Probing the mathematical nature of the photon field
General Physics
2009-12-21 v5
Abstract
The mathematical content of the interaction term of quantum electrodynamics is examined under the following assumption: It is presumed that the apparent degrees-of-freedom of the photon field reflect the kinematical degrees-of-freedom of the two-particle state space of massive fermions, rather than independent degrees-of-freedom of the photon field. This assumption is verified by reproducing the numerical value of the fine-structure constant.
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@article{arxiv.0901.4917,
title = {Probing the mathematical nature of the photon field},
author = {Walter Smilga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4917},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, changed references