A Model of the Photon
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | A Model of the Photon |
| Author(s) | Wladimir Guglinski |
| Keywords | {{{keywords}}} |
| Published | 2002 |
| Journal | None |
| Pages | 20-25 |
Abstract
When Einstein introduced the concept of a photon in the beginning of the 20th Century, he also introduced a new theoretical porblem: the concept of a photon (a quantum of light) is notcompatible with Maxwell's Equations. Over several years Einstein tried, in vain, to find a solution to conciliate the concept of a photon with Maxwell's Equations.
The concept of the corpuscular photon can be conciliated with Maxwell's Equations theough the adoption of the helical trajecetory of the elementary particles. The helical trajectory is a new alternative for the explanation of the duality of the wave-particle, proposed by T. S. Natarajan in a paper published by Physics Essay. Herein a model of a phton is proposed based on Natarajan's idea.
The possibility of proposing a physical theoretical model of a photon was rejected by Einstein and Dirac in the beginning of the 20th Century because some experiments have shown that the photon has a statistical behavior in some light polarization phenomena. Their restriction is the most fundamental argument against the viability of a theoretical proposal for a photon model. Nevertheless, in Paper No. 2 (Demystifying the EPR Paradox) it is shown that there is a hidden variable in the structure of the photon, responsible for the statistical behavior. Therefore, the fact that in the photon there is a hidden variable implies the following: the statistical behavior can be explained through a physical model of the photon, something considered impossible during the 20th Century.
From the elimination of the fundamental objection raised by Einstein and Dirac, we may consider the present new proposal.
A model of a photon must satidfy the following premises:
- To be able to yield Maxwell's Equations.
- To be compatible with the duality wave-particle of light.
- To be able to explain the transverse propagation of light.
- To be able to explain the light polarization (as we will see in Paper No. 2)
- To be able to conciliate the quantum concept of light with Maxwell's Equations (they can't be reconciled through the present model of the photon, as shown in Paper No. 2)
