Sub-Photon Array-Wave Theory toward Newtonian Electrodynamics: A Unified Interpretation of Compton Scattering, Interference, and Moving-Body Optics

AbstractBuilding on an array-particle-wave idea first published by the author in 2002, this paper develops an exploratory sub-photon array-wave theory (SPAWT) and a preliminary research program for Newtonian electrodynamics (NED). Ordinary space is treated as homogeneous, unbounded, and stationary, while material entities are bounded, diverse, and moving; space and matter are not taken to interact or transform into one another. Radiation is modeled as an ordered stream of lower-level constituents characterized by periodicity, source- or secondary-source-relative constant escape speed, quantized organization, and directionality. The quantitative core is an exact, within the stated Newtonian closure, stream-balance derivation of a Compton-type wavelength shift. Retaining the transferred constituent mass in the electron recoil system permits exact elimination of recoil speed and direction and reproduces the observed angular factor without using the photon relations p = h/λ and E = hν, a relativistic electron energy-momentum relation, or the approximation M ≈ mₑ. Comparison with the empirical Compton coefficient fixes the normalization-invariant compound parameter mγu and the action-scale correspondence stated in Eq. (6). The array translational kinetic energy is not identified with the standard total photon energy. Interference/diffraction and moving-body optical experiments are treated as complementary constraints on synchronization and source/secondary-source response, while single-photon, cavity-QED, and photon-conversion results are summarized in tables as auxiliary tests. The proposal is presented as an exploratory and falsifiable theoretical framework; it does not yet derive scattering cross sections, Maxwell equations from first principles, or a complete microscopic dynamics.