Category:
Research Papers
Sub-Category:
Mechanics / Electrodynamics
Date Published:
October 2, 2025
Keywords:
quantum physics, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, particle physics, Standard Model, Casimir Effect, Michelson Morely experiment, virtual particle pairs, zero point energy
Abstract:
Much development in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and particle physics has brought us the ability to mathematically predict behavior of subatomic particles in experiments such as the ones described in [1]. In this article, a physical mechanism is considered rather than mathematical tools such as the ones discussed in [1,2], yet is not in disagreement with the predicted observations of those methods. This mechanism is based upon the necessity of a medium through which light propagates. Abandoned shortly after the Michelson-Morely experiment in 1887, the theory of a luminiferous ether (initial spelling was “aether”), is gaining acceptance by many physicists due to supporting empirical data from experiments related to the Casimir effect and the Lamb shift, as well as theoretical support from the theoretical works of De Broglie and Dirac. The proposed physical mechanism behind electromagnetic radiation is the rotation of electromagnetic dipoles consisting virtual particle pairs.
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