I encountered a thought provoking article suggesting that electrons are electromagnetic waves. Is this possible? I may not agree with their entire model, but surely there is the possibility that an electromagnetic wave might impersonate a some aspects of a point charge through aligning its electric component with the electric field.
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Seriously?
- Electromagnetic waves are neutral; electrons are charged.
- Electromagnetic waves have spin one; electrons have spin one half.
- Electromagnetic waves have lepton number zero; electrons have lepton number one.
- Electromagnetic waves have invariant mass zero; electrons have non-zero invariant mass.
All of these things are observables.
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No, electrons are not electromagnetic waves. The paper is kook material. Electrons are charged. You can't make a charged particle out of electromagnetic waves, which are neutral.