Casimir vacuum energy and the semiclassical electron
Authors: H. E. Puthoff
(Submitted on 6 Oct 2006 (v1), last revised 15 Dec 2006 (this version, v2))

Abstract: In 1953 Casimir proposed a semiclassical model for the electron based on the concept that net inward radiation pressure from the electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations fields (as in the Casimir effect, generally) might play the role of Poincare stresses, compensating outward coulomb pressure to yield a stable configuration at small dimensions. Given that in scattering experiments the electron appears point-like, critical to the success of the proposed model is demonstration that the self-energy corresponding to the divergent coulomb field does not contribute to the electron mass. Here we develop a self-consistent, vacuum-fluctuation-based model that satisfies this requirement and thereby resolves the issue of what would otherwise appear to be an incompatibility between a point-like electron and finite mass.
http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0610042v2
http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0610042v2

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Authors: H. E. Puthoff, M. A. Piestrup
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http://lanl.arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0408/0408114.pdf