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arXiv:1910.11085physics.gen-ph

Zitterbewegung structure in electrons and photons

David Hestenes

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Abstract

The Dirac equation is reinterpreted as a constitutive equation for singularities in the electromagnetic vacuum, with the electron as a point singularity on a lightlike toroidal vortex. The diameter of the vortex is a Compton wavelength and its thickness is given by the electron's anomalous magnetic moment. The photon is modeled as an electron-positron pair trapped in a vortex with energy proportional to the photon frequency. The possibility that all elementary particles are composed of similar vortices is discussed.

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  1. Electromagnetism as a Purely Geometric Theory 1 comment

    • Reminds me of Feynman Checkerboard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_checkerboard and the work of David Hestenes: Zitterbewegung in Quantum Mechanics https://davidhestenes.net/geocalc/pdf/ZBWinQM15**.pdf Zitterbewegung structure in electrons and photons…

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