Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-06-30
J. Math. Phys., Vol.49 (2008) 102901 (22 pages)
Physics
Mathematical Physics
30 pages. Final published version with a few minor corrections
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2982236
The electric and magnetic fields of a pole-dipole singularity attributed to a point-electron-singularity in the Maxwell field are expressed in a Colombeau algebra of generalized functions. This enables one to calculate dynamical quantities quadratic in the fields which are otherwise mathematically ill-defined: The self-energy (i.e., `mass'), the self-angular momentum (i.e., `spin'), the self-momentum (i.e., `hidden momentum'), and the self-force. While the total self-force and self-momentum are zero, therefore insuring that the electron-singularity is stable, the mass and the spin are diverging integrals of delta-squared-functions. Yet, after renormalization according to standard prescriptions, the expressions for mass and spin are consistent with quantum theory, including the requirement of a gyromagnetic ratio greater than one. The most striking result, however, is that the electric and magnetic fields differ from the classical monopolar and dipolar fields by delta-function terms which are usually considered as insignificant, while in a Colombeau algebra these terms are precisely the sources of the mechanical mass and spin of the electron-singularity.
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