Hi Chris,
Thanks for your replies. I am seeking a classical electrodynamic theoretical approach to this situation, in part because I don't believe in photons.
I agree that there is no restoring force or resonance for the lone electron. In the classical theoretical framework, the electron...
I would appreciate some help regarding the movement of an electron in a plane-wave linearly polarized electromagnetic field. Its simple enough question, but I am not sure what approach to take.
Let's say the electron is at rest in our frame of reference and the plane wave is continuous...
I have started reading the Clayton Gearhart paper mentioned in my previous message and am finding it most helpful.
Here is another overview which looks promising: Chapter 3 - Thermal Radiation and Planck's 'Energy Elements' in:
Quantum Mechanics: Its Early Development and the Road to...
This 46 page article looks promising - I haven't read it yet:
Planck, the Quantum, and the Historians
Clayton A. Gearhart Phys. perspect. 4 (2002) 170–215
http://employees.csbsju.edu/cgearhart/pubs/PQH.pdf
Translations to accompany it...