Open AccessInner excited states of the proton and neutron
Author(s) -
W. Heitler,
S. T.
Publication year - 1940
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, mathematical and physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 2053-9169
pISSN - 0080-4630
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1940.0095
Subject(s) - excited state , physics , meson , neutron , spin (aerodynamics) , proton , charge (physics) , electron , nuclear physics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
To avoid the difficulties of applying the present meson theory to the interaction of fast mesons with nuclear particles it is proposed as a hypo thesis that the charge and spin of an electron can assume higher quantum states. The theory is developed and the possibility of observing the new particles discussed.