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Some remarks about mass and Zitterbewegung substructure of electron

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

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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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0512047,
  title  = {Some remarks about mass and Zitterbewegung substructure of electron},
  author = {P. Brovetto and V. Maxia and M. Salis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0512047},
  year   = {2007}
}