Theory HEP Seminar

Stochastic ElectroDynamics with Spin (SEDS) as a new foundation of Special Relativity (SR) and of Quantum ElectroDynamics (QED)

Francesco Barbero

UQAM

Stochastic ElectroDynamics (SED) is based on classical electrodynamics, with the addition of the Zero Point Field (ZPF) as the boundary condition. The random impulses due to the stochastic magnetic field, if included, are terrifying and unacceptable. The solution of this (and others) drawbacks comes from Stochastic Electrodynamics with Spin (SEDS)[1], where special relativity (SR) is not present at the particle level, but only with respect to the ideal point around which the particle performs its gyration. It turns out that the ZPF is caused by the spin radiation of all the particles belonging to the expanding universe.

[1] Cavalleri, G., Barbero, F., Bertazzi, G., Cesaroni, E., Tonni, E., Bosi, L., ... & Gillies, G. T. (2010). A quantitative assessment of stochastic electrodynamics with spin (SEDS): Physical principles and novel applications. Frontiers of Physics in China, 5(1), 107-122
[2] Cavalleri, G., Tonni, E., & Barbero, F. (2013). Exact relativistic expressions for wave refraction in a generally moving fluid. Physical Review E, 87(4), 043202.