On the Nature of the Electric Charge

Abstract

The geometry of the elementary charge is studied in the framework of the concept of space considered as a tessellation lattice ('tessellattice'), which has recently been developed by M. Bounias and the author. The descriptive-geometric sense of the electric and magnetic fields and their carriers - photons - is analyzed. The notion of the scalar and vector potentials of a charged particle and their behavior at the motion of the particle along a path is investigated in detail. Based on the potentials, the Lagrangian leading to the Maxwell equations is constructed. The distinctive properties of the inerton and the photon - two basic elementary excitations, or quasi-particles of the space tessellattice - are discussed. Summarizing, we may say that the work suggests the detailed interpretation of the Maxwell equations in terms of the submicroscopic approach to Nature.