Discovering the Strong Force: The History of its Discovery

[Nigel]

Wow, (http://members.lycos.co.uk/nigelbryancook/) makes such an interesting read. I especially like the bit where they prove the origin of the fine structure constant by plugging Heisenberg's uncertainty relation into Newton's second law.

Genius!

Matt

the page does not say what you claim, no wonder you are "baffled matt". learn to read before you learn physics! the historical origin of the fine structure constant is actually Sommerfeld's atomic physics. the proof using Heisenberg comes later, and shows that the quantum electrodynamic exchange is wrong since it overestimates the QED force for electromagnetism by a factor of 137. this factor has to be canceled out by dividing the result by 137 which feynman admits in "QED" is is the biggest damn mystery. anyhow, can the moderator keep this to science and get rid of sneering abuse and deception from this "baffled mat" character, please.

 

[Nigel]

Wow, (http://members.lycos.co.uk/nigelbryancook/) makes such an interesting read. I especially like the bit where they prove the origin of the fine structure constant by plugging Heisenberg's uncertainty relation into Newton's second law.

Genius!

Matt

the page does not say what you claim, no wonder you are "baffled matt". learn to read before you learn physics! the historical origin of the fine structure constant is actually Sommerfeld's atomic physics. the proof using Heisenberg comes later, and shows that the quantum electrodynamic exchange is wrong since it overestimates the QED force for electromagnetism by a factor of 137. this factor has to be canceled out by dividing the result by 137 which feynman admits in "QED" is is the biggest damn mystery. anyhow, can the moderator keep this to science and get rid of sneering deception from this "baffled mat" character, please.

 

[McQueen]

I do not refer to a "continuous spectrum". There is no spectrum associated with electron spin, or with electron orbit for that matter. The energy is emitted continuously and received continuously. It amounts to the same thing as saying there is an ether, since the momentum delivered invisibly where there is "cancelled" charge produces inertia, etc., like being immersed in a perfectly frictionless fluid. Energy is emitted along the electric field lines, delivering momentum and causing forces along those lines.
I admit that this theory sounds interesting. How would you explain quantum effects. Of couurse an ether would go a long way towards explaining how electromagnetic waves propagate , no convincing explanations seem to exist in the present etherless physics to explain this phenomenon.