How to get a paper published as an independent unknown

From: Jay R. Yablon (jyablon_at_nycap.rr.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:48:26 +0000 (UTC)

For a number of years have been doing independent research into the question
of why the Fermions have the masses they have, and believe I have made a
significant breakthrough in the past two months and can now predict these
lepton masses.

But, as an independent researcher without a name or affiliation, it seems
impossible to get a fair hearing at many of the journals.

What do you think is the best route for an unknown to take to get someone to
take a good look? Are there journals that are more likely than others to at
least take a good look at a paper from an unknown rather than sending out a
form rejection letter? If so, which ones? I am not looking for a journal
with low standards, I am looking for a journal that is open to publishing
articles which may be off the beaten track, but which nevertheless are
promising.

Are there particular individuals in the physics establishment who have a
reputation for open-mindedness whom it might be good to try to connect with?
I am feeling frustrated because I know I have something here, and I don't
know how to get it into the light of day.

Insofar as the specific results, If you take the sum of the electron masses
over the three observed generations, this sum turns out to be given within
experimental error by m(e) + m(mu) + m(tau) = v[e^2 + e^4][1 + e sin
thetaW], where e^2 = 1/137.036 is the electromagnetic coupling at low probe
energy, v = 246,220 MeV is the Fermi vacuum, thetaW is the weak mixing
angle, and m(e) + m(mu) + m(tau) = 1883.16 +0.29 / -0.26 MeV is the
experimentally-observed mass total for the three electrons.

Take out a calculator and try it. It is a simple calculation and it works
within experimental error.

For the neutrinos, the formula is m(e-neutrino) + m(mu-neutrino) +
m(tau-neutrino) = v[e^4][1 + e sin thetaW]. Because the mu-neutrino is
experimentally limited to be < 0.19 MeV, this predicts that 13.45 MeV <
m(tau-neutrino) < 13.65 MeV. This is also within experimental error.

And, I did not just pull these formulas out of thin air. They derive from
120 pages of detailed analysis of the standard electroweak model. They are
pedagogically sound. I can send you a copy of the paper if you wish.

Any advice is very much appreciated.

Very truly yours,

Jay R. Yablon
_____________________________
Jay R. Yablon
Email: jyablon@nycap.rr.com

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