Journal article
Semi-empirical operator for the self-interaction masses of finite-size leptons and quarks
Europhysics letters, v 62(4), pp 473-476
May 2003
Abstract
A semi-empirical operator is obtained for the self-interaction masses of finite-size leptons and quarks. Strong, electromagnetic and weak self-interaction energies are incorporated into the mass operator via the projection operators $P_{1}=|B+Q|$ and $P_{2}=|2B-Q|$ which act on the structural (i.e., finite-size particle) quantum states for the fundamental fermions. The neutrino mass eigenvalues support the low-probability (LOW) solution for solar-neutrino oscillations, the charged lepton masses are given accurately to within $(\delta m/m)\sim 10^{-4}$, the top quark pole mass is predicted to be 174.241$\un{GeV}$, and the other quark pole masses are uniformly consistent with experiment. Thus, the form of the mass operator may provide guidance to a field-theoretic extension of the standard model that embraces finite-size leptons and quarks.
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- Title
- Semi-empirical operator for the self-interaction masses of finite-size leptons and quarks
- Creators
- G. Rosen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Europhysics letters, v 62(4), pp 473-476
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000182961600003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0037505870
- Other Identifier
- 991019169814004721
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- Physics, Multidisciplinary