Overview
- First book to present the Bohr-Einstein-de Broglie approach to the formation of hadrons and nuclei
- Demonstrates that strong forces are relativistic graviational forces
- Explains confinement and asymptotic freedom
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This book shows that the strong interaction forces, which keep hadrons and nuclei together, are relativistic gravitational forces exerted between very small particles in the mass range of neutrinos. First, this book considers the motion of two or three charged particles under the influence of electrostatic and gravitational forces only, which shows that bound states are formed by following the same semi-classical methodology used by Bohr to describe the H atom. This approach is also coupled with Newton’s gravitational law and with Einstein’s special relativity.
The results agree with experiments on the masses, binding energies, radii, angular moments and magnetic moments of hadrons. The model provides the means to rationalize all the main experimental features of the strong force. Some of the implications for the unification of forces and the nature of our micro-cosmos and macro-cosmos are also discussed. The creation of mass itself, in other words, of hadrons from particlesas light as neutrinos, can now be modeled in a straightforward manner.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gravity, Special Relativity, and the Strong Force
Book Subtitle: A Bohr-Einstein-de Broglie Model for the Formation of Hadrons
Authors: Constantinos G. Vayenas, Stamatios N.-A. Souentie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3936-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-3935-6Published: 25 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7820-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-3936-3Published: 26 July 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 144
Topics: Physical Chemistry