Foundations of the new field theory

1934/03/29 by Max Born, Léopold Infeld · 27 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · doi:10.1098/rspa.1934.0059

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Abstract

Abstract The relation of matter and the electromagnetic field can be interpreted from two opposite standpoints:— The first which may be called the unitarian standpoint assumes only one physical entity, the electromagnetic field. The particles of matter are considered as singularities of the field and mass is a derived notion to be expressed by field energy (electromagnetic mass).

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