2005/12/06 by P. Brovetto, Brovetto, P., V. Maxia +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0512047
openalex publication_date 2005/12/06 · arxiv created 2006/04/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is shown that the electron Zitterbewegung, that is, the high-frequency microscopic oscillatory motion of electron about its centre of mass, originates a spatial distribution of charge. This allows the point-like electron behave like a particle of definite size whose self-energy, that is, energy of its electromagnetic field, owns a finite value. This has implications for the electron mass, which, in principle, might be derived from Zitterbewegung physics.