Zero Point Energy and Subatomic Particle Mass
Barry John Setterfield
The branch of physics known as Stochastic Electro-Dynamics (SED) has given many insights into physical processes which occur at the atomic level. These include an understanding of mass and gravity based on the action of the Zero Point Energy (ZPE) on charged point particles. However, in these equations a quantity occurs which has generally been ignored. This quantity has been called the "bare mass" or "mechanical mass" of a sub-atomic particle. A better description might be the "intrinsic mass" since it is this entity which is reacting in the atomic environment. When this intrinsic mass is examined, an updated model for mass and gravity emerges which is an extension of earlier SED work and fully compatible with those concepts. In a scenario in which the ZPE changes with time, it is shown that all gravitational interactions remain unchanged. The model seems to account for several anomalies in atomic and macroscopic data as well as the lack of gravitational lensing around Sagittarius A* (pronounced ?Sagittarius A Star?), the object in the center of our galaxy, which is often assumed to be a black hole.
