A mathematical description of the Weber nucleus as a classical and quantum mechanical system

Abstract

Wilhelm Weber’s electrodynamics is an action-at-a-distance theory which has the property that equal charges inside a critical radius become attractive. Weber’s electrodynamics inside the critical radius can be interpreted as a classical Hamiltonian system whose kinetic energy is, however, expressed with respect to a Lorentzian metric. In this article we study the Schrödinger equation associated with this Hamiltonian system, and relate it to Weyl’s theory of singular Sturm–Liouville problems.