Sub-Quantum Physics 7: The Spin-Zero Photon Hypothesis
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sub-Quantum Physics 7: The Spin-Zero Photon Hypothesis |
| Author(s) | Alan McCone |
| Keywords | quantum, photon, angular momentum, space medium |
| Published | 2004 |
| Journal | Galilean Electrodynamics |
| Volume | 15 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 35-39 |
Abstract
This article argues that it is incorrect to ascribe spin angular momentum to the photon. This conclusion emerges from a new method for analyzing quantum states, called ?Maxwellian decomposition?. This decomposition shows the motion of the electron in hydrogen 2P, 3D, and 4F, etc., excited states, to consist only of radial motions along essentially degenerate ellipse orbits, exhibiting essentially no angular momentum. Hence, what customarily has been called ?orbital angular momentum? should rather be called ?orbital directionality?. So there is no change in angular momentum in an atomic transition from, say, the hydrogen 2P state to the 1S state. Hence, it is not necessary to conserve angular momentum by requiring that the photon have a spin angular momentum.
? 2003 Occidental Science Institute. Published with permission of the copyright holder.