Bootstrapping the photon

Foundations of Physics 13 (2):217-246 (1983)
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A nontechnical review is given of a topological bootstrap theory, with emphasis on theraison d'être for an electromagnetism whose fine-structure constant is of order10 −2

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10.1007/bf01889482

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