A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE EM DRIVE BASED ON A PILOT WAVE THEORY
J. R. CROCA *
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. and Center for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL), Lisbon 1749-016, Portugal.
P. CASTRO
Center for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL), Lisbon 1749-016, Portugal.
M. GATTA
Center for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CFCUL), Lisbon 1749-016, Portugal. and CINAV / Escola Naval (Portuguese Naval Academy), Almada 2810-001, Portugal.
L. GURRIANA
LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas, Lisbon 1000-149, Portugal.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Scientific literature refers to a strange observed phenomenon, “impossible” according to traditional physics, looking at the experimental feasibility of the so called “EM Drive”. The authors have called it an Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum. Here we present a possible explanation for the observed thrust based on the conceptual framework of Eurhythmic Physics, a kind of pilot-wave theory aiming at bridging the gap between quantum and macroscopic systems. Applied to the present system, a generalized guidance condition could explain the claimed absence of reaction of the material of the drive on the enclosed fields.
Keywords: EM drive, pilot-wave theory, eurhythmic physics, de Broglie waves, pilot-wave theoryguiding principle, macroscopic physics