The paper proposes an envelope soliton model of the electron that propagates as a protuberance on a fictitious waveguide, which acts as trajectory. The model is based on de Broglie's original electron wave-particle relativistic theory, and on the observation that the Klein-Gordon equation governs the propagation mode of a common microwave waveguide - with the Schroedinger equation as a low group velocity approximation. This analogy opened for practical physical models, including solitons. In the linear case a conceived corpuscle zigzags within the fictitious waveguide - a zigzagging that resembles Penrose's picture of Dirac's electron theory. The soliton envelope is defined by a special nonlinear version of the Schroedinger equation. The nonlinearity cancels the de Broglie/Bohm Quantum Potential of the envelope. The wavefunction is confined by the envelope, and thus the concept of the collapse of the wavefunction is eliminated. Since the electron model is based directly on the Special theory of relativity it also illustrates that theory. The corpuscle, incorporating spin and charge, which moves at the speed of light, needs further study relating it to the photon. A model of the photon based on the mutual coupling of two modes of an optical fiber at the Planck scale, is suggested. One of these modes is thought to carry two orthogonal polarized electromagnetic external fields, while the other, internal, mode carries a corpuscle that moves helically and thus represents the spin. A single electron is considered to have one polarization only, without any superposition possibility; hence, the concept of collapse in a polarization measurement is eliminated.
The paper proposes an envelope soliton model of the electron that propagates as a protuberance on a fictitious waveguide, which acts as trajectory. The model is based on de Broglie's original electron wave-particle relativistic theory, and on the observation that the Klein-Gordon equation governs the propagation mode of a common microwave waveguide - with the Schroedinger equation as a low group velocity approximation. This analogy opened for practical physical models, including solitons. In the linear case a conceived corpuscle zigzags within the fictitious waveguide - a zigzagging that resembles Penrose's picture of Dirac's electron theory. The soliton envelope is defined by a special nonlinear version of the Schroedinger equation. The nonlinearity cancels the de Broglie/Bohm Quantum Potential of the envelope. The wavefunction is confined by the envelope, and thus the concept of the collapse of the wavefunction is eliminated. Since the electron model is based directly on the Special theory of relativity it also illustrates that theory. The corpuscle, incorporating spin and charge, which moves at the speed of light, needs further study relating it to the photon. A model of the photon based on the mutual coupling of two modes of an optical fiber at the Planck scale, is suggested. One of these modes is thought to carry two orthogonal polarized electromagnetic external fields, while the other, internal, mode carries a corpuscle that moves helically and thus represents the spin. A single electron is considered to have one polarization only, without any superposition possibility; hence, the concept of collapse in a polarization measurement is eliminated.
The paper proposes an envelope soliton model of the electron. The soliton propagates within a waveguide which size varies with the potential. The soliton is the solution of the Schroedinger equation with the addition of a nonlinear term that is the negative of Bohm's Quantum potential. This potential is interpreted as representing the dispersion of the linear equation. The model is based on de Broglie's original wave-particle concept, which is based on the Special theory of relativity. The model thus illustrates that theory.
The spherical model of electron cannot explain Bohr magneton, de Broglie wave, etc. To explain these properties physically, we propose that spin, one core concept of quantum theory, is a reality, and introduce this alternative solely based on experimental findings, Planck’s, Einstein’s, and Dirac’s insights, and follows classical laws, that an electron is an electrical wave with a literal 21 spin (Dirac), i.e., spins two circles in one cycle, both angular momentum are ℏ. Its wavelength is determined by E=hνm0=λm0hc=m0c2 (Plank and Einstein), λ m 0 is the Compton wavelength. As E⃗ ⊥ c⃗ for a transverse wave, it has a net electricity due to the first spin, f(Eq)=21E0(1−cos(2ω0t)), half of its cycle, i.e., the minimal meaningful unit as F = E q , is related with its charge, q = E q ϵ 0 . Moreover, an electron has a ring shape due to the second spin, 2 π R 0 = λ m 0 , λ m 0 is the electron-impact cross section. As ℏ=λm0h2πλm0=m0cR0, it has a quantized classical angular momentum, with a speed of c . The Bohr magneton, μB=2m0qℏ, g -factor is 2. Critically, the full Dirac’s equation of an electron with a constant velocity is mc=ℏ⊥+p⊥+ℏ//+p//, and its electromagnetic properties due to charge are f(Eq)=f(Eq)cc2−v′2+f(Eq)cv′=Enet//+Eq⊥, v′//ℏ⊥ or v′//ℏ//, and v′//Enet. Assuming heavy charged particles have equivalent though shall not identical mechanisms, mathematically this model is equivalent to Special Relativity, and supports ALL its formulas, i.e., v < c , E = m c 2 , direction-insensitive m = γ m 0 and t=γt0; Moreover, the net electricity Enet// and Bohr magneton is orientation-quantized, direction-sensitive and follows Lorentz transformation, leading to Lorentz transformation of length contraction; while following Relativity, magnetism can be defined by f(B)=f(Eq)c2v′, which is not circularly symmetric and self-evidently does not follow Lorentz transformation. The temporospatial averaged magnetic intensity of a current is relativistic, Bˉ=∑f(Eq)c2Δv=2πϵ0c2I=2πμ0I, and μ 0 ϵ 0 c 2 = 1, supporting Maxwell’s equations. Further implications include chirality therefore magnetic spatial quantization, de Broglie wave, etc. The spherical model should be just an observation due to orientation quantization of Enet. We conclude this model of electron may provide one step further to the ultimate Quantum Theory in a nonrelativistic spacetime.
We study certain non-linear generalisations of the Schr{ö}dinger equation which admit static solitonic 2 solutions in absence of external potential acting on the particle. We consider a class of solutions that can be written as a product of a solution of the linear Schr{ö}dinger equation with a peaked quantum soliton, in a regime where the size of the soliton is quite smaller than the typical scale of variation of the linear wave. In the non-relativistic limit, the solitons obey a generalized de Broglie-Bohm (dB-B) guidance equation. In first approximation, this guidance equation reduces to the dB-B guidance equation according to which they move at the so-called de Broglie-Bohm velocity along the hydrodynamical flow lines of the linear Schr{ö}dinger wave. If we consider a spinorial electronic wave function a la Dirac, its barycentre is predicted to move exactly in accordance with the dB-B guidance equation.
A de Broglie-Bohm like model of Klein-Gordon equation, that leads to the correct Schrodinger equation in the low-speed limit, is presented. Under this theoretical framework, that affords an interpretation of the quantum potential, the main assumption of the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation--that the local momentum of particles is given by the gradient of the phase of the wave function--is not but approximately correct. Also, the number of particles is not locally conserved. Furthermore, the representation of physical systems through wave functions wont be complete.
The photon is modeled as a monochromatic solution of Maxwell's equations confined as a soliton wave by the principle of causality of special relativity. The soliton travels rectilinearly at the speed of light. The solution can represent any of the known polarization (spin) states of the photon. For circularly polarized states the soliton's envelope is a circular ellipsoid whose length is the observed wavelength (λ), and whose diameter is λ/π; this envelope contains the electromagnetic energy of the wave (hν = hc/λ). The predicted size and shape is confirmed by experimental measurements: of the sub-picosecond time delay of the photo-electric effect, of the attenuation of undiffracted transmission through slits narrower than the soliton's diameter of λ/π, and by the threshold intensity required for the onset of multiphoton absorption in focussed laser beams. Inside the envelope the wave's amplitude increases linearly with the radial distance from the axis of propagation, being zero on the axis. Outside the envelope the wave is evanescent with an amplitude that decreases inversely with the radial distance from the axis. The evanescent wave is responsible for the observed double-slit interference phenomenon.
The photon is modeled as a monochromatic solution of Maxwell's equations confined as a soliton wave by the principle of causality of special relativity. The soliton travels rectilinearly at the speed of light. The solution can represent any of the known polarization (spin) states of the photon. For circularly polarized states the soliton's envelope is a circular ellipsoid whose length is the observed wavelength (A), and whose diameter is λ/π; this envelope contains the electromagnetic energy of the wave (hv = hc/λ). The predicted size and shape is confirmed by experimental measurements: of the sub-picosecond time delay of the photo-electric effect, of the attenuation of undiffracted transmission through slits narrower than the soliton's diameter of λ/π, and by the threshold intensity required for the onset of multiphoton absorption in focussed laser beams. Inside the envelope the wave's amplitude increases linearly with the radial distance from the axis of propagation, being zero on the axis. Outside the envelope the wave is evanescent with an amplitude that decreases inversely with the radial distance from the axis. The evanescent wave is responsible for the observed double-slit interference phenomenon.