Introducing Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics: A New Framework for the Photon
π Preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15871655
βοΈ Author: Daniele Di Nunzio
Light has a rhythmic and dynamic nature.
Light is the result of a rhythm of quantum oscillations."
In the world of quantum theory, the photon is typically described by its energy, frequency, and polarization, with probabilistic behavior embedded in wavefunctions and fields. But what if the photon had an internal rhythmic structureβa real, deterministic cycle underlying its physical behavior?
This is the starting point of Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics (RQM), a new theoretical framework I present in the preprint:
π "Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics: Fundamental Principles of the Quantum Rhythm of the Photon"
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π§ What Is Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics?
Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics (RQM) proposes that every photon has a universal internal rhythm, encoded in its cyclical changes in the state of polarization and spin. It builds on several postulates that reinterpret key constants and quantum behaviors in terms of time cycles and oscillations.
In particular:
- The Planck constant h and β becomes a measure of rhythmic phase progression
- All photons share the same internal frequency and internal energy
- Polarization is not static β it oscillates rhythmically, defining a hidden temporal structure
- Observable frequency, energy, wavelenght, are emergent, collective phenomenon, not intrinsic to the individual photon
- The speed of light c emerges from an internal and spatialized rhythm of the photon
- Time itself may be modeled through the progressive rhythm of photonic states
- Constant gravity emerges as a coherence of rhythm in all the space-time dimensions
π Key Postulates of RQM
- Photon rhythm: Each photon has a fixed intrinsic rhythm (Οβ), same for all photons. In RQM, the single photon moves with constant: speed (c); energy (E); frequency (Ξ½); angular frequency (Ο); wavelength (Ξ»); momentum (p); impulse (J).
- Polarization oscillation: The polarization and spin rotates in phase with this rhythm, with measurable internal cycles.
- No energy variation: Energy is constant and energy differences (colors, tones) arise from group interactions, not intrinsic photonic variation.
- Time as rhythm: Time flow corresponds to rhythmic phase-shift through the internal polarization of photons.
- Constant gravity is an emergent manifestation of a cyclical and geometric relationship between the propagation of light (c), the quantized structure of space (π) and the cycle of the states of the photon (quantum action). ---
π Why It Matters
Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics offers a new ontological layer beneath standard quantum theory:
- A way to model quantum time and quantum energy using internal photon dynamics (quantum space-time-action)
- Potential insights into entanglement and temporal symmetry
- Speculations on a cosmological dynamics
- Potential contribution for the development of quantum computing
It doesnβt seek to replace existing models but to add an internal rythm, an internal clockwork, to the structure of light that may prove crucial in reconciling quantum physics with time and gravity.
The hypothesis tries to define a new and coherent theoretical domain related to the three major existing frameworks in fundamental physics: classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
π Read the Full Preprint
π Zenodo DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15871655
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π Keywords
quantum, mechanics, physics, photon, polarization, spin, gravity, planck, relativity
π§ Author: Daniele Di Nunzio
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Published: 14 July 2025
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