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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 99: Andere Gebiete der Theorie

T 99.4: Talk

Thursday, March 27, 2014, 17:30–17:45, P1

The alpha / beta rule for exact calculation of particle masses — •Karl Otto Greulich — Fritz Lipmann Institut, Jena, Germany

Masses of particles (electron, proton, quarks and Higgs- boson) can be calculated as: m(particle) = a**-n * ß**m * Q * 27,2 eV/c**2 where "a" is the fine structure constant, ß is the proton/electron mass ratio. Q = 1 in most cases and Q = 4/3 for the Strange-, Charm- and Top-quark. The numerical value on the right is the two fold Rydberg mass. The range of n is from 0 to 14, m = -1, 0, 1. The formula covers 27 orders of magnitude in mass, from the two fold Rydberg mass up to the Planck mass and is essentially exact. It contains, apart from the simple and plausible Q-factor, only established quantities of physics and running numbers n and m, which resemble quantum numbers. Thus, the alpha/beta rule should be considered as a valid complementation of existing approaches for understanding particle masses.

Reference: KO. Greulich, What are Particles? A lesson from the photon. 2013 proceedings of SPIE 8832-43 (for download see http://www.fli-leibniz.de/kog, then click "here" and subsequently click "Physics")