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Introduction

The hypothesis that a beam of light is composed of a collection of particles; called “photons” explains the photoelectric effect. The thought that force gets from one place to another as particles also solves the ancient mystery of action at a distance. The photon became the foundation for quantum mechanics and the standard model of the grand unified theory.

However major difficulties remain, some of which are listed here: -

· The apparent wave-particle duality of the photon.
· Why has the photon zero rest mass.
· Why can spatially separated photons be entangled in such a way their behaviour seems to violate the special theory of relativity

This paper maintains that these puzzling aspects of the photon can be explained if electromagnetic interactions are regarded as an energy transfer process within Minkowski Space-time that uses zero interval paths to mediate energy exchanges between quantum Systems. Action at a distance can be associated with spatially separated events whose proper interval of separation has zero magnitude.

Space-time is structured such that photons (energy packets) jump directly say from atom to atom without the need for an intermediate particle.

The new interpretation makes special relativity and Minkowski space-time coupled with Plancks equation the cornerstone of the development of the wave-function of light. The counter intuitive elements surrounding the nature of electromagnetic radiation emerge as a natural part of our new energy exchange process. In this paper we examine the consequences of the new interpretation for Young’s Double Slit and Aspect’s experiments.