THE ELECTRON SELF-ENERGY IN A CLASSICAL SPIN MODEL

We discuss a simple model where the electron is approximately describe d by a rapidly spinning disk of radius lambda = h/mc, such that the li near speed at its border is c. We assume that the particle's mass is u niformly distributed over the surface of the disk and its electric cha rge is strongly peaked around the border. It follows that the spin of the particle must be h/2 and its magnetic moment should have a g facto r equal to 2. We show that the electromagnetic self-energy of the part icle is given by an expression which is similar to the result obtained in quantum electrodynamics.