A Geometric Interpretation of Wave-Particle Duality in a Five-Dimensional Spacetime with Gravity and Frame-Dependent Light Speed
Creators: name: Masarratbakhsh, Bahman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Wave-Particle Duality
5D Spacetime
Quantum Mechanics
General Relativity
Frame-Dependent Light Speed
Lorentz Factor
Gravity
Quantum Gravity

description: A Geometric Interpretation of Wave-Particle Duality in a Five-Dimensional Spacetime with Gravity and Frame-Dependent Light Speed

Author: Bahman Masarrat (bmasarrat@gmail.com)Date: March 05, 2025

This article expands on an earlier five-dimensional (5D) model of wave-particle duality by adding the effects of gravity and a new way of understanding how motion and reference frames influence the speed of light. The original model viewed quantum phenomena—like the dual nature of particles acting as both waves and particles—as shadows or projections from a higher-dimensional spacetime into our familiar four-dimensional (4D) universe. Now, this updated version introduces a curved 5D structure and considers how gravity and the shape of this extra dimension affect what we observe.

In this model, the speed of light isn’t fixed across all situations; instead, it changes depending on the observer’s frame of reference and the gravitational influence of the 5D geometry. This shift allows the model to connect quantum effects with relativity in a unique way, suggesting that the strange behaviors we see in quantum mechanics might stem from this higher-dimensional setup.

What This Model Does (and Doesn’t Do)



Key Focus: The model doesn’t introduce brand-new physics or predict results that contradict what experiments have already shown. Rather, it reinterprets well-known effects from quantum mechanics and relativity using a 5D perspective that includes gravity.

Big Idea: It proposes that wave-particle duality—the idea that particles can act like waves or solid objects depending on how we look at them—could be explained as a result of higher-dimensional influences projecting into our 4D world.


Why It Matters

This approach offers a fresh way to think about combining quantum mechanics (which governs tiny particles) with relativity (which describes gravity and large-scale motion) and even gravity itself. By imagining these phenomena as pieces of a 5D puzzle, the model provides a new angle for exploring big questions, like how quantum gravity might work or what multidimensional theories could reveal about the universe.

Who It’s For

This article is written for researchers in theoretical physics, especially those curious about:



Quantum gravity (how gravity fits with quantum rules),

Multidimensional ideas of spacetime,

The overlap between quantum and relativistic effects.


Key Terms to Know



Wave-Particle Duality: The concept that tiny particles can show both wave-like and particle-like traits.

5D Spacetime: A framework with four space dimensions plus time (our 4D world) and one extra dimension.

Frame-Dependent Light Speed: The idea that light’s speed varies depending on the observer’s situation and gravity’s pull.

Quantum Gravity: Efforts to unify quantum mechanics and gravity into one theory.


License

The article is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, meaning it’s free to use or adapt with proper credit.