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    "abstract": "In 1953 Casimir proposed a semiclassical model for the electron based on the\nconcept that net inward radiation pressure from the electromagnetic vacuum\nfluctuations fields (as in the Casimir effect, generally) might play the role\nof Poincare stresses, compensating outward coulomb pressure to yield a stable\nconfiguration at small dimensions. Given that in scattering experiments the\nelectron appears point-like, critical to the success of the proposed model is\ndemonstration that the self-energy corresponding to the divergent coulomb field\ndoes not contribute to the electron mass. Here we develop a self-consistent,\nvacuum-fluctuation-based model that satisfies this requirement and thereby\nresolves the issue of what would otherwise appear to be an incompatibility\nbetween a point-like electron and finite mass.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0610042",
    "authors": [
      "H. E. Puthoff"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.gen-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2",
    "journal_ref": "Int.J.Theor.Phys.46:3005-3008,2007",
    "title": "Casimir vacuum energy and the semiclassical electron",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610042"
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