A Magic Electromagnetic Field
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
An electromagnetic field of simple algebraic structure is simply derived. It turns out to be the G=0 limit of the charged rotating Kerr-Newman metrics. These all have gyromagnetic ratio 2, the same as the Dirac electron. The charge and current distributions giving this high gyromagnetic ratio have charges of both signs rotating at close to the velocity of light. It is conjectured that something similar may occur in the quantum electrodynamic charge distribution surrounding the point electron.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0207064,
title = {A Magic Electromagnetic Field},
author = {Donald Lynden-Bell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0207064},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 Pages, LaTex, 3 EPS figures. Submitted to The Proceedings of New Developments in Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (June 2001), eds. Dalsgaard & Thompson, CUP