Nature and Constitution of Light Quanta

Einstein wrote in 1951: “All these fifty years of pondering have not brought me any closer to answering the question, What are light quanta?”. This book answers this question in a revolutionary way by providing a truly classical mechanical reconstruction of the Planck constant. The new quantum theory deals with one of the two remaining dreams that Einstein had: the unification of quantum mechanics, special relativity and classical mechanics within the context of ‘the radiation problem’. In the later years of his life Einstein came to the conclusion that physics would have to start all over again, i.e. not to use quantum mechanics as a starting point. Newton’s concept of absolute time and space is the basis of his most important works, and hence of classical physics. However, it is only explained in words. An exact definition – in which the physical properties of absolute time and space are made explicit – is missing from the world of physics. There is no model-based mathematical framing of the assumption that time progresses at equal velocity, always and everywhere. The new theory provides this and elaborates on its consequences for light. Another observation: there is no exact integration of special relativity theory and the light-quantum hypothesis in which such a unification simply follows from first principles, so without the use of wave functions and probabilities. Has enough consideration been given to whether a second – the Hertz unit of time – elapses at equal velocity for all photons? The conclusion of the new photon model is that time does not elapse at equal velocity for any given photon interacting in a vacuum. A solution to the radiation problem is provided without undermining kinetic, emission and absorption arguments. No complex mathematics are used in this book. Nature is pleased with simplicity. Even so, the book’s subject matter is complex.