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View SchemaSome remarks about mass and Zitterbewegung substructure of electron
| Authors | P. Brovetto, V. Maxia, M. Salis |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0512047 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512047 |
Abstract
It is shown that the electron Zitterbewegung, that is, the high-frequency microscopic oscillatory motion of electron about its centre of mass, originates a spatial distribution of charge. This allows the point-like electron behave like a particle of definite size whose self-energy, that is, energy of its electromagnetic field, owns a finite value. This has implications for the electron mass, which, in principle, might be derived from Zitterbewegung physics.
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