The Zero-Point Field and Inertia

Details The Zero-Point Field and Inertia The Zero-Point Field and Inertia

1999-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9908057v1

in "Causality and Locality in Modern Physics" (G. Hunter, S. Jeffers, J.-P. Vigier (eds.), Kluwer Acad. Publ., pp. 171-178, (1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

8 pages, no figs

Scientific paper

A brief overview is presented of the basis of the electromagnetic zero-point field in quantum physics and its representation in stochastic electrodynamics. Two approaches have led to the proposal that the inertia of matter may be explained as an electromagnetic reaction force. The first is based on the modeling of quarks and electrons as Planck oscillators and the method of Einstein and Hopf to treat the interaction of the zero-point field with such oscillators. The second approach is based on analysis of the Poynting vector of the zero-point field in accelerated reference frames. It is possible to derive both Newton's equation of motion, F=ma, and its relativistic co-variant form from Maxwell's equations as applied to the zero-point field of the quantum vacuum. This appears to account, at least in part, for the inertia of matter.

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