Does the electron have a structure?

... it ain\u27t likely to have a radius of exactly zero, is the conclusion of H. G. Dehmelt(1) from his Nobel Prize (1989) winning observations on trapped electrons. There are small discrepancies between Dehmelt\u27s observations and the theoretical predictions of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which assumes that the electron is a point particle. Here we present evidence in support of Dehmelt\u27s contention that the electron has a structure. Essentially, we point out that the nonrelativistic limit of QED is at variance with a fundamental principle underlying all of physics, viz. the second law of thermodynamics. © 1993 Plenum Publishing Corporation