Power of (Alpha): Electron Elementary Particle Generation With (Alpha)-Quantized Lifetimes And Masses

by MacGregor, Malcolm H.

• ISBN13: 9789812569615
• ISBN10: 9812569618
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 3/12/2007
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book is centered on the most pressing unsolved problem in elementary particle physics -- the mass generation of particles. It concerns physics that is not included in the Standard Model as it is now formulated, while at the same time being in conformity with the major results of the Standard Model, i.e. isotopic spins and interactions. It differs from the Standard Model in the treatment of masses and pseudoscalar mesons, and in the role assigned to the coupling constant alpha; . Presented in a careful and phenomenological way, the material can easily be followed by all physicists, both experimental and theoretical, and also by interested workers in other fields.

Author Biography

Malcolm MacGregor taught several physics courses at University of California, Berkeley and served as a thesis advisor in theoretical physics.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Training of an Elementary Particle Phenomenologist	p. vii
List of Figures	p. xxi
A Pictorial Journey through the Landscape of [alpha]-Quantized Elementary Particle Lifetimes and Masses	p. 1
The Experimental Journey	p. 1
Global Lifetime [alpha]-Quantization	p. 2
Unpaired-Quark Lifetime Hyperfine (HF) Structure	p. 6
The [alpha superscript 4] "Lifetime Desert" between Unpaired and Paired Quark Decays	p. 12
Two [alpha superscript -1] Mass Leaps: The m[subscript b] = 70 MeV and m[subscript f] = 105 MeV Basis States	p. 15
The Spin-1/2 Standard Model q = (u, d), s, c, b "Muon" Constituent Quarks	p. 22
The Spin-0 Generic "Pion" Constituent Quarks	p. 34
The Relativistically Spinning Sphere and the m[subscript f]/m[subscript b] = 3/2 Mass Ratio	p. 39
The M[superscript X] Threshold-State Particle Excitation Mechanism	p. 41
An [alpha superscript -2] Mass Leap: The q[superscript alpha] = 43,182 MeV Basis Set for the W, Z Gauge Bosons and Top Quark t	p. 48
Mathological Studies of Elementary Particle Spectroscopy	p. 59
Lifetime and Mass [alpha]-Quantization: Physics Beyond the Paradigm	p. 63
The Missing Elementary Particle Ground State and Its Mass Generator	p. 63
The Particle Mass Mystery: Physics from the Higgs Down or the Bottom Up?	p. 65
The Double Mystery of the Fine Structure Constant [alpha] = e[subscript 2]/hc	p. 69
The Dichotomy of Leptons and Hadrons: Interactive Charges and Passive Masses	p. 72
Experiment, Phenomenology, Theory: The Three Steps to Success	p. 76
The Review of Particle Physics (RPP) Elementary Particle Data Base	p. 78
The Linkage Between Particle Lifetimes/Widths (Stability) and Particle Masses (Structure)	p. 81
The Numerical Challenge of the Proton-to-Electron Mass Ratio	p. 83
The Phenomenology of [alpha]-Quantized Particle Lifetimes and Mass-Widths	p. 87
The Zeptosecond Boundary between Threshold-State and Excited-State Lifetimes	p. 87
The Nonstrange [pi superscript +], [pi superscript -], [pi superscript 0], [eta], [eta]' PS Meson Quintet: The "Crown Jewels" of Lifetime [alpha]-Quantization	p. 93
The Strange K[superscript +], K[superscript -], [Characters not reproducible] Meson Quartet: [alpha]-Scaling and Factor-of-2 Hyperfine (HE) Structure	p. 100
The PS Meson Lifetime Nonet: Physics Outside of the Standard Model	p. 103
Hyperfine (HE) Factor-of-2 and Factor-of-3 Lifetime Structure	p. 105
The [alpha]-Quantization of the 36 Long-Lived Threshold-State Particle Lifetimes	p. 113
The s, c, b Quark Group Structure in [alpha]-Quantized Particle Lifetimes	p. 124
Factor of [alpha superscript 4] Lifetime Ratios between Unpaired and Paired Quark Decays	p. 126
The b-Quark and c-Quark Factor-of-3 Lifetime Flavor Structure	p. 135
Flavor Substitutions and c > b > s Flavor Dominance in Unpaired-Quark Decays	p. 138
The Historical Emergence of [alpha]-Quantized Elementary Particle Lifetimes	p. 141
The Phenomenology of Reciprocal [alpha superscript -1] and [alpha superscript -2] Particle Mass Quantization	p. 153
What Are the Elementary Particle Lepton and Hadron "Ground States"?	p. 153
The Correlation between Particle Mass-Widths and Particle Masses	p. 160
Electrons, Muons and Pions: The "Rosetta Stones" of [alpha]-Quantized Masses	p. 163
The First-Order m[subscript b] = 70 MeV Boson and m[subscript f] = 105 MeV Fermion "[alpha]-Leap" Masses	p. 169
Symmetric (M[subscript pi], M[subscript phi], M[subscript MuMu)] and Asymmetric (M[subscript K], M[subscript K], M[subscript Mu], M[subscript Mu]) "Platform" States	p. 173
The Spin and Flavor Hierarchy of the M[subscript X] Platform Excitations	p. 177
The M[subscript pi] ([pi], [eta], [eta]') Boson M[superscript X] Tower: The "Crown Jewels" of [alpha]-Quantized Masses	p. 180
The M[subscript MuMu] ([MuMu], pp, [tautau] Fermion M[superscript X] Tower	p. 186
The "Supersymmetric" 420 MeV Excitation Quantum X = 3m[subscript b]m[subscript b] = 2m[subscript f]m[subscript f]	p. 192
The Strange M[subscript K] (K, K) Boson M[superscript X] Excitations and the [eta]' = KK Bound State	p. 195
The Strange M[subscript Mu] (s, s) Fermion M[superscript X] Excitations: s and s Quarks	p. 201
The Strange M[subscript phi]([phi]) Vector Boson M[superscript X] Excitation: The [phi] = ss Bound State	p. 205
The Fundamental "M[subscript X] Octet"' of Threshold-State Particles	p. 209
Isotopic Spin Mass Splittings and Charge-Independent (CI) Particle Masses	p. 211
Hadronic Binding Energy (HBE) Systematics	p. 214
Almost-Parameter-Free M[superscript X] Octet Mass Calculations	p. 221
The M[subscript phi] ([phi], J/[psi], [Upsilon]) = (ss, cc, bb) Vector Meson M[superscript T] Mass-Tripling Tower	p. 226
Charge Exchange (CX) and Fragmentation (CF) Excitations and Proton Stability	p. 233
Excitation Doubling and the W and Z Vector Mesons	p. 237
The Second-Order [alpha superscript -2] Fermion Mass Leap to the W and Z Bosons and Top Quark t	p. 242
The PS Lifetime and Mass Nonet: Physics Outside of the Standard Model	p. 251
Examples of Reciprocal [alpha]-Quantized Lifetimes and Masses	p. 254
The q, s, c, b Quark Benchmark Test: Calculate 16 Unpaired-Quark Ground States	p. 259
The Short-Lived Excited-State Masses: Evidence from Excitation Clusters	p. 269
Muon (Fermion) Masses and Quarks; Pion (Boson) Masses and Generic Quarks; Superheavy Muon [alpha]-Quark Masses	p. 276
Evidence for the s = 595 MeV Strange Quark Excited State	p. 285
The Universal 35 MeV Mass Grid	p. 291
Mass Freedom in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)	p. 294
The Mathology of the Elementary Particle: The Relativistically Spinning Sphere	p. 299
Introduction to Mathology	p. 299
The Most Accurate Example of Mathology: Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)	p. 301
The Mechanical Mathology of Relativistically Spinning Spherical Masses	p. 302
The Spectroscopic Mathology of the Electron: A Classical Representation Does Exist	p. 308
The Vanishing Electric Quadrupole Moment of the Electron	p. 310
The Physical Basis for the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Electron: The Answer to Richard Feynman's Challenge for a First-Order Model	p. 313
The Relativistic Transformation Properties of the Mathological Electron: Correct Transformations Occur only at the Rotational Relativistic Limit	p. 317
The Mathology of Particle Waves: The Particle-Hole Pair	p. 323
The Mathology of the Electron Phase Wave	p. 323
The Mathology of Particle-Hole Pairs: Zerons and Photons	p. 328
The Mathology of QED Renormalization: Bare Masses as "Hole" States	p. 341
Vacuum-State Zero-Point Fluctuations as Energy-Conserving Particle-Hole Pairs	p. 346
The Mathology of the Fine Structure Constant [alpha] = e[superscript 2]/hc	p. 349
The Mystery of the Numerical Value [alpha] [TildeFullEqual] 1/137	p. 349
The Phase Transitions [alpha subscript 1,2,3,4] [equiv] [alpha subscript e], [alpha subscript Mu], [alpha subscript q], [alpha subscript gamma] of the Mass Generator [alpha]	p. 352
Three Configurations of the Multiform Electric Charge e	p. 357
Ramifications	p. 361
Cosmological Masses	p. 361
The "Mechanical" Mass of the Elementary Particle	p. 363
Three Deficiencies in the Standard Model Treatment of Particle Masses	p. 365
Postscript: The Saga of the m[subscript b] = 70 MeV and m[subscript f] = 105 MeV Mass Quanta	p. 371
Appendices	p. 385
Acknowledgments	p. 413
References	p. 415
Index	p. 421
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