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The Nature of the Elementary Particle [electronic resource] / by M.H. MacGregor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacGregor, M.H., Author.
- Series:
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 81
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Physics, general.
- Local Subjects:
- Physics, general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XXII, 482 pp. 101 figs., 39 tabs.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 1978.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Prologue: The wave-particle duality of the elementary particle
- and summary
- The elementary particle: Victim of an historical accident
- What is the nature of the elementary particle?
- Is the “elementary particle” elementary or composite?
- What is the binding energy of the quark?
- Evidence for the fundamental spinless mass quantum M = 70 MEV
- The relativistic mass increase for spinning systems
- The muon: Lonely orphan or missing link
- Evidence for the spin 1/2 Spinor S = 330 MEV
- The fundamental baryon states N, A, ?, ?, and ?
- Elementary particle lifetimes: An untapped goldmine of information
- Do orbital angular momentum barriers apply to elementary particles?
- Spin and orbital angular momentum components of baryons
- Spin and orbital angular momenta in mesons: The ? and ? mesons
- Transitions between spinless and spinning masses; spin quantization
- Mapping the baryon resonances
- Mapping the low-mass meson resonances
- Mapping the high-mass “new Particle” meson resonances
- The geometry of the elementary particle
- Electromagnetic effects and precision mass calculations
- Implications for nuclear physics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 3-540-35810-2
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