Michaele Suisse is interested in using generalizing impedance quantization to better understand interpretations of quantum mechanics and the distinction between knowledge and reality. Their research focuses on issues like the measurement problem and how the wave function collapses. They are using impedance, which describes opposition to energy flow, and geometric Clifford algebra to examine energy flow in measurements. Specifically, they are analyzing the proton magnetic moment anomaly and believe their approach shows the anomaly results from interaction with the orienting magnetic field, not an intrinsic property.

1. Research Statement
Michaele Suisse
My research interests are primarily focused upon deepening our understanding of what generalizing
impedance quantization can tell us about interpretations of the formalism and phenomenology of quantum
mechanics, about the distinction between knowledge and reality, between the epistemic and the ontic, a
pursuit that straddles the boundary between physics and philosophy.​ ​There are many areas of contention in
the modern dialogue including the role of the observer, the reality of the wave function, determinism and the
probabilistic character of wave function collapse, realism versus the instrumentalism of 'shut up and
calculate', entanglement and non­locality, and hidden variables.
Of particular interest in the present context is the measurement problem, the problem of how (or if)
the wave function collapses in the measurement process. How does one establish a correspondence
between quantum and classical reality? The Dirac equation appears deterministic, determines the evolution
of the wave function. Why can we not predict precise results for single quantum measurements?
The key advantages of this line of inquiry are two­fold. First, we have an understanding of the role of
impedances in quantum mechanics. Impedance describes the amplitude and phase of opposition to the flow
of energy. With the generalization of impedance quantization beyond the vector Lorentz force of the
quantum Hall effect to impedances associated with all forces and potentials, we are in a unique position to
examine the flow of energy in the measurement process. Second, with the fortuitous commonality between
the fundamental geometric objects of the impedance model and those of geometric Clifford algebra, we
have a formidable mathematical tool­set at hand.
The current focus is upon the proton magnetic moment, in particular the anomaly. The point is that
the moment measurement process consists of two steps ­ first one applies the field that orients it and
defines the eigenstates, and then one sends in the photon that flips the moment. The measurement is the
flip, and the assumption of the Standard Model is that the anomaly is not a result of applying the orienting
field, but rather an intrinsic property of the proton. The conclusion from application of the impedance
approach in the language of geometric algebra is that this is not true, that the anomaly results from
interaction of the proton modes with the magnetic field that orients the moment​.
The worldview available from this approach offers an expansive and inclusive perspective. It
suggests ‘real world’ explanations of phenomena which modern physics is seeking to clarify, namely the
anomalous proton magnetic moment, and allows a clearer understanding of the criteria which the growing
number of interpretations of quantum mechanics strive to explain.