Frontiers in Science
p-ISSN: 2166-6083 e-ISSN: 2166-6113
2017; 7(4): 57-64
doi:10.5923/j.fs.20170704.02

Anatoli Kuznetsov
Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Correspondence to: Anatoli Kuznetsov, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
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We present the formula for the mass spectrum of the charged composite particles (CP). This formula includes the renormalized fine-structure constant α =1/128.330593928, the rest mass of a new electrically charged particle m = 156.3699214 eV/c2 and two quantum numbers of n and k. The half–integer and integer quantum number n is the projection of an orbital angular momentum electrically charged particle on the symmetry axis of the CP, and the integer k defines the magnetic charges of two Dirac magnetic monopoles, which have opposite signs of magnetic charges and masses. The presented model predicts the values of spins, masses, charge orbit radii and magnetic moments for an infinite number of charged fermions and bosons in the infinite range of mass.
Keywords: Composite models, Formula for the mass spectrum of elementary particles, Magnetic monopoles, Periodic dependence
Cite this paper: Anatoli Kuznetsov, Formula for the Mass Spectrum of Charged Fermions and Bosons, Frontiers in Science, Vol. 7 No. 4, 2017, pp. 57-64. doi: 10.5923/j.fs.20170704.02.
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c is the fine-structure constant (
is Plank’s constant), n = 0, ±1/2, ±1, ±3/2… is the projection of the orbital angular momentum of the electrically charged particle on the symmetry axes of the CP and k = 0, ±1, ±2, ±3… is the quantum number, which defines the magnetic monopole charge of g through the Dirac relation modified by us eg/
c = k/4 [16].The first term in eq. (1) is the sum of two terms of the contribution of energy: the repulsion energy Er ∞ n2/α4 between the moving charge and two magnetic monopoles and the Coulomb attraction energy Ec ∞ −k2/α3 between two magnetic monopoles. The second term in eq. (1) Ek ∞ n/α2 is the total relativistic energy of the moving charged particle with the rest mass m. There is an obvious inequality Er, Ec >> Ek, because α ∼ 10-2 and thus the sum of repulsion and attraction energy terms gives the main contribution to the rest energy E(n, k) of the charged CP. In our model we have neglected the kinetic energy of two magnetic monopoles because of a large value of its masses M ≈ 108 GeV/c2 [19]. Due to the opposite signs of the mass of two Dirac magnetic monopoles both masses cancel each other and therefore do not give any contribution to the rest energy of the charged CP.According to equation (1) the rest energy E(n, k) of the charged CP is independent of the sign of the electric charge of the moving particle (because α ∞ e2) and of the signs of the quantum numbers n and k. Therefore, we have a twofold degeneracy connected with the opposite signs of ±n, corresponding to the clockwise and counterclockwise rotations of the electrically charged particle. This behaviour of the charged CP is similar to a two-dimensional quantum-rigid rotator, because both systems for each state with n > 0 have twofold degeneracy connected with the opposite signs of the projections of the orbital angular momentum ±n. Taking into account two possible signs of a moving particle mass ±m and a projection of the orbital angular momentum ±n, our model predicts two degenerate states ±n for the particle with positive rest energy E(n, k) > 0 for m > 0 and two degenerate states ±n for the antiparticle with negative rest energy E(n, k) < 0 for m < 0, which is consistent with the Dirac theory for the electron [20].Further, accepting (in agreement with the experiments) that the elementary particles in the quantum theory can be considered as scattering (metastable) states with positive rest energy and the antiparticles – as scattering states with negative rest energy (see also [21]), we receive the following condition from the numerator of the first term in equation (1)![]() | (2) |
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c = 1/137.035999139(31), obtained in the low energy limit [22]. The obtained value of α is in agreement with the value α = 1/128.5(25) extracted from the analysis of the electron-positron scattering at the momentum transfer Q2 = (57.66 GeV/c)2 [23] and also with the value α = 1/128.7862(87), obtained from the analysis of the empirical formulas for charged leptons [18].Using equation (1), the obtained value of the renormalized fine-structure constant α and the experimentally known electron mass, we have determined the rest mass of a new electrically charged particle m = 156.3699214 eV/c2. Thus, this new particle is very light even in comparison with the electron mass (m/me ≈ 0.000306).After estimating the values of these two parameters in equation (1) and assuming in the first approximation their constant values for all allowed values of quantum numbers n and k, we can calculate the rest masses E(n, k)/c2 of the charged fermions and bosons for any allowed pair n and k.The results of calculation for n = 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3 and the corresponding values of k are listed in table 1 and also shown in fig. 1. As we can see from fig. 1, the rest energy E(n, k) of the charged CP has a characteristic periodic dependence as a function of the magnetic charge of magnetic monopoles. The rest energy of the charged CP E(n, k) achieves the maximum value at the beginning of every period when k has the minimum possible value for the fixed value of n. The increasing of k along the period the rest energy E(n, k) of the charged CP quickly decreases due to the negative contribution of the attraction energy Ec ∞ −k2/α3 between two magnetic monopoles. The transition to the next period through the increasing of n repeats the general behaviour of the rest energy E(n,k) and also includes the increasing of the maximal and minimal values of E(n, k) due to the bigger contribution of the repulsion energy Er ∞ n2/α4 between the moving of electrically charged particle and two magnetic monopoles. Note also that a similar periodicity exists also for the orbit radii R(n, k) of the mowing charge.The orbit radius of the mowing charge R(n, k) is defined by the form:![]() | (5) |
10-10 cm in every period for the same ratio value k/n = 8, when the rest energy E(n, k) of the charge CP reaches the minimum value, i. e. at the end of the period (see also figs. 1, 2 and table 1).
10-10 cm and it is only 7% less than the electron Compton wavelength λc =
/mec = 0.3861592674
10-10 cm. For comparison, the radius of the muon charge is equal to 0.190258268
10-10 cm and it is approximately a hundred times bigger than the muon Compton wavelength 0.1857594307
10-12 cm [22].![]() | Figure 1. The rest energy E(n, k) of the charged CP as a function of the quantum number k (which defines the magnetic charge of magnetic monopoles) for six values of the orbital angular momentum n = 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3 electrically charged particle. Symbols e, μ, π, K, p, τ represent the position of the corresponding charged elementary particles on the graph |
![]() | Figure 2. The charge orbit radius R(n, k) of the charged CP as function of the quantum number k (which defines the magnetic charge of magnetic monopoles) for six values of the orbital angular momentum n = 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3 electrically charged particle. Symbols e, μ, π, K, p, τ represent the position of the corresponding charged elementary particles on the graph |
lepton in the first period of the charged CP, but we have found the place for it in the middle part of the fourth period (see below).The second period of the charged CP for n = 1 includes 4 bosons states in the energy interval 1.5 − 1576 MeV for k = 5, 6, 7, 8. This interval contains masses of
and
mesons at 139.57018(35) and 493.677(13) MeV/c2 [25], respectively. We accept for assignment
and
mesons to the charge CP states E(1, 7) = 129.5 MeV and E(1, 6) = 421.6 MeV, respectively. The distinction between the experimental and the predicted mass values for
and
mesons can be reduced through the parameters renormalization in equation (1), i.e. by decreasing the fine-structure constant α at a level of 1.06% and 3.06% or by increasing the rest mass of a moving electrically charged particle at a level of 7.80% and 17.1%, respectively.As is known, the SM considers
and
mesons as zero spin bosons. However, our model does not include the charged CP with zero spin because of the absence of a repulsive force between the moving electrically charged particle and two magnetic monopoles, which makes them unstable. The charged CP with the non-zero orbital angular momentum n of an electrically charged particle has the magnetic moment distinct from zero (see below), which in principle can be measured for
and
mesons in a strong magnetic field.The third period of the charged CP (n = 3/2) contains 6 fermions in the energy interval 3-6920 MeV for k = 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. The rest energy of the state E(3/2, 9) = 947.81 MeV matches with the proton rest energy 938.2720813(58) MeV with the accuracy of 1% [25], and we naturally connect this state with the proton. The small difference between the theoretical and experimental proton mass values can be reduced by means of tiny increasing in fine-structure constant α at a level of 0.192% or a small decreasing of the rest mass m of the electrically charged particle at a level of 1.02%.The ratio of the masses of proton and electron is an important dimensionless physical constant with the experimental value mp/me = 1836.15267389(17) [22]. According to equation (1), this ratio in our model is defined by the value of the renormalized fine-structure constant α, the values of quantum numbers n and k for proton and electron and it provides the theoretical value mp/me = 1854.8 in good agreement with the experimental data.As is known, the SM considers the proton as a strongly bounded state of three quarks (uud) and the electron as the structureless point-like particle and in this approach it cannot give the theoretical prediction of mp/me ratio. On the contrary, our model, being in line with [26], defines this ratio through the dimensionless constant of the electromagnetic interaction α, which in our model is a universal interaction constant for all charged CP.The other two problems are connected with the proton’s spin and magnetic moment. The SM describes the proton as a spin 1/2 particle with two possible spin projections sz = ±1/2. In our model the proton also has only two projections of the orbital angular momentum (spin) n = ±3/2. As is known, a point-like particle with electric charge e, rest mass m, and spin 1/2 in the Dirac theory has the intrinsic magnetic moment μD = e
/(2mc). CODATA gives for the proton experimental value of the magnetic moment μp = 2.7938473508(85)μD ≈ 3μD [22]. Our model predicts for the charged CP with an orbital angular momentum of the moving electrically charged particle n the value of the magnetic moment μ = 2nμD and, thus, for the proton (n = 3/2) the magnetic moment is given by μp = 3μD in agreement with experimental data.The proton charge orbit radius predicted in our model is R(3/2, 9) = 1.90258268
10-11 cm, but the proton charge radius extracted from the analyses of the electron-proton elastic scattering is only Rp = 0.8759(77)
10-13 cm [22, 27]. However, we assume that this value of the proton charge radius is necessary for increasing by the dimensionless factor 1/α ∼ 102. This factor can naturally occur through the change of the proton electromagnetic form factors due to the possible influence of the large magnetic charge of magnetic monopoles g ∼ e/α existing inside of every charged CP. Thus, after a correction by the factor 1/α the proton charge radius extracted from the electron-proton scattering data would reach the value Rp ≈ 1
10-11 cm in agreement with the result of our model.Experimentally, there are known only two practically stable charged fermions – the electron and the proton, which have the mean lifetimes τ ≥ 6.6
1028 years [28] and τ ≥ 6.6
1033 years [29], respectively. However, their positions in table 1 of the charged CP are different. The electron is located in the ground state of the first period of the charged CP and it has the absolute minimum of rest energy. But the proton is located in the middle part of the third period in the muon group (see table 1 and fig. 1). What is the physical reason of proton stability among six other states of this period and what dynamical mechanism prevents proton’s decay to the lower energy states of the charged CP, which have a common structure. This important problem deserves a further theoretical investigation, including our model as well.The fourth period (n = 2) includes 8 bosons in the rest energy interval 4.89 − 19434 MeV for k = 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. We assume the state E(2, 12) = 1684.3 MeV in the middle part of this period to be assigned on the
particle with the experimental value of rest mass 1776.82(16) MeV/c2 [30]. The distinction (5.49%) between the theoretical and the experimental mass values of the
particle can be reduced by decreasing the fine-structure constant α at a level of 1.02% or by increasing the rest mass m of the electrically charged particle at the level of 5.49%.The fifth period of the charged CP (n = 5/2) has 10 fermions in the rest energy interval 7.3 − 43042 MeV for k = 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.The sixth period (n = 3) of the charged CP includes 12 bosons states in the rest energy interval 10.2−82206 MeV for k = 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.Three bosons states in the muon group (k/n = 6) at E(3, 18) = 3.79, E(4, 24) = 6.73 and E(6, 36) = 15.1 GeV are close to the rest mass of 3 new particles at 3.6, 7.3 and 15 GeV/c2 obtained by the CDF collaboration in the analysis of the multi-muon events [31]. These multi-muon events were produced in proton-antiproton interactions and discovered at the Fermilab Tevatron collider by the CDF collaboration [32]. It was supposed that the heavier new particles cascade-decay into lighter ones, whereas the lightest state decays into τ± pair with a lifetime of the order of 20 ps. In the framework of our model these processes are quite reasonable because all the interacting particles belong to some muon group and thus have the resonance condition for the processes of cascade-decay, because all particles have the same charge orbit radii of the moving charge and the distance between magnetic monopoles. Thus, the mass predictions from our model are in agreement with the results of the phenomenological analysis of multi-muon events by the CDF collaboration.In addition to bosons, the muon group contains also fermions (see table 1 and fig. 2). We have already connected the second fermion’s state of this group E(3/2, 9) = 0.9478 GeV to the proton. Another 4 fermions states in the muon group in the rest energy interval 2.5−13 GeV are: E(5/2, 15) = 2.63, E(7/2, 21) = 5.16, E(9/2, 27) = 8.59 and E(11/2, 33) = 12.7 GeV, respectively.The standard model of cosmology indicates that 3 stable particles - protons, neutrons and electrons, form the ordinary (baryonic) matter, which constitutes only ∼5% of the Universe mass. The remaining non-baryonic part of the Universe (with the unknown nature) belongs to dark matter ∼27% and dark energy ∼68% [33].During the search of dark matter (DM) particles the CoGeNT and DAMA collaboration [34] has found an excess of low energy events and the possibility that these events originate from the elastic scattering of a light mDM ∼5−10 GeV/c2 weakly interacting with the massive particle has been discussed. This mass interval is in agreement with the asymmetric models for dark matter generation, which predict the values of the DM mass at mDM ∼5−15 GeV/c2 [35].Thus, if 4 charged fermions from the muon group in the rest energy interval 2.5−13 GeV are stable particles (similar to the proton) and can create the stable neutral partners (similar to the neutron), then these new neutral particles can be the possible candidates for dark matter particles, predicted by our model.Let us go back to the group of ground states (k/n = 8) of the charged CP, i. e. the electron group. As we already mentioned, all these fermions and bosons of this group have the same charge orbit radii of the electrically charged particle and the same distance between magnetic monopoles. The rest energy for 13 members of this group is located in the range of 0.511 – 43.6 MeV. Below we consider the results of various experiments, which can be considered as the evidence of the emergence of particles of this group.The so-called heavy electrons with the rest mass m ≈ 3me ≈ 1.5 MeV/c2 and m ≈ 6me ≈ 3 MeV/c2 were found in air showers as particles that were more penetrating than electrons [36]. These particles in our model can be connected to the first boson state of the electron group with the rest energy E(1, 8) = 1.50 MeV and to the second fermion state of this group E(3/2, 12) = 2.95 MeV, respectively.A new particle with the mass m ≈ 11.4me ≈ 5.8 MeV/c2 was observed together with electrons in the cloud chamber [37]. We hope to connect this particle to the second boson state in the electron group E(2, 16) = 4.89 MeV.Further, when studying the optical characteristics of the pulsed laboratory synchrotron LIS-2 (the orbit radius 6 cm) [38], we noticed that a considerable part of the accelerated electrons (up to 100%) can drop out from synchronous mode acceleration. This effect was observed as sharp intensity reduction of synchrotron radiation when electrons reached the region of the maximal energy in the range Emax ≈ 37-40 MeV [39]. Now we are trying to explain this effect in the framework of our model as the revealing of the resonant transition of relativistic electrons, receiving the total energy equal to the rest energy of the charge CP, which belongs to the boson state of the electron group E(6, 48) = 37.4 MeV. The momentum excess of the accelerated electrons in this resonant transition is transferred to the magnetic field of the synchrotron practically without any energy transmission. 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