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Singularity-free model of electric charge in physical vacuum: Non-zero spatial extent and mass generation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-03-20 v5

Abstract

We propose a model of a spinless electrical charge as a self-consistent field configuration of the electromagnetic (EM) field interacting with a physical vacuum effectively described by the logarithmic quantum Bose liquid. We show that, in contrast to the EM field propagating in a trivial vacuum, a regular solution does exist, and both its mass and spatial extent emerge naturally from dynamics. It is demonstrated that the charge and energy density distribution acquire Gaussian-like form. The solution in the logarithmic model is stable and energetically favourable, unlike that obtained in a model with a quartic (Higgs-like) potential.

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@article{arxiv.1204.6380,
  title  = {Singularity-free model of electric charge in physical vacuum: Non-zero spatial extent and mass generation},
  author = {Vladimir Dzhunushaliev and Konstantin G. Zloshchastiev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.6380},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 9 figures, final/published version