Discussion Paper: Light as a Continuous Electromagnetic Field - Rejection of the Photon Concept Abstract: This paper proposes an alternative interpretation of light: Light is a wave only. It rejects the photon and quantum hypothesis. We argue that light is not particles but a direct excitation of the universal electromagnetic field, which we identify as the modern "Aether". All observed quantum phenomena, including the photoelectric effect and blackbody radiation, can be explained by resonance and density of the wave within limited perceptual ranges of matter and biological sensors, without invoking energy quantization E=hν. 1. Definition of Light: Historical Aether: Historically, light was said to propagate in the "Aether". We revive this with a modification: Light IS the electromagnetic field itself that fills the universe. Origin: The EM field was created at the Big Bang as a primary energy explosion. Matter formed later from this field. Using Einstein’s E=mc2 with a correction: energy is a state of the EM field itself, where c is the oscillation speed of the(https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-New-Theory-Light-Color-ebook/dp/B093ZGXSYX (field .[1] [1] - (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-New-Theory-Light-Color-ebook/dp/B093ZGXSYX).
Discussion Paper: Light as a Continuous Electromagnetic Field - Rejection of the Photon Concept Abstract: This paper proposes an alternative interpretation of light: Light is a wave only. It rejects the photon and quantum hypothesis. We argue that light is not particles but a direct excitation of the universal electromagnetic field, which we identify as the modern "Aether". All observed quantum phenomena, including the photoelectric effect and blackbody radiation, can be explained by resonance and density of the wave within limited perceptual ranges of matter and biological sensors, without invoking energy quantization E=hν. 1. Definition of Light: Historical Aether: Historically, light was said to propagate in the "Aether". We revive this with a modification: Light IS the electromagnetic field itself that fills the universe. Origin: The EM field was created at the Big Bang as a primary energy explosion. Matter formed later from this field. Using Einstein’s E=mc2 with a correction: energy is a state of the EM field itself, where c is the oscillation speed of the(https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-New-Theory-Light-Color-ebook/dp/B093ZGXSYX (field .[1] [1] - (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-New-Theory-Light-Color-ebook/dp/B093ZGXSYX).
Quantum field theory describes the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation using the "photon," but has never explained why a fundamental particle exhibits such perfect wave behavior. This paper provides a complete alternative explanation: the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and antibunching experiments — landmark experiments considered proof of photon particle nature — require no photon concept. Quantization is not a property of light itself, but of the discrete energy level structure governing how bound electrons emit and absorb energy. Light remains a continuous transverse wave; discreteness results from electrons as "prisoners" in atomic "cages" that can only transition between specific energy steps. Waves propagate continuously and are emitted and absorbed in quantized form — the photon is not a particle, but the name of an energy-exchange event.
The idea of the photon has stirred the imaginations of physicists ever since 1905 when Einstein originally proposed the use of light quanta to explain the photoelectric effect. This concept is formalized in the quantum theory of radiation, which has had unfailing success in explaining the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter, seemingly limited only by the ability of physicists to perform the indicated calculations. Nevertheless, it has its conceptual problems—various infinities and frequent misinterpretations. Consequently an increasing number of workers are asking, “to what extent is the quantized field really necessary and useful?” In fact the experimental results of the photoelectric effect were explained by G. Wentzel in 1927 without the quantum theory of radiation. Similarly most electro-optic phenomena such as stimulated emission, reaction of the emitted field on the emitting atom, resonance fluorescence, and so on, do not require the quantization of the field for their explanation. As we will see, these processes can all be quantitatively explained and physically understood in terms of the semiclassical theory of the matter–field interaction in which the electric field is treated classically while the atoms obey the laws of quantum mechanics. The quantized field is fundamentally required for accurate descriptions of certain processes involving fluctuations in the electromagnetic field: for example, spontaneous emission, the Lamb shift, the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, and certain aspects of blackbody radiation. (The Compton effect also fits here, but see later under references 8b and c.) Here we will outline how the photon concept originated and developed, where it is not required and is often misused, and finally where it plays an essential role in the understanding of physical phenomena. In our discussion we will attempt to give a logically consistent definition of the word “photon”—a statement far more necessary than one might think, for so many contradictory uses exist of this elusive beast. In particular consider the original coining of the word by G. N. Lewis: “[because it appears to spend] only a minute fraction of its existence as a carrier of radiant energy, while the rest of the time it remains an important structural element within the atom…, I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom which is not light but plays an essential part in every process of radiation, the name photon!” (our exclamation point). Clearly the present usage of the word is very different.
The nature of electromagnetic (EM) phenomena, including light, is not fully clear. Postulated rejection of EM ether as a hypothetical habitat and distribution of EM waves, holds in the uncertainty and the problem of understanding the existence of most of these waves, because the notion of "wave" inseparable from the concept of "environment". EM ether, as a hypothetical environment of origin and propagation of EM waves, was declined by postulate. This keeps the uncertainty in the problem of understanding the existence of these waves actually, since the definition of "wave" is an part of the definition of "environment". The input in physics of the concept of wave "coherence", which was necessary to explain the phenomenon of interference of light, also requires a transparent physical interpretation. Today use of the idea of the several-meters - length wave zugs, which are emitted by individual atoms, is at least unconvincing, thus there is technical ability to generate powerful light pulses of 10-15 s. A quantum model of the structure of the optical packet stream, which provides a transparent physical interpretation of all parameters of coherent light, is offered. In this model parameters of coherence are organically linked with the geometry parameters of the quantum packets. Developments of classical wave optics will not be discarded. To coordinate with the quantum-packet model and modern views about the nature of light, we either give them a new interpretation or adjust, or develop these developments. In particular, a new interpretation of the experimental fact increase the radius of coherence of light coming from distant sources (stars) is offered. Modern conception of light corpuscles-photons is formulated. The estimations of the size of the spatial localization of the photon is received. "Diffraction of photons" is considered.
Light occupies a special position in our attempts to understand nature both classically and quantum mechanically. We recall that Newton, who made so many fundamental contributions to optics, championed a particle description of light and was not favorably disposed to the wave picture of light. However, the beautiful unification of electricity and magnetism achieved by Maxwell clearly showed that light was properly understood as the wave-like undulations of electric and magnetic fields propagating through space. The central role of light in marking the frontiers of physics continues on into the twentieth century with the ultraviolet catastrophe associated with black-body radiation on the one hand and the photoelectric effect on the other. Indeed, it was here that the era of quantum mechanics was initiated with Planck's introduction of the quantum of action that was necessary to explain the black-body radiation spectrum. The extension of these ideas led Einstein to explain the photoelectric effect, and to introduce the photon concept. It was, however, left to Dirac to combine the wave-and particlelike aspects of light so that the radiation field is capable of explaining all interference phenomena and yet shows the excitation of a specific atom located along a wave front absorbing one photon of energy. In this chapter, following Dirac, we associate each mode of the radiation field with a quantized simple harmonic oscillator, this is the essence of the quantum theory of radiation.
The quantum theory of light began in the early 20th century. The successful introduction of the concept of photon, or light quantum, stimulated a new foundation of physics, namely, the quantum theory. Today, quantum theory has turned out to be the overarching principle of modern physics. It would be difficult to find a single subject among the physical sciences which is not affected in its foundations or in its applications by quantum theory. The photon is a wave: it has no mass, it travels at the highest speed in the universe, and it interferes with itself. The photon is a particle: it has well-defined values of momentum and energy, and it even “spins” like a particle. Around the year of 1900, an unexpected observation happened in experimental physics. It was found that the experimentally observed spectral distribution of blackbody radiation disagreed with the theoretical predications of classical physics.
This chapter discusses electromagnetic waves and photons. It begins by reviewing some basic ideas on the properties of waves, introducing the wave properties of radiation. There are several reasons for starting with a discussion of electromagnetic radiation. Historically, it was in this area that the quantum theory first developed. The applications of the light-quantum hypothesis, as it was first called, also provide key pieces of evidence for the quantization of energy in atoms and molecules. The chapter then looks at the evidence for the wave nature of light and of X-rays, before putting these two forms of radiation into the context of electromagnetic radiation in general. It also considers Albert Einstein's analysis of the photoelectric effect. Finally, the chapter assesses the statistical nature of photons.