Is Planck's Constant h a "Quantum" Constant? An Alternative Classical\n Interpretation

2013/01/25 by Timothy H. Boyer, Boyer, Timothy H. · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.6043

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Abstract

Although Planck's constant h is currently regarded as the elementary quantum\nof action appearing in quantum theory, it can also be interpreted as the\nmultiplicative scale factor setting the scale of classical zero-point radiation\nappearing in classical electromagnetic theory. Relativistic classical electron\ntheory with classical electromagnetic zero-point radiation gives many results\nin agreement with quantum theory. The areas of agreement between this classical\ntheory and Nature seem worth further investigation.\n

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