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The Revenge of Old Classical Physics: No Space for Photons or Relativity

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TitleThe Revenge of Old Classical Physics: No Space for Photons or Relativity
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Author(s)Alvaro Quinteros Valenzuela
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Published2009
JournalGalilean Electrodynamics
Volume20
Number5
No. of pages8
Pages83-89

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Abstract

The old classical theory of extended elementary particles is introduced; in the first part, the basic non linear equations for stable particles are presented, together with some simple solutions for semi-infinite media. In the second and third parts, the well-known failures of classical physics in the microscopic domain are refuted with old classical arguments; the major arguments of modern physics against the application of classical physics in the microscopic domain are rejected. It is concluded that, although the old classical theory is in a immature state of development, there is no need to introduce modern concepts, like photons or relativity, to describe microscopic phenomena; they can be described in old classical terms.