PHOTON

Abstract

A photon is considered as a particle of electromagnetic radiation of stars. An attempt is made to primitively represent the process of organizing a “particle-antiparticle” pair of two photons on opposite courses. In this case, the simplest geometric images and the same physical interpretations of the resulting visual “constructions” are used. A simple procedure for organizing the electric and magnetic fields in the resulting “particle” leads to the presence of a non-electromagnetic component in the photon. At the same time, the energy of such a component of the photon makes up the largest part of its total energy. In addition, the result obtained indicates the possible existence of “dark” photons that do not have an electromagnetic part at all. In this whole mechanism of organizing a “particle-antiparticle” pair, a fine-structure constant is formed. Within the framework of the analyzed model, this fundamental constant turns out to be equal to the ratio of the energy of the electric component of the initial quantum to the total energy. Given the equality of magnetic and electric energies in the initial photon, the ratio of the total electromagnetic energy of a photon to its initial energy is equal to twice the value of this constant. The reasons for the possible involvement of the "dark" component of the photon's matter in the organization of the muon are indicated. The presence of a dark component of photons and the existence of photons without electromagnetic components can change the model of the burnout of light elements in stars. In addition to the above, a change in the model of the exchange of matter and energy between stars and vacuum structures is possible. It is assumed that dark hypothetical photons can combine into pairs in the low-frequency region, as was previously assumed for ordinary photons. The presence of dark photons should lead to the presence of large cloud clusters of these particles, both near galaxies and their clusters, and among stars.