Jean-Pierre Vigier
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Jean-Pierre Vigier earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Geneva
in 1946 and in 1948 was appointed assistant to Louis de Broglie, a position he held until the latter's retirement in 1962. Vigier was professor emeritus at in the Department of Gravitational Physics at Pierre et Marie Curie
Universitat in Paris. He authored more than 300 scientific papers, and co-authored and edited a number of books and conference proceedings. He was a member of the editorial board of Physics Letters A, and was a proponent of the Stochastic Interpretation of quantum mechanics, which was based on the ideas of de Broglie and David Bohm
. Politically, Vigier was an active supporter of communism throughout his life. Vigier was invited to be Einstein's assistant; but at the time because of his political controversy related to Vietnam the US State Department would not allow him entry into the United States.
Conference proceedings in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier:
Articles (selection):
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland.It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin, as a theological seminary and law school. It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for Enlightenment scholarship. In 1873, it...
in 1946 and in 1948 was appointed assistant to Louis de Broglie, a position he held until the latter's retirement in 1962. Vigier was professor emeritus at in the Department of Gravitational Physics at Pierre et Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
Universitat in Paris. He authored more than 300 scientific papers, and co-authored and edited a number of books and conference proceedings. He was a member of the editorial board of Physics Letters A, and was a proponent of the Stochastic Interpretation of quantum mechanics, which was based on the ideas of de Broglie and David Bohm
David Bohm
David Joseph Bohm FRS was an American-born British quantum physicist who contributed to theoretical physics, philosophy, neuropsychology, and the Manhattan Project.-Youth and college:...
. Politically, Vigier was an active supporter of communism throughout his life. Vigier was invited to be Einstein's assistant; but at the time because of his political controversy related to Vietnam the US State Department would not allow him entry into the United States.
Family
Vigier's brother, François, is a professor at Harvard University. Vigier's father was a professor of English, such that Vigier became fluent in English and French, his native language. Vigier has a son with André Jallon an executive at Renault in Belgium, named Adrien Vigier, who is studying for his PhD in Physics.Publications
Books:- Myron W. Evans, Jean-Pierre Vigier: The Enigmatic Photon (series in several volumes), Kluwer Academic, 1996, ISBN 0-7923-4044-2
- Louis de Broglie, P A M Dirac, Eugene Paul Wigner, A O Barut, Alwyn Van der Merwe, Jean-Pierre Vigier: Quantum, space, and time — the quest continues: studies and essays in honour of Louis de Broglie, Paul Dirac, and Eugene Wigner, Cambridge Monographs on Physics, ISBN 9780521319119. Originally published in Foundations of physics, 1982-1983.
- Yann Fitt, Alexandre Faire, Jean Pierre Vigier: The world economic crisis: U.S. imperialism at bay, Zed Press, 1980, ISBN 978-0905762531
- Jean-Pierre Vigier: France's May revolution: an analysis of the French May revolt, Sydney: International Publications, 1968
- Louis de Broglie; Jean Pierre Vigier: Introduction to the Vigier theory of elementary particles: with a chapter by Jean-Pierre Vigier, Elsevier, 1963
- Pierre Hillion, Jean-Pierre Vigier: Les Ondes associées à une structure interne des particules. Sur les équations d'ondes associées à la structure des bosons. Sur les équations d'ondes associées à la structure des fermions (On wave equations associated with an internal structure of particles), Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré, vol. 17, no. 3, 1962
- Jean-Pierre Vigier: Recherches sur l'interprétation causale de la théorie des quanta (Research on the causal interpretation of quantum theory), Thèse d'Etat, Université de Paris, Faculté des sciences, 1954. Published by Gauthier-Villars, 1955.
Conference proceedings in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier:
- R. L Amoroso, P. Rowlands, S. Jeffers, J.-P. Vigier: Search for fundamental theory: the VIIth international symposium honoring French mathematical physicist Jean-Pierre Vigier, Imperial College, London, UK, 12-14 July 2010, AIP conference proceedings, no. 1316, American Institute of Physics, 2010
- R. L Amoroso, B. Lehnert, J.-P. Vigier: Beyond the standard model — searching for unity in physics: Proceedings of the Paris symposium honoring the 83rd birthday of Jean-Pierre Vigier, Noetic Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0967868738
- R. L. Amoroso, G. Hunter, M. Kafatos, J.-P. Vigier: Gravitation and cosmology: from the Hubble radius to the Planck scale. Proceedings of a symposium in honor of the 80th birthday of Jean-Pierre Vigier, Kluwer Academic, 2002, ISBN 1-4020-0885-6
- G. Hunter, S. Jeffers, J. P. Vigier: Causality and Locality in Modern Physics, Proceedings of a symposium held in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier at York University, Toronto, Canada, in August 1997, Springer, 1998, ISBN 978-9048150922
- S. Jeffers, J. P. Vigier, S. Roy: The present status of the quantum theory of light: Proceedings of a symposium in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier, Proceedings of a symposium held in honour of Jean-Pierre Vigier in Toronto, Canada, in August 1995, Kluwer Academic, 1996, ISBN 978-0792343370
Articles (selection):
- J.-P. Vigier: Derivation of inertial forces from the Einstein-de Broglie-Bohm (E.d.B.B.) causal stochastic interpretation of quantum mechanics, Foundations of Physics, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1461-1494, 1995 (abstract), DOI: 10.1007/BF02057462
- J.-P. Vigier: Explicit mathematical construction of relativistic nonlinear de Broglie waves described by three-dimensional (wave and electromagnetic) solitons “piloted” (controlled) by corresponding solutions of associated linear Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger equations, Foundations of Physics, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 125-148, 1991 (abstract), DOI: 10.1007/BF01889529
- J.-P-Vigier: Particular solutions of a non-linear Schrödinger equation carrying particle-like singularities represent possible models of de Broglie's double solution theory, Physics Letters A, vol. 135, no. 2, 13 February 1989, pp. 99-105 (abstract) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.96.208
- A. Garuccio, V. Rapisarda, J.-P. Vigier: New experimental set-up for the detection of de Broglie waves, Physics Letters A, vol. 90, no. 1-2, 21 June 1982, Pages 17-19 (abstract), DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(82)90038-X
- Augusto Garuccio, K. R. PopperKarl PopperSir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics...
, Jean-Pierre Vigier: Possible direct physical detection of de Broglie waves, Physics Letters A, vol. 86, no. 8, 7 December 1981, pp. 397-400, DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(81)90346-7 (abstract) - L. de Broglie, J.-P. Vigier: Photon Mass and New Experimental Results on Longitudinal Displacements of Laser Beams near Total Reflection, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 28, no. 15, pp. 1001–1004 (1972) (abstract), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.1001
- L. De Broglie, D. Bohm, P. Hillion, F. Halbwachs, T. Takabayasi, J.-P. Vigier: Rotator Model of Elementary Particles Considered as Relativistic Extended Structures in Minkowski Space, Phys. Rev. vol. 129, no. 1, pp. 438–450 (1963) (abstract), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.129.438
- D. Bohm, J.-P. Vigier: Model of the Causal Interpretation of Quantum Theory in Terms of a Fluid with Irregular Fluctuations, Phys. Rev. vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 208–216 (1954) (abstract), DOI 10.1103/PhysRev.96.208
Further reading
- Peter HollandPeter R. HollandPeter R. Holland is a theoretical physicist, known for his book on the pilot wave theory and the de Broglie-Bohm causal interpretation of quantum mechanics and his work on foundational problems in quantum physics....
: Jean-Pierre Vigier at seventy-five: La lutte continue, Foundations of Physics, invited papers dedicated to Jean-Pierre Vigier, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-4, DOI: 10.1007/BF02054654 - Jean-Pierre Vigier, selected and edited by Stanley Jeffers, Bo Lehnert, Nils Abramson, Lev Chebotarev: Jean-Pierre Vigier and the Stochastic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Apeiron, 2000, ISBN 978-0968368954