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Pilot Wave Steerage: A Mechanism and Test

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An intuitive, generic, physical model, or conceptual paradigm for pilot wave steerage of particle beams based on Stochastic Electrodynamics is presented. The utility of this model for understanding the Pauli Exclusion Principle is briefly considered, and a possible experimental verification for the underlying concepts is proposed.

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Kracklauer, A.F. Pilot Wave Steerage: A Mechanism and Test. Found Phys Lett 12, 441–453 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021629310707

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