Photon in the Earth-ionosphere cavity: Schumann resonances

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SUCU Y., TEKİNÇAY C.

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, vol.364, no.4, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 364 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10509-019-3547-7
  • Journal Name: ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Cavity, Schumann resonances, Relativistic quantum mechanics, Spin-1 particle, Photon, PARTICLE ASPECT, WAVE-EQUATION, MASS, ZITTERBEWEGUNG, BOSONS, LIGHT, MODEL, LIMIT, SPIN
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We study a quantum analogy of Schumann resonances by solving massless and massive spin-1 particle equations derived from the Zitterbewegung model in an annular cavity background with poorly conducting walls. We also show that the massless case and the massive case in the m(0)(2) -> 0 limit are compatible with Maxwell's electromagnetic theory. Furthermore, from the massive case, we predict an upper limit for the mass of the photon of 1.3 x 10(-50) kg. The bound on the mass of the photon is compatible with the current limit in the literature.