Reinterpreting Wave-Particle Duality: A New Perspective on Electrons and Protons

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The discussion centers on a novel interpretation of wave-particle duality, specifically regarding electrons and protons. The user proposes that particles with electric charge, such as electrons and protons, can be viewed as surfaces propagating through a neutral medium, suggesting a local polarization concept. This perspective aligns with the idea that the electron represents a negative charged surface moving forward in time, while the proton represents its positive charged counterpart. The conversation invites further exploration of this interpretation and its implications for particle physics.

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I don't know where I can post my question that will certainly appear to be a kind of heresy or the proof of my naivity. We all have learned the duality between wave and associated particle (or the way around). Some particles are carrying an electric charge. This means in reality that if the vacuum "where" this particle-wave is propagating is seen as a kind of geometric neutral medium, then the thing which is propagating corresponds in fact equivalently to a kind of local polarisation... Well, here is the mental jump and probably the crazzy idea [related to an other thread: fermion + fermion = boson; (p+) + (e-) ---> H]: in which way could we interpret the electron as a negative charged surface going forward in the time and the proton as its positive charged back size surface? The distance in between would be the thickness of this propagating surface?
 
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