Electron Mass and State Energy Levels Resulting from Photon-Photon Interaction

This is a new perspective on fields and forces based on the Feynman action path view of quantum mechanics. Although the probable paths are well known and have real effects, overlooked has been the probability that the particles are actually on these paths and have effects. Presented here is the showing that the effect of these photons is responsible for both electric and gravitational energy potentials.

Richard Feynman developed the sum-over-histories view of QFT more than 70 years ago, showing that the path a photon takes in going from one point to another is the sum of all possible paths. The most compelling proof of this is the delay represented by the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the electron and the Aharonov–Bohm effect. The anomaly is the path delay due to the probability of being off the primary path. It has been measured and calculated to incredible precision and this makes the probability of these internal rotating photons being at a distance from the center of a particle undeniable.

It is developed and illustrated here that spooky action forces that act at a distance are the result of the probability density of the presence of these photons. The presence of the density of Feynman photons changes the velocity of light which in turn changes the rest mass energy E=Del(mc²) and induces an energy potential for both electric and gravitational forces.

From the mechanics is developed the mass of electron, the state energy levels of the atom, Positronium, and the calculated value of the Fine Structure Constant. A more general development of the effects is included in “Vacuum Polarization, Gravitation, Charge”(DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15619.22569)

The spooky force field concept has existed since Faraday’s time and has irreconcilable problems, but it is still the prevalent view existing in physics. This approach will prove to be a more useful alternative