Originally posted by manfermef:
Very thanks, i undestand almost all your says, althought i dont understand what this means. "
its potential energy is that of the ground-state of a harmonic oscillator "
Its possible to explain a little bit more to an amateur ?
If you go back to the classical literature on Newton's mechanics, you will realise why the term "inertia" has come into use. This is unfortunately not always explained well in modern books on classical mechanics. It means that a body with mass will resist being moved from rest. This means that the body at rest MUST be in stable equilibrium. Generally in physics most situations where a body is in stable equilibrium, requires a restoring force to come into action when you try to move the body; i.e. the body or particle experiences a potential well; usually parabolic; within which it performs harmonic movement when disturbed. This is why I expect that the wave intensity, which is the solitary electron, will be a three-dimensional zero-point function with energy equal to the rest mass of the electron.
