In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:02:12 +0100: Hi, [snip] >Mmm, but then the torus or washer diameter of the free electron would depend >on the diameter of the orbit it comes from so there would be several types >of free electrons, of various diameters...
I suspect that it would expand slightly upon leaving an atom, to a size determined by fundamental constants such as the beta-aether pressure. > >It seems to me the warped washer or torus shape only makes sense when >orbiting around a nucleus, where it would nicely replace a location >probability distribution for a point charge by a continuous charge cloud of >the same shape and density distribution. A worm or corkscrew shape might be >more universal as it could go straight when flying across a CRT tube, and >curve itself around its orbit when orbiting. When the toroid opens up to a helix it loses it's charge and becomes simply a circularly polarized photon. This provides the definition of charge. 1 torus = 1 unit of charge (irrespective of size of torus, i.e. irrespective of mass). Alternatively, when a circularly polarized photon wraps around and connects with it's own tail, it becomes a charged particle. This is the essence of positron/electron pair production. > >What would be wrong with a more classical looking ball shape BTW? Different speeds at different points on the surface, IOW "hairy ball" problem. Motion vectors would either "collide" somewhere on the surface if all speeds were equal, or if all vectors are parallel, then they must of necessity be different in magnitude. With a torus, this problem doesn't arise. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
