Open AccessTopological Bootstrap Prediction of Three-"Colored," Eight-Flavored Quarks
Author(s) -
Geoffrey F. Chew,
Valentin Poénaru
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.45.229
Subject(s) - physics , quark , lepton , topology (electrical circuits) , particle physics , baryon , baryon number , colored , spin (aerodynamics) , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , mathematics , materials science , composite material , thermodynamics , electron
We describe a topological bootstrap theory of strong interactions that generates baryon number, 3 colors and spin-1/2 confined "quarks" with 8 flavors. Extension to electromagnetism allows the topological objects called "quarks" to be associated with leptons, so 8 leptons are predicted
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