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The emergence of the Evans-Vigier fieldB (3) of vacuum electromagnetism has been accompanied by a novel charge quantization condition inferred from 0(3) gauge theory. This finding is used to derive the de Broglie matter-wave equation from the classical Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equation of one electron in the electromagnetic field. The HJ equation is used with the charge quantization condition to show that, in a perfectly elastic photon-electron interaction, complete transfer of angular momentum occurs self-consistently, and the electron acquires the angular momentum ℏ of the photon. In this limit the electron travels infinitesimally near the speed of light, and its concomitant electromagnetic fields become indistinguishable from those of the uncharged photon. This result independently proves the validity of the charge quantization condition and demonstrates unequivocally the existence of the vacuum fieldB (3).
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Evans, M.W. The evans-vigier field,B (3): Derivation of the de Broglie matter-wave equation from the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Found Phys Lett 8, 481–489 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186583
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