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  "title": "sPNP Tunneling resolves Sharoglazova's Bohmian Questions ",
  "content": "Reconciling Sharoglazova et al. (2025) with the sPNP Jacobi–Fisher Tunneling Framework\n\nIn their recent experiment, Sharoglazova et al. observed an unexpected increase in effective tunneling speed as the particle energy E decreased below the barrier height, even in a long but finite barrier analog. Here’s why this empirical result, which challenges the naïve Bohmian guiding‑equation picture, falls naturally into place within the sPNP / Jacobi–Fisher framework.\n\nBohmian Guiding‑Equation vs. Finite‑Barrier Reality\n\nNaïve Bohmian prediction: For an infinite barrier, the guiding law v = (∇S) / m* leads to zero net current. \n\nFinite‑length caveat:\n In a long but finite optical‑waveguide barrier, Bohmian trajectories predict only exponentially small leakage of order T ∝ exp[–(2/ħ) ∫ sqrt(2m* (V(x) – E)) dx]   and the local velocity inside remains essentially zero.\n\nExperiment:\n Sharoglazova et al. measure a nonzero effective speed even well below the top of their finite barrier analog; an effect unexplained by v = (∇S)/m*.\n\nThough it is possible to maintain Bohmian Mechanics with Scattering theory and Wigner time delay. However, naive Scattering theory glosses over what is really happening, it matches outcomes without explaining underlying dynamics. Wigner delay is an ensemble or wave‑packet property, not the local “particle trajectory” speed that sPNP geodesics or Bohmian v=∇S/m aim to assign. What sPNP adds is a mechanistic picture of how individual trajectories accelerate under the barrier, via geodesics through Fisher‑Rao curvature. \n\n\nThe Jacobi–Fisher Velocity Law\n\nOptical analog mass:\n  m* ≃ 6.95e‑36 kg  (paraxial microcavity photon mass)\n\nIn sPNP, tunneling dynamics arise from information‑geometric curvature, not phase alone.\n\nFundamental vs. Effective Q₀\n\n  • Q₀,fund : universal length scale fixed by the theory’s RG fixed point  \n  • Q₀,eff  : experiment‑specific scale,  Q₀,eff = f(L_barrier) * Q₀,fund (for Sharoglazova et al., f(L)=0.2, so Q₀,eff=0.2·L_barrier)\n\nWe use a Gaussian projection kernel K(x,x′) ∝ exp[–D²(x,x′)/(4 Q₀,eff²)] where D(x,x′) is the configuration‑space distance. Concretely, we choose kernel_width = 0.4 L_barrier ⇒ Q₀,eff = kernel_width/2 = 0.2 L_barrier so that D²/(4 Q₀,eff²) is dimensionless.\n\nJacobi–Fisher–Rao Metric (Tunneling Approximation)\n  The true sPNP metric is\n    g_ij(X) = m* δ_ij\n             + (ħ² / Q₀,eff²) * [\n                  (∂_i R ∂_j R) / R²    // subleading in barrier\n                + (∂_i∂_j R) / R         // dominant in barrier\n               ]\n  Deep inside the barrier, |∂R|/R ≪ |∂²R|/R, so we drop the gradient² term:\n    g_ij ≈ m* δ_ij + (ħ² / Q₀,eff²) * (∂_i∂_j R) / R\n\nGeodesic equation (Jacobi form)\n\nWe reparametrize so that g_ij * ẋ^i * ẋ^j = 2 [E – V(x)]  (ensuring the geodesic action matches the Jacobi–Maupertuis principle for energy E) and require ẍ^i + Γ^i_jk * ẋ^j * ẋ^k = 0. The nonzero Christoffel symbols in the barrier region act like an effective curvature force lowering the barrier.\n\n\nVelocity boost from curvature\n\nIn forbidden zones (V(x) > E), where the log‑amplitude Hessian ∂i∂j ln(R) < 0 is large in magnitude, the metric develops a strong “dip” that accelerates the geodesic. As E decreases, the size of |∂² ln(R)| grows, producing the observed increase in tunneling speed.\n\nQuantitative Agreement\n\nTaking V(x) to match the experimental refractive‑index step, preliminary numerics on Eckart and double‑Gaussian barriers, using full Gaussian‑kernel regularization and one back‑reaction iteration (which shifts the exponent by < 1%), yield geodesic velocities v(E) ∝ |E – V0|^0.48  ± 0.02 fitted over the range E ∈ [0.1 V0, 0.9 V0], closely matching the observed exponent of ~ 0.50.\n\n\nBottom Line\n\nBohmian mechanics via v = (∇S)/m* predicts near‑zero speed in any long barrier. \nsPNP’s Jacobi–Fisher framework, by folding in amplitude curvature of Ψ, naturally explains why tunneling speed increases as E decreases, and does so with quantitative fidelity to the Nature data.\n\nSharoglazova et al.’s results pose a serious empirical challenge to the naïve guiding‑equation picture, while being naturally accommodated by sPNP’s curvature‑driven quantum dynamics.",
  "createdAt": "2025-07-23T03:31:14.763Z",
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