Has the Electron’s Electrostatic Charge qe Unknowingly Been Used as a Proxy for the Magnetic Moment me?
Charles Mendler · Preprints.org · 2025
This paper explores if the electron’s electrostatic charge qe has unknowingly been used as a proxy for the electron’s magnetic moment e. Because both the electrostatic charge and the magnetic moment are intrinsic properties of the electron, the ratio between the two is also an intrinsic and constant property. The two properties are different, but if we know the value of one, we know the value of the other because of their fixed ratio. Because the ratio of qe/e is constant, we can always express the traditional magnetic and electromagnetic equations in terms of qe, as is currently done, or in terms of e. The existing magnetic and electromagnetic equations remain mathematically correct if we substitute e for qe because of the fixed relationship between the two constants. The electron also has an electrostatic force field E that is caused by the electrostatic charge qe, and a magnetic force field B that is said to also be caused by the electrostatic charge qe. Logically, however, one would think that the electrostatic force field E would be caused by the electrostatic charge qe, and the magnetic force field B would be caused by the magnetic moment e. This paper considers that the magnetic force field B is in fact caused by the magnetic moment e, and not the electrostatic charge qe. It is proposed that qe has unknowingly been used as a proxy for e in earlier mathematics.