Abstract
Guidelines for constructing point particle models of the electron withzitterbewegung and other features of the Dirac theory are discussed. Such models may at least be useful approximations to the Dirac theory, but the more exciting possibility is that this approach may lead to a more fundamental reality.
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Hestenes, D. Zitterbewegung modeling. Found Phys 23, 365–387 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883718
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883718