| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 48, Number 2, October II 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 115 - 121 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00448-8 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Electron as a particle of complex mass
Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University ul. Grunwaldzka 6, PL 60-780 Poznań, Poland Division of Magnetism Theory, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University ul. Umultowska 85, PL 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Received:
25
January
1999
Accepted:
23
August
1999
Robinson's model of the electron formulated in terms of classical
field theory with the gravitational and the electrostatic fields represented
as a unified complex potential is reconsidered. We show that this
unified potential is related to a particle of renormalized
complex mass 
with the real part representing
the mass of an electron (positron) and the imaginary part
representing the charge 
. Comparison
is made with Post's electromagnetic model and a quantum model of
charged particles formulated in Kaluza-Klein space.
PACS: 03.50.-z – Classical field theories / 11.10.Kk – Field theories in dimensions other than four / 14.80.-j – Other particles (including hypothetical)
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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