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T: Teilchenphysik

T 610: Teilchenphysik

T 610.4: Talk

Friday, March 31, 2006, 12:00–12:15, HG2-HS4

The Origin of Particle Mass — •Albrecht Giese — Taxusweg 15, 22605 Hamburg

By general consensus, the origin of mass is still one of the mysteries in present physics. The laborious search for Higgs bosons is evidence to this.

However, there is a quite straight forward solution if we adapt a particle model, that can be traced back to P. Dirac and E. Schrödinger. Following the considerations of these authors, every elementary particle can be assumed to be composed of two ’basic’ particles which have zero mass and orbit each other at the speed of light ’c’. Both basic particles shall be bound to each other so as to maintain a certain distance. As a consequence of the finite propagation speed ’c’ of the binding forces, such a configuration inevitably exhibits inertia.

It can be shown that this is a suitable model to derive not only qualitatively but also quantitatively the inertial mass of elementary particles. The model explains as well the relativistic increase of mass and the mass-energy-relation. Other properties like the magnetic moment and the constant spin also follow quantitatively correctly (without any use of QM). Dark Matter and Dark Energy can be explained without the need for new particles.