Open AccessTriton,... electron,... cosmon,...: An infinite regression?
Author(s) -
Hans Dehmelt
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.86.22.8618
Subject(s) - electron , physics , particle (ecology) , dirac (video compression format) , identical particles , elementary particle , jump , stack (abstract data type) , quantum mechanics , atomic physics , quantum , neutrino , computer science , programming language , oceanography , geology
I propose an elementary particle model in which the simplest near-Dirac particles triton, proton, and electron are members of the three top layers of a bottomless stack. Each particle is a composite of three particles from the next layer below in an infinite regression approaching Dirac point particles. The cosmon, an immensely heavy lower layer subquark, isthe elementary particle. The world-atom, a tightly bound cosmon/anticosmon pair of zero relativistic total mass, arose from the nothing state in a quantum jump. Rapid decay of the pair launched the big bang and created the universe.