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The Atom Without Particles

DOI
10.5281/zenodo.19320018
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Standard atomic physics treats electrons as point particles orbiting a nucleus. This paper reframes the atom without particles — electrons are eigenmode occupancies of the Coulomb operator on the 600-cell, not localised objects. The periodic table emerges as different concentrations of light in different eigenmode configurations. The paper builds a complete 17-section treatment with 50 display equations, deriving atomic structure from the same spectral geometry that produces the fine structure constant and nuclear masses. The title's subtitle — 'The Elements Are Different Concentrations of Light' — is the central claim: matter is not made of particles. It is made of standing waves in a self-referential field.

\[ \hat{H}\psi = E\psi, \quad \psi \in \text{eigenmodes of 600-cell Coulomb operator} \]
Key Result
Atomic structure derived from 600-cell eigenmode occupancies
Precision
Periodic table as spectral classification