In reply to [email protected]'s message of Fri, 14 Jun 2019 02:12:48 +0000: Hi Bob, [snip] >In your model You make note of: > > this whole document is based upon the assumption that electric field >potential and rest >mass are equivalent. > >What about the mass associated with magnetic field potential energy changes?
In http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Magnetic-mass.html I attempt to show that the magnetic field energy of the electron is actually its kinetic energy, which is already incorporated in the model. >And what about loss of spin energy associated with intrinsic spin angular >momentum? Are these changes also equal to rest mass changes? There is no such thing as intrinsic spin of the electron. What passes for intrinsic spin angular momentum is actually the orbital angular momentum in the S orbitals. (Out on a limb here, saw in hand. ;) In higher orbitals e.g. P, D, F etc. the path is no longer necessarily circular (or spherical, or toroidal, i.e. not symmetrical about the proton), and the orbital as a whole may have an additional angular momentum as a consequence. This additional angular momentum is what is customarily called orbital angular momentum. (For a circle, spin and orbital angular momentum are one and the same thing, i.e. is it one thing with two different names). Consequently, the energy associated with "intrinsic spin angular momentum" is actually the energy associated with the magnetic field of the electron, i.e. it's kinetic energy and thus is included in the model. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
