Re: Any Known Similarities between the electron and the photon?

Mea505 wrote:
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We know that if we attempt to observe the electron, it escapes us; it
moves, it is no longer in the place where we most likely expected it
to be. My question is such: considering light is both a wave and a
particle (photon), it, too, must have some weight. The electron is
always the same weight and mass, regardless of its position and other
variables. What if the electron is acting like a photon? If so, it is
moving at the same speed, or possibly a little less than that of
light. And, this might explain why, when one attempts to oberve the
electron, it is no longer in the same general area in which it was
suspected to be.

I cannot begin to come up with any form of mathematical manipulations
concerning what is offered above; but others (well before me) have
been able to provide clues using nothing more than the 'thought
experiment,' or in this case, the 'thought hypothesis.

I would like to know what others think. I am considering that there is
a substantial amount of gravity at play within the atom, although most
dismiss it as negliable. Of course, looking at the atom from the
standpoint of the entire cosmos, it is relatively weak; but perhaps it
plays a more important role in Quantum Mechanics than most are willing
to accept.

Electrons are massed spin-1/2 fermions. They can be localized to
arbitrary accuracy (static electicity). You are forbidden
(Heisenberg) from exactly knowing *both* conjugate variables of any
measurement. If you can play "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the extreme
right end of a full piano keyboard you can equally well play it on
the extreme left end. Heisenberg guarantees it will sound sound like
mud in the latter case - time interval and frequency are conjugate
variables. Squeeze one down and the other ine balloons.

Photons are masseless spin-1 bosons. Photons in vacuum travel at
lightspeed from all inertial observers' viewpoints. Photons and
electrons are distinct.

As has been eloquently outlined, gravitation has no discernable effect
within an atom. From Igor,

Gravitational Corrections to the Energy-Levels of a Hydrogen Atom
Commun. Theor. Phys. Vol. 47 (2007), pp.658-662
http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1743

Quantum field theory knows what it is doing. Quantized gravitation is
a disaster in all its flavors. Gold is golden and mercury is a liquid
given Special Relativity effects on s- and d-orbital electrons. There
is no gravitation within Special Relativity.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2

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