Quantum electrodynamics and experiment demonstrate the non-retarded nature of electrodynamical force fields
Classical Physics
2009-07-13 v3
Abstract
In quantum electrodynamics, the quantitatively most successful theory in the history of science, intercharge forces obeying the inverse square law are due to the exchange of space-like virtual photons. The fundamental quantum process underlying applications as diverse as the gyromagnetic ratio of the electron and electrical machinery is then M{\o}ller scattering . Analysis of the quantum amplitude for this process shows that the corresponding intercharge force acts instantaneously. This prediction has been verified in a recent experiment.
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@article{arxiv.0706.1661,
title = {Quantum electrodynamics and experiment demonstrate the non-retarded nature of electrodynamical force fields},
author = {J. H. Field},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.1661},
year = {2009}
}