ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 9.1 The Dilemma .............................................................................................. 143 9.2 Photons and Quantized Radiation Field ................................................ 145 9.3 Vacuum Fluctuations: Signature of QED ............................................... 145 9.4 Stochastic Electrodynamics: Retrograde QED? ..................................... 146 9.5 Tactic for Remedy ...................................................................................... 147 9.6 Empirical Base ............................................................................................ 148 9.7 The Paradigm ............................................................................................. 149 9.8 Universality of Speed of Light ................................................................. 150 9.9 Non-Locality: A Banished Bugaboo ........................................................ 151 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 152 References ............................................................................................................ 153
A survey of the historically most widely considered paradigms for the electromagnetic interaction is presented along with the conflicts or defects that each exhibited. In particular, problems derived from the concept of the photon and quantum electrodynamics are emphasized. It is argued that a form of direct interaction on the light cone may be the optimum paradigm for this interaction.
