TITLE:
Composite Photon Theory versus Elementary Photon Theory
AUTHORS:
Walton A. Perkins
KEYWORDS:
Composite Photon, Antiphoton, Neutrino Theory of Light
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.5 No.18,
December
25,
2014
ABSTRACT: The
purpose of this paper is to show that the composite photon theory measures up
well against the Standard Model’s elementary photon theory. This is done by
comparing the two theories, area by area. Although the predictions of quantum
electrodynamics are in excellent agreement with experiment (as in the anomalous
magnetic moment of the electron), there are some problems, such as the
difficulty in describing the electromagnetic field with the four-component
vector potential because the photon has only two polarization states. In most
areas the two theories give similar results, so it is impossible to rule out
the composite photon theory. Pryce’s arguments in 1938 against a composite
photon theory are shown to be invalid or irrelevant. Recently, it has been
realized that in the composite theory the antiphoton does not interact with
matter because it is formed of a neutrino and an antineutrino with the wrong
helicity. This leads to experimental tests that can determine which theory is
correct.