Quantum Vacuum Gravitation Matter-Antimatter Antigravity
Résumé
Without stating any assumptions or making postulates we show that the electromagnetic quantum vacuum plays a primary role in quantum electrodynamics, particle physics, gravitation and cosmology. Photons are local oscillations of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum field guided by a non-local vector potential wave function. The electron-positron elementary charge emerges naturally from the vacuum field and is related to the photon vector potential. We establish the masse-charge equivalence relation showing that the masses of all particles (leptons, mesons, baryons) and antiparticles have electromagnetic origin. In addition, we deduce that the gravitational constant G is an intrinsic property of the electromagnetic quantum vacuum putting in evidence the electromagnetic nature of gravity. We show that Newton’s gravitational law is equivalent to Coulomb’s electrostatic law. Furthermore, we draw that G is the same for matter and antimatter but gravitational forces could be repulsive between particles and antiparticles because their masses bear naturally opposite signs. The electromagnetic quantum vacuum field may be the natural link between particle physics, quantum electrodynamics, gravitation and cosmology constituting a basic step towards a unified field theory.
Mots clés
Electromagnetic field ground state
quantum vacuum
elementary charges
elementary particles
mass-charge relation
photons
electromagnetic gravitation
matter-antimatter antigravity
unified field theory
potential: vector
force: gravitation
gravitation: fundamental constant
photon: vector
gravitation: electromagnetic
antiparticle
antigravitation
quantum electrodynamics
cosmological model
electromagnetic field
Coulomb
oscillation
baryon
ground state
matter: antimatter
nonlocal
lepton
electrostatic
meson
electron positron
wave function
mass: effect
vacuum state