Intrinsic Vector Potential and Electromagnetic Mass
Richard Shurtleff · viXra · 2019
Electric charges may have mass in part or in full because they are charged. The explanation here avoids charge distribution models by associating the charge's mass with intrinsic quantum mechanical quantities, similar to the way spin angular momentum dispenses with mechanical models. Inhomogeneous Lorentz, i.e. `Poincare, dual fermion, 8-spinor fields are needed. Poincare fields have a probability current that acts as an intrinsic vector potential. The potential obeys a Maxwell-like equation which identifies the charged source. Intrinsic gauge freedom allows the chosen intrinsic gauge to provide the charged source with mass, which is, therefore, `electromagnetic mass'. One of the two fermions obeys the Dirac equation for a massless, chargeless particle while the other is charged and massive. These conventional equations describe neutrinos and electrons and similar lepton pairs with well-known accuracy.