronneutronimaginarygneutron

===

Ψ

3

Where and are respectively the frequencies of the DeBroglie’swaves associated to the proton and the neutron.

proton

f

neutron

f

Thus, from a quantum viewpoint, the psychic particles are similar to thematerial particles, so that we can use the Quantum Mechanics to describe thepsychic particles. In this case, by analogy to the material particles, a particlewith psychic mass will be described by the following expressions:

Ψ

m

( )( )

0908

ψ ψ ψ ψ

ω

hrhr

==

E k p

Where

V m p

rr

Ψ

=

ψ

is the

momentum

carried by the wave and its energy;

ψ

E

ψ ψ

λ π

2

=

k

r

is the

propagation number

and

V mh

Ψ

=

ψ

λ

the

wavelength

and

ψ ψ

π ω

f

2

=

its cyclic

frequency

.The variable quantity that characterizes DeBroglie’s waves is called

Wave Function

, usually indicated by

Ψ

. The wave function associated to a materialparticle describes the dynamic state of the particle: its value at a particular pointx, y, z, t is related to the probability of finding the particle in that place andinstant. Although does not have a physical interpretation, its square

Ψ

2

Ψ

or)

calculated for a particular point x, y, z, t is

proportional to the probability of experimentally finding the particle in that place and instan

t.

Ψ

*

Ψ

Since is proportional to the probability

2