Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics: Fundamental Principles of the Quantum Rhythm of the Photon

This article tries to give a contribution for an interpretation of the photon and of the relationship between the speed of light and the Planck's constant. This interpretation opens the way for a general theory based on the quantum rhythm: Rhythmic Quantum Mechanics (RQM). This is the core hypothesis of RQM: the photon has a universal basic quantum cycle. The Planck's constant (h) represents the minimum action of the basic quantum cycle of the photon. The photon is a cyclical action related to the fundamental rhythm of its quantum cycles of polarization and spin. In a vacuum, the quantum states (polarization and spin) of the photon follow a constant and universal basic quantum cycle (a constant amount of energy, time, space). RQM introduces a constant and universal internal basic quantum rhythm of the photon as the physical foundation of its motion and energy. In RQM, Planck's constant (h) and the speed of light (c) are interdependent and together form a harmonic cyclical structure involving action, space and time. The basic quantum cycle of the photon, in a vacuum, has constant: speed, energy, frequency, angular frequency, wavelength, momentum, impulse, gravity. Polarization and spin follow a constant internal cycle, although external and collective photon effects can modify and stabilize these states of the photon. The quantum electromagnetic field and gravitational field emerge from the quantum cycle of the photon. Light has a rhythmic and dynamic nature related to the basic quantum cycle of the photon. RQM hypothesis tries to define a new and coherent theoretical domain related to the three major existing frameworks in fundamental physics: classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Quantum rhythm offers an alternative view of the photon that remains consistent with the principles of the fundamental physics. In this article, I compare and relate my hypothesis with the fundamental physical theories and I introduce the principles of RQM. The article presents the main concepts of RQM considering the basic quantum cycle of the photon (special RQM), the relations with the universal gravitational constant and the collective photonic phenomena that involve changes in the quantities of the photons (general RQM).