Theoretical calculation of the fine-structure constant and the permittivity of the vacuum
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| author | Mainland, G. B. Mulligan, Bernard |
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| contents | Light traveling through the vacuum interacts with vacuum fluctuations similarly to the way that light traveling through a dielectric interacts with ordinary matter. And just as the permittivity of a dielectric can be calculated, the permittivity $ε_0$ of the vacuum can be calculated, yielding an equation for the fine-structure constant $α$. The most important contributions to the value of $α$ arise from the interaction of photons with charged lepton-antilepton vacuum fluctuations that appear in the vacuum as on-shell, bound states. Considering these contributions only to first order in alpha, the fully screened $α\cong 1/(8^2\sqrt{3π/2}) \cong 1/139$. |
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| spellingShingle | Theoretical calculation of the fine-structure constant and the permittivity of the vacuum Mainland, G. B. Mulligan, Bernard General Physics High Energy Physics - Theory Light traveling through the vacuum interacts with vacuum fluctuations similarly to the way that light traveling through a dielectric interacts with ordinary matter. And just as the permittivity of a dielectric can be calculated, the permittivity $ε_0$ of the vacuum can be calculated, yielding an equation for the fine-structure constant $α$. The most important contributions to the value of $α$ arise from the interaction of photons with charged lepton-antilepton vacuum fluctuations that appear in the vacuum as on-shell, bound states. Considering these contributions only to first order in alpha, the fully screened $α\cong 1/(8^2\sqrt{3π/2}) \cong 1/139$. |
| title | Theoretical calculation of the fine-structure constant and the permittivity of the vacuum |
| topic | General Physics High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.11068 |