Photons and Static Electricity

Photons get polarized by magnetic fields. Faraday discovered this back in 1845 that, and it has been common knowledge ever since. However, no similar effect occurs when photons travel through an electric field. At least, I’ve never come across any such findings.

This is strange, because all models of light include a directional electric element. There should be some detectable effect when static electricity is applied to light.

Expected polarization does not occur

The conventional wave model of light suggests that the amplitude of the wave should be alternately stretched out and compressed as it travels through the static field. The wave should therefore align in a polarized manner, vertical to the field.

The same applies for a dielectric model of the photon, such as the one proposed in my book. Photons should align along the electric field in much the same way photons align along a magnetic field.

But, to the best of my knowledge, static electricity has no polarizing effect on light. Nothing happens when a static electric field is applied to a vacuum. All that happens as we steadily increase the strength of the field is that we eventually get a discharge between the electrically charged plates. This happens when the electric field becomes so strong that electrons get pulled off of the negatively charged plate.

It appears then that we get a discharge before the electric field is strong enough to cause measurable polarization.

Break down of the aether

Furthermore, positrons and gamma rays frequently accompany electric discharges in vacuum. This suggests a break down of the aether. Instead of being polarized, photons get ripped apart. There is electron-positron production

followed by gamma rays as the positrons recombine with electrons:

Brief and intense discharge

Electron-positron pairs constitute a highly conductive plasma, which allows for a quick discharge between electrically charged plates. Positrons rush towards the negatively charged plate, while electrons rush towards the positively charged plate.

In the brief period that the electron-positron pairs exist, a complete discharge can occur, and recent research into the nature of lightning strikes suggest that this is exactly what happens in thunder storms.