2021/02/08 by Ankit Pandey, Pandey, Ankit, Bill Poirier +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2102.04463
openalex publication_date 2021/02/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper, we demonstrate novel relationships between quantum mechanics and the electromagnetic wave equation. In our approach, an invariant interference-dependent electromagnetic quantity, which we call "quantum rest mass", replaces the conventional role of the inertial rest mass. In the ensuing results, photons, during interference, move slower than the speed of light in vacuum, and possess de Broglie wavelength. Further, we use our electromagnetic approach to examine double-slit photon trajectories, and to arrive at the Schrodinger equation's results for a particle in an infinite square well potential.