caa a22 4500 463195965 CHVBK 20180406164922.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2 Puthoff H. Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, 11855 Research Blvd., 78759, Austin, TX, USA aut Casimir Vacuum Energy and the Semiclassical Electron [Elektronische Daten] [H. Puthoff] In 1953 Casimir proposed a semiclassical model for the electron based on the concept that net inward radiation pressure from the electromagnetic vacuum fluctuation 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. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Casimir effect nationallicence Semiclassical electron nationallicence Vacuum energy nationallicence Vacuum fluctuation fields nationallicence Renormalization nationallicence International Journal of Theoretical Physics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 46/12(2007-12-01), 3005-3008 0020-7748 46:12<3005 2007 46 10773 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-007-9414-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Puthoff H. Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin, 11855 Research Blvd., 78759, Austin, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Theoretical Physics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 46/12(2007-12-01), 3005-3008 0020-7748 46:12<3005 2007 46 10773 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer