Abstract
Photon-like objects are constructed from the Brittingham solutions of the four-dimensional wave equation. The objects have one-dimensional, localized, but non-singular extension in the null direction. Their properties computed using classical electrodynamics correspond to the experimental values for photons.
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Beil, R.G. (1997). A Classical Photon Model. In: Jeffers, S., Roy, S., Vigier, JP., Hunter, G. (eds) The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5682-0_2
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