Model of the photon made up of lines of elementary waves. Realistic explanation of obtaining interferences by emitting photons one by one through two Young’s slits

Abstract

The theory of the dynamic medium of reference (DMR) has already been presented in several articles, in particular, by Olivier Pignard [Phys. Essays 32 , 422 (2019)]. The objective of this article is to present a model of the photon within the framework of the DMR theory. A concept of elementary wave on the subatomic level is introduced. An elementary wave is always identical to itself while being constantly renewed by new gravitons (entities that make up the medium of propagation of the wave). This elementary wave propagates in its medium (DMR) at the speed of light whatever its trajectory. A possible model of the elementary wave called light-vortex is presented in Appendix B. Then the concept of line of vortices is introduced. The vortices constituting a line all have their axis parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of propagation are separated by half a wavelength and rotate alternately in one direction and the other. The model of the proposed photon is then a set of lines of vortices parallel to each other (the number of lines of vortices as well as the length of the photon are constants whatever the frequency of the photon.) This model makes it possible to attribute to the photon, the speed c , a frequency ν , a period T = 1/ ν , a wavelength λ = c / ν , the energy E = hν , the momentum p = E / c = h · ν / c , and even a polarization (rectilinear, circular, or elliptical). It allows above all to explain that the photon has at the same time a wave aspect (because composed only of elementary waves) and a corpuscular aspect (since the elementary waves remain identical to themselves and the photon remains delimited by the same volume). It also explains the phenomenon of diffraction by emitting photons, even one by one, through a slit and that of interferences by emitting photons, even one by one, through two Young’s slits.