Geometric Origin of Planck's Constant The Reference Mode λ = c

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22674739
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Geometric Origin of Planck's Constant The Reference Mode λ = c

Ait Benali
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
preprint

Geometric Origin of Planck's Constant The Reference Mode λ = c

Ait Benali
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Abstract

This preprint proposes a geometric interpretation of Planck's constant *h* based on a distinguished electromagnetic reference mode: the plane wave whose wavelength equals the distance light travels in one local second, λ₀ = c·τ₀ with τ₀ = 1 s, giving f₀ = 1 Hz. We show that the energy of one complete phase cycle of this mode is exactly *h*. This reframes quantum action not as an energy per unit time but as an energy per complete phase cycle (360°). The framework develops the following consequences: 1. Planck's constant identified geometrically. The energy of the mode λ = c is exactly h = 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ J. More fundamentally, *h* is the energy of one complete 360° phase cycle of an electromagnetic wave, independent of the duration of that cycle. A wave at 1 Hz completes a cycle in 1 s (cycle energy = *h*); a wave at 1/3 Hz completes a cycle in 3 s (cycle energy = *h*, not *h*/3); a wave at 2 Hz completes a cycle in 0.5 s (cycle energy = *h*). The energy per second is *h*·*f*, but the complete cycle always carries *h*. 2. h is an action, not an energy per second. Because the cycle energy is invariant while the cycle duration varies, *h* has dimension J·s: it is an action tied to phase, not to time. 3. Reformulation of Planck's quantum hypothesis. Planck's "packets" (quanta) are identified geometrically with complete 360° phase cycles. Energy is released only upon completion of a full turn; a fractional cycle carries its energy forward. Quantization arises from the geometry of phase. 4. Fractional cycles and continuity of phase. A wave may complete N full cycles plus a fraction within one second. Phase is continuous across second boundaries; a fractional cycle stores energy until the next 360° completion. 5. Unified constant derivation. From this single reference mode emerge: mass *m*₀ = *h*/*c*² = 7.372 497 324 × 10⁻⁵¹ kg; electric potential V₀ = *h*/*e* = 4.135 667 696 × 10⁻¹⁵ V; magnetic flux Φ₀ = *h*/2*e* = 2.067 833 848 × 10⁻¹⁵ Wb; momentum *p*₀ = *h*/*c* = 2.210 219 094 × 10⁻⁴² kg·m/s; reduced action ħ = *h*/2π = 1.054 571 817 × 10⁻³⁴ J·s. 6. Spectrum classification. All electromagnetic radiation is classified by a dimensionless factor N = c/λ = f/(1 Hz). Contracted modes (N > 1, λ < c) have E = N·*h* > *h*; dilated modes (N < 1, λ > c) have E = N·*h* < *h*. In both regimes, each individual 360° cycle carries *h* — the change is in the number of cycles per second, not in the energy per cycle. 7. The second as an invariant geometric gauge. The local second is the duration of one 360° cycle of the reference mode. Under gravitational dilation or contraction, λ and *t* deform by the same factor, so that λ/*t* = *c* remains invariant. The local second is therefore an invariant gauge for any local observer, regardless of gravitational potential. 8. The geometric identity. In the reference configuration, c = 1 s = 1 Hz = 360° = *h* — a single geometric object, viewed as length, time, frequency, phase, and action. 9. Continuity of space and gauge choice. The vacuum is continuous; there is no absolute grid or privileged scale. The choice λ = *c* is a gauge choice for measurement that coincides with the invariant local second at 1 Hz. It is privileged not by the vacuum, but by its alignment with local Lorentz invariance. 10. Relation to uncertainty. ΔE·Δ*t* ≥ ħ/2 acquires a geometric reading: a measurement isolating a fraction of space-time smaller than one 360° cycle cannot define a frequency, hence cannot define an energy. h is the minimal action for a complete phase turn. What is derived, conventional, and interpretive. Derived: *m*₀, V₀, Φ₀, *p*₀, ħ from λ₀ = *c*. Conventional: τ₀ = 1 s ⇒ λ₀ = *c* ⇒ f₀ = 1 Hz (gauge choice). Interpretive: quantum = 360° cycle; second = local gauge. Limits. λ₀ = *c* depends on the conventional choice τ₀ = 1 s. The identification "quantum = 360° cycle" is interpretive, not derived. No new experimental prediction is claimed; the framework is reorganizational.

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