On the Interaction of the Electron with the Vacuum Fluctuations of Electromagnetic Field

A new approach is proposed for evaluating the interaction energy between the electron and the vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic field. It is applied to two cases: when the electron is free and when it is in a potential-a hydrogen atom. The results are consistent with previous relevant treatments of people.

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Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 12 March 2021

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[1 ] China

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Xiaowen Tong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-8106

Article

DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PP4NIOG.v2

SO-VID: ae909ef8-e718-48a1-afef-4f060d1e8eb6

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Date received : 4 February 2021

Data availability: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).

ScienceOpen disciplines: Physics

Keywords: interaction energy;,vacuum fluctuations,self-energy,Lamb shift,zero-point oscillations