Casimir vacuum energy and the semiclassical electron

Details Casimir vacuum energy and the semiclassical electron Casimir vacuum energy and the semiclassical electron

2006-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610042v2

Int.J.Theor.Phys.46:3005-3008,2007

Physics

General Physics

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2

In 1953 Casimir proposed a semiclassical model for the electron based on the concept that net inward radiation pressure from the electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations fields (as in the Casimir effect, generally) might play the role of Poincare stresses, compensating outward coulomb pressure to yield a stable configuration at small dimensions. Given that in scattering experiments the electron appears point-like, critical to the success of the proposed model is demonstration that the self-energy corresponding to the divergent coulomb field does not contribute to the electron mass. Here we develop a self-consistent, vacuum-fluctuation-based model that satisfies this requirement and thereby resolves the issue of what would otherwise appear to be an incompatibility between a point-like electron and finite mass.

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