The electron-as-trapped photon model goes back a ways, to at least Roger Jennison (one of my old profs): "What is an electron?": http://gsjournal.net/Science-J

The electron-as-trapped photon model goes back a ways, to at least Roger Jennison (one of my old profs): "What is an electron?": http://gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Journal%20Reprints-Quantum%20Theory%20/%20Particle%20Physics/Download/3309 http://gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Journal%20Reprints-Qua... More recently, Larry Reed has developed a theory very similar to that mentioned in the article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364333320_Quantum_Wave_Mechanics_Ch_17_Electron_Model https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364333320_Quantum_W... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390318893_Origin_of_Electron_Mass_and_Charge https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390318893_Origin_of...