03 March 2015 7 4K Report

ABSTRACT Since the discovery of the positive electron (positron) in 1932, physics has ignored the more plausible possibility that charge is not a fixed property of subatomic particles. Instead of looking for the conditions under which this property might be altered, it has become dogma that the same particle with different charge states are distinct entities solely based on the negative energy solutions of the Dirac equation (formulated in 1928)[1] with its strange negative energy sea of electrons construct (with " holes ") in 1930) [2]. It is about time to consider the alternate more logical interpretation – that under certain conditions, an electron can be transformed into a positron. Recent experimental evidence of heat transport along a quantum Hall edge seems to support the formation of a positively charged entity (positron) that can conduct heat in the opposite direction to negative electron flow.[3] A relatively simple experimental test for verifying this new electron behavior is presented in the hope of advancing this line of research.

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Article Transforming an Electron into a Positron: A New Paradigm for Physics

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