Just an idle thought--
Suppose the electron is constantly exploding into a cloud of debris, which then implodes, reforming the electron.
In its compressed form, it is solid—an electron. It’s pulled together by some sort of attractive force similar to the nuclear force. But thus compressed, its energy is so great that its solid form can’t be maintained. It explodes, dissolving into a cloud of debris, or gas. With its energy thus dispersed, the attractive force again dominates, and the cloud, the gas, collapses in on itself, reforming the electron, whereupon it explodes again…. This happens continuously, perhaps millions of times a second, so that, in effect, the electron is both a particle and a wave.
What we know as magnetism is actually the electron in its exploded, gaseous state. This constant cycle of explosion and implosion is electromagnetism.
This cycle also somehow propels an electromagnetic wave forward, much like a blowfish (or whatever that fish is) moves by drawing in water and expelling it. Perhaps when it implodes a small burst of energy is released that sort of knocks the newly-re-formed electron forward.
What do you think about an aether Scott?
ReplyDeleteI think an aether would solve most of the problems in physics, but as far as I know, no one has yet presented definitive evidence of its existence. I also think that if scientists hadn't wasted so much of the last 100 years fooling around in the dead-end of relativity, the aether might have already been proven by now, and we would be much further along, technologically, than we are now.
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