Based on the mechanism of vacuum polarization, we here establish a set of
new electromagnetic field equations (EFEs) in 5-dimensional Minkowski
coordinate system, which can be used to consider some physical implications, such
as the dispersion, the polarized states and the Hubble redshift
of massive photon. It shows that, the effective mass of photon is related to
the Hubble constant H, and finally determined
by its unit spin h. Importantly,
these obtained equations, working as a generalization of Maxwell’s equations (MEs),
enable us to develop the special relativity into 5-dimensional form. In
developed relativity, the particle spin will voluntarily go into the motion
equation, since it plus the linear momentum and energy can just form a 5-dimensional
covariant vector. Moreover, by reorganizing the conservation laws of generalized
electrodynamics, we find that the Hamiltonian of massive photon is similar to the
Dirac formation. This similarity allows us to construct a new Dirac typical
equation to study the motion of massive photon from a standpoint of Dirac
theory.
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