Electromechanical Physical Model of the Photon
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Electromechanical Physical Model of the Photon |
| Author(s) | Daniel H Deutsch |
| Keywords | photon, electric dipole, massless point charge, fine structure constant, electromagnetic mass, wave-part |
| Published | 1988 |
| Journal | Physics Essays |
| Volume | 2 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 3-7 |
Abstract
A rotating dipole model of the photon is proposed with massless point charges (2<img border="0" alt="[barred aitch]" align="bottom" src="http://physicsessays.aip.org/stockgif3/barh-rm.gif" />c)1/2− and (2<img border="0" alt="[barred aitch]" align="bottom" src="http://physicsessays.aip.org/stockgif3/barh-rm.gif" />c)1/2+ (16.55e− and 16.55e+, respectively), which are <img border="0" alt="lambda" align="bottom" src="http://physicsessays.aip.org/stockgif3/lgr.gif" />/<img border="0" alt="pi" align="bottom" src="http://physicsessays.aip.org/stockgif3/pgr.gif" /> distance apart. This model quantitatively accounts for the linear momentum, angular momentum, translational energy, rotational energy, total energy, and wavelength of the photon inside of Newtonian- Maxwellian mechanics and provides a physical mechanism for electromagnetic mass. In this model the photon has both particle and wave characteristics.
