The photon as a fundamental phenomenon†

Abstract

The particle aspect of the photon is reformulated in order to cater to the mechanistic perceptiveness of human comprehension. The ensuing arguments endeavour to arrive at a quantized field model which incorporates the basic concepts of classical electrodynamics. The microphysical field configuration of the photon may be derived from the Poynting vector of energy flux. This suggests that the quantum of action is on elementary electromagnetic field entity with an intrinsic spin of ½h. A dimensional analysis indicates that this spin of the elementary field configuration may acquire one or more additional unit actions of ½h. Such impositions result in the quantity h, and a commensurable rotational rate, ω = 2πv, of the original field entity, whereupon it must transform its nature from action, W, into energy, E. The immediate conceptual consequence of the derived model is the identity of the field structures of the neutrino and the photon.