TITLE:
Calculations of the Electron Radius
AUTHORS:
Ardeshir Irani
KEYWORDS:
Rest Mass Energy, Rest Charge Energy, Size of an Electron, Electric Field, Force Exerted by Two Electrons
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology,
Vol.10 No.2,
April
10,
2024
ABSTRACT: Equating the Rest Mass Energy of a free electron to its Rest Charge Energy we prove that the electron cannot be a dimensionless point particle because if it were dimensionless, it would contain an infinite amount of Rest Charge Energy at the location of its charge since r = 0 gives , which is clearly not possible. Since the electron has no internal structure, equating its Rest Mass Energy to its Rest Charge Energy, we calculate the electron to be a sphere of radius 4.68 × 10-16 meters. We calculate the Electric Field at the surface of the electron due to its charge and the Repulsive Force two electrons in proximity exert on each other.