Abstract
The zero-point (ZP) radiation field in stochastic electrodynamics (SED) is considered to be formally infinite, or perhaps bounded by mechanisms yet to be revealed someday. A similar situation holds in quantum electrodynamics (QED), although there the ZP field is considered to be “virtual”. The first part of this article addresses the concern by some about the related disturbing concept of “extracting energy” from this formally, enormous source of energy. The second part of this article introduces a new method for calculating probabilities of fields in SED, which can be extended to linear oscillators in SED.
Highlights
IntroductionThis article is focused on certain aspects of the theory called stochastic electrodynamics (SED)
This article is focused on certain aspects of the theory called stochastic electrodynamics (SED).Three distinct parts will be discussed
How does this compare with quantum theory (QT)? quantum mechanical (QM) is used to calculate aspects of energy changes occurring in chemical reactions, as physical chemistry calculations, and the notions are based on QM
Summary
This article is focused on certain aspects of the theory called stochastic electrodynamics (SED). To my knowledge, the latter has not been worked out in detail before, the result will not be a surprise. What becomes clear is that a wide range of physical phenomena, assumed to be described only by QM theory, have been explained in detail with SED, such as for van der Waals forces, interacting electric dipole harmonic oscillators, Casimir forces, diamagnetism, blackbody radiation [17,23], and acceleration effects on electrodynamic systems through the vacuum. As will be discussed more shortly, SED may well deduce QM and QED, but the reverse is certainly not true
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