Beyond FTL: Everyday possibilities for P2 waves

What are P2 waves?

P2 waves are the "imaginary" component of a quantum wavefunction that, in this hypothesis, persist briefly after the main (P1) energy-carrying branch collapses. They carry structure but no energy, acting like a silent echo of the original wave.

Think of P1 as the part that delivers the package (energy, momentum), while P2 is the outline of the route that lingers for a moment after delivery. The outline cannot push or heat anything, but its shape can still influence probabilities for what happens next.

Every emission, absorption, scattering, or collision leaves behind a faint ripple of possible influence. These ripples overlap throughout the universe, constantly passing through each other.

Possible uses for P2 waves

If P2 waves exist, they could open a design space for devices that work with probability patterns rather than direct energy transfer. Here are six ways this could matter:

Testing the idea

P2 waves are not rare. In this hypothesis, they are generated by any type of particle interaction: collisions, emissions, absorptions, and scatterings all leave behind brief, silent information echoes. The universe is chock full of these faint probability ripples, overlapping and passing through each other everywhere, all the time.

Each P2 wave carries a probability amplitude. When two P2 waves of the same particle type meet, they interfere just like ordinary waves:

• Constructive interference: amplitudes add and the effect becomes briefly stronger.
• Destructive interference: amplitudes subtract and the effect weakens or cancels.

Now consider two 0.5 P2 electron waves. Each has half the amplitude needed to momentarily mimic a full particle. If they pass through each other in just the right way, their amplitudes can add to 100 percent for an instant. In that fleeting moment, a virtual electron manifests and then disappears almost immediately.

Nature keeps the books balanced: as many positively charged positrons as negatively charged electrons arise from such fleeting overlaps, and likewise for the whole particle zoology allowed by quantum rules. These virtual particles flicker so quickly that you do not see them directly, but their indirect effects can be measured as tiny, correlated blips in the right conditions.

Concept experiment

Goal: arrange two like-type P2-rich wavefronts to cross and look for indirect signatures of brief virtual particle creation.

Equipment

• Stable electron or photon source with phase control.
• Beam splitters, slits, and adjustable path-length stages.
• Shielded interaction region with good magnetic and electric isolation.
• Quiet detectors off-axis: magnetometers, photon counters, or correlated noise probes.

Procedure

1. Prepare two beams with matched brightness but different internal phase, tuned to have strong P2 components.
2. Guide them to cross in the shielded region with sub-wavelength alignment control.
3. Record main detector outputs and the quiet off-axis probes while sweeping phase and geometry.
4. Look for correlated, phase-locked changes in the quiet probes when constructive P2 overlap is expected.
5. Repeat with control conditions: blocked paths, scrambled phase, or altered boundaries to verify the effect vanishes.

Shielded coincidence box experiment

Idea: place a delicately balanced field sensor inside a shielded box positioned between two simultaneous single-slit experiments. The box is engineered to block real particle hits, so a registered disturbance inside should not come from ordinary electrons. Only a P2 component would pass the shielding and, in rare brief moments of constructive overlap, could create a virtual electron that momentarily unbalances the field.

Core concept

• Two single slits running in parallel. Each tuned so the geometry favors 0.5 P2 electron matter waves in the shared target region.
• Shielded box with balanced field. The box rejects real particles but lets the P2 component traverse. Inside is a near-zero-field balance point.
• Coincidence trigger. Only sample the box state when both outer detectors register hits at their respective slits. That implies no electron should be inside the box; any internal blip is an anomaly candidate.

Coincidence logic

Sample only when both outer detectors report a hit within a tight time window. This window is chosen so any electron that could have entered the box would have been detected instead. The box readout is time-stamped for later correlation with phase settings and geometry.

Shielding and sensitivity

The box aims to reject real particle hits while remaining sensitive to tiny internal imbalances. In practice, you would likely operate at cryogenic temperatures with SQUID sensors near absolute zero to reach the required noise floor. Even then, any genuine signal would be exceedingly small and rare.

Status: concept only. All diagrams are illustrative, not evidence.