Recent content by GeorgeBaxter

Thanks for the link.

In a literal sense, yes, I have not studied and solved equations of QFT. However fields generally have the form of inverse square law, or some exponential decay with distance. The fall off of the function will depend upon constants associated with field. Eg. G is the Newtonian law of gravity. In...

Firstly, thank complete for a more complete and constructive reply. I think that we have a vastly different opinion as to what is “popularist” is. To me, it is someone making wild or exaggerated claims, with no reference to academia. Fermilab, and CERN, are world class leading laboratories. Don...

Thanks Mitchell, for asking the right questions. I have a degree in mathematical physics from Sussex university. All of the concepts that you mentioned were in the courses. Fields seem to by the dominant concept these days, especially in QED, QFT, QCD. The quantisation of gravity is problematic...

Ok, then explain the physics. I have not asked for the Lagrangian. I am asking for the physics. Please explain the physics of how a fundamental particle's mass can vary by five orders of magnitude from the measured, most probable mass. Thanks

I detect a certain level of discomfort. All the comments so far talk around the question, without giving an actual explanation for a very low mass of the W boson. One response was the 4 momentum squared does not equal the mass squared for a virtual particle. That doesn’t actually explain...

Forget my extrapolation. Quoting Dr Don, "While the mass of the weak force particles are, on average, about 100,000 eV, those particles actually have a range of masses. You can see the range here. Where the curve is high, lots of those particles exist. Where the curve is low, very few do. And...

Thanks for your reply. I am puzzled why Fermilab would have a channel to inform, but somehow make statements which may not be valid. There will always be limits to how far analogies can be pushed. In this case, he did say it was a real mass. I will contact him for an explanation. Thanks for your...

Hello everyone I have been following Fermilab presentations by Dr Don Lincoln for some years. Recently he did a deeper review into the four fundamental forces. He explained why the weak force is relatively weak. The explanation given was that the “normal” mass of the W boson is relatively high...

I did look for the explicit references in the wikipedia up quark page. It is true that there was no explicit reference to the relativistic nature of bound quarks. There page has been in existence since 2003, with ~500 edits, and 15 references to high quality materials such as Richard Feynman and...

Thank you Peter, for that additional clarification. My sin is to use everyday terminology, rather than the rigorous terminology needed in a peer reviewed paper. After all, I was not making a massive claim but floating an idea. That idea has been confirmed. That there can be higher energy states...

Ok, I think that I have found enough references to answer my own question. Below are two links. Both refer to the relativistic speeds of the quarks with nucleon. https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2018/08/epjconf_mmcp2018_02012.pdf "... quarks in a relativistic nucleon ..."...

I accept that my original was too brief and ambiguous. However, I did clarify it with this, and that is being ignored. I am right about the classical model of the hydrogen atom being unstable. The solution was one of the events that lead to quantum mechanics. The solutions are the energy...

You are totally misquoting. If you had bothered to read my post, and knew anything about the history, classical EM predicts that the hydrogen atom is unstable as it would radiate EM waves. The QM model explains why it DOES NOT emit EM waves. See the link to the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom...

I am not sure what you are saying is "not correct". We both say that accelerating charges emit EM radiation. The problem arises from classical physics. Take a hydrogen atom. If the electron were in a simple orbit around a proton, it is accelerating, and would emit EM, and so spiral towards the...