Does the electron have a structure?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1993

Abstract

"... it ain't likely to have a radius of exactly zero," is the conclusion of H. G. Dehmelt(1) from his Nobel Prize (1989) winning observations on trapped electrons. There are small discrepancies between Dehmelt's observations and the theoretical predictions of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which assumes that the electron is a point particle. Here we present evidence in support of Dehmelt's contention that the electron has a structure. Essentially, we point out that the nonrelativistic limit of QED is at variance with a fundamental principle underlying all of physics, viz. the second law of thermodynamics. © 1993 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Foundations of Physics

First Page

461

Last Page

464

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