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Antonio Lao
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The experimental mass ratio of proton and electron is 1836.
Nobody knows why it has to be this number.
Sir Arthur Eddington did a lot of research on magic numbers of physics. But he did not succeed. One of the magic numbers is the fine-structure constant and another is the mass ratio of proton-electron.
Using the general form of H+ and H-, one can elucidate the mystery of this number 1836.
The proton mass is given by
[tex]n^{15}H-[/tex]
The electron mass is given by
[tex]n^7H-[/tex]
If we now assumed the LOE order is 6, i.e., n=6. The ratio is
[tex]6^8[/tex]
Multiply by 2 and take the square root gives 1832, less than 1% of the accepted value. In this calculation, the contribution from continuous is ignored. And other unknown factors are not considered.
Nobody knows why it has to be this number.
Sir Arthur Eddington did a lot of research on magic numbers of physics. But he did not succeed. One of the magic numbers is the fine-structure constant and another is the mass ratio of proton-electron.
Using the general form of H+ and H-, one can elucidate the mystery of this number 1836.
The proton mass is given by
[tex]n^{15}H-[/tex]
The electron mass is given by
[tex]n^7H-[/tex]
If we now assumed the LOE order is 6, i.e., n=6. The ratio is
[tex]6^8[/tex]
Multiply by 2 and take the square root gives 1832, less than 1% of the accepted value. In this calculation, the contribution from continuous is ignored. And other unknown factors are not considered.
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