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=== 1. Atomic electron-sphere (Bohr scale) × optical photons → tiny phase angles. In the simple circumference-phase mapping above, visible/IR photons are many orders of magnitude longer than atomic radii, so they do not produce a fractional-phase anywhere near the golden-angle. That is consistent with a physical picture: visible photons “see” atoms as very small relative to wavelength. ===
# To reach the golden-angle in this mapping you need r ≈ tens of nm (nanostructure scale). That means the golden-angle (≈137.5°) can be produced by spherical refraction/phase geometry, but only when the sphere radius is a non-atomic scale compared with the photon wavelength. In plain terms: nanoparticles, cellular structures, or collective electromagnetic boundaries at those scales would be where this simple mapping produces a golden-angle average — not isolated hydrogen atoms interacting with visible light.
# Two natural ways to get close to the golden-angle from atomic geometry: • Use much shorter-wavelength photons (soft X-rays / hard UV) where λ\lambdaλ becomes comparable to atomic radii: then 2πrλ\frac{2\pi r}{\lambda}λ2πr can be O(0.1) and give fractional parts ~0.38. • Or use a much larger effective radius rrr (collective/mesoscale electromagnetic boundary) so visible photons produce the right fractional phase.
# Relation to α and e², ℏ etc. Nothing in this simple circumference → angle mapping produced α (the fine-structure constant) directly from atomic rrr and the visible spectrum. α arises in physics through the combination e2/(4πε0ℏc)e^2/(4\pi\varepsilon_0 \hbar c)e2/(4πε0ℏc); a geometric mapping that gives α as a number (or 1/α ≈ 137) would need to tie together the electron charge, Planck’s constant h/2πh/2\pih/2π, and c in a precise way — that’s a different, deeper relation than the simple phase–circumference mapping we tried.