The Nature of the Elementary Particle

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Prologue: The wave-particle duality of the elementary particle.
• and summary.
• The elementary particle: Victim of an historical accident.
• What is the nature of the elementary particle?.
• Is the “elementary particle” elementary or composite?.
• What is the binding energy of the quark?.
• Evidence for the fundamental spinless mass quantum M = 70 MEV.
• The relativistic mass increase for spinning systems.
• The muon: Lonely orphan or missing link.
• Evidence for the spin 1/2 Spinor S = 330 MEV.
• The fundamental baryon states N, A, ?, ?, and ?.
• Elementary particle lifetimes: An untapped goldmine of information.
• Do orbital angular momentum barriers apply to elementary particles?.
• Spin and orbital angular momentum components of baryons.
• Spin and orbital angular momenta in mesons: The ? and ? mesons.
• Transitions between spinless and spinning masses; spin quantization.
• Mapping the baryon resonances.
• Mapping the low-mass meson resonances.
• Mapping the high-mass “new Particle” meson resonances.
• The geometry of the elementary particle.
• Electromagnetic effects and precision mass calculations.
• Implications for nuclear physics.