Classical Electrodynamics in a Unified Theory

TL;DR

This paper explores a classical unified theory of gravity and electromagnetism, predicting quantized angular momenta in light beams and a testable generalized coherency matrix, with empirical fits suggesting a fundamental quantization unit.

Contribution

It introduces a classical unified framework linking gravity and electromagnetism, predicting quantized angular momenta and a new coherency matrix with testable implications.

Findings

Classical light beams exhibit quantized spin and orbital angular momenta.

Empirical data suggests the quantization unit equals Planck's constant.

A generalized coherency matrix with testable consequences is proposed.

Abstract

Some consequences of a fully classical unified theory of gravity and electromagnetism are worked out for the electromagnetic sector such as the occurrence of classical light beams with spin and orbital angular momenta that are topologically quantized in units of $q_e q_m=\sigma$, independent of the beam size. Empirical fits require $\sigma = \hbar$. The theory also predicts a generalized coherency matrix whose consequences are testable.