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The Feynman-Wheeler Perfect Absorber Theory in a New Light

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The original Feynman-Wheeler perfect absorber theory lead to the Instantaneous Action at a Distance formulation. We observe that this is perfectly meaningful in the light of recent studies pointing to a small but non-zero photon mass. The Quantum Mechanical effects within the Compton scale of such a small mass photon would lead to the above formulation.

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  1. International Institute for Applicable Mathematics & Information Sciences, Hyderabad, India

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  2. International Institute for Applicable Mathematics & Information Sciences, Udine, Italy

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  3. B.M. Birla Science Centre, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad, 500 063, India

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Sidharth, B.G. The Feynman-Wheeler Perfect Absorber Theory in a New Light. Found Phys 40, 1134–1140 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9444-0

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