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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 25: Andere Gebiete der Theorie

T 25.6: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 7. März 2013, 18:00–18:15, WIL-B122

The Origin of Mass - without Higgs — •Albrecht Giese — Taxusweg 15, 22605 Hamburg

The Higgs mechanism is presently understood to explain the origin of mass in the physical world. However, some points remain open. The theory does not provide an independent determination of the mass of an individual particle. Furthermore, the necessary strength of the Higgs field is far larger than the vacuum field measured in astronomy. And finally, the parameters of the new particle found at CERN seem to deviate from the needs of the theory.

In contrast, we will present a model of mass that faces none of these problems. It is classical in that it does not need quantum mechanics. In this approach, inertial mass is a consequence of the speed of light being finite. This provides a precise result for mass based on the size of the particle. The underlying particle model also explains the magnetic moment (of charged particles) and spin classically, as well as further properties normally determined using QM and relativity.

Further information: www.ag-physics.org/rmass