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Zitterbewegung and the Charge of an Electron

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.16003v1
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:20:17 GMT
Title: Zitterbewegung and the Charge of an Electron
Authors: Basil S. Davis
Abstract summary: Dirac's Relativistic Wave Equation implies a measured electron velocity of $pm c$ in any direction. The measured velocity of electron mass is always less than $c$ in any direction but charge can be displaced at the speed of light.
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Abstract: Dirac's Relativistic Wave Equation implies a measured electron velocity of $\pm c$ in any direction, in contradiction to Special Relativity and observation. It is shown in this article that this anomalous electron velocity reveals an internal structure of the electron whereby the mass and the charge of the electron cannot be described by the same position operator. The measured velocity of electron mass is always less than $c$ in any direction but charge can be displaced at the speed of light. This speed is realizable only when the electron is in a state that is a superposition of positive and negative energy states, also known as a zitterbewegung state. It is shown that in zitterbewegung it is the charge and not the mass that undergoes rapid spatial oscillation, and that there are measurable consequences of this charge zitterbewegung. Zitterbewegung of charge also occurs in an entangled electron-positron pair created by a strong electric field.

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