Re: neutron as molecular positronium...

On Feb 28, 9:35 am, jah...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all...

I have the idea that perhaps neutrons and protons actually consist of
a high number of bound positronium atoms. This theory has some nice
features:

1) Explains the deficit of antimatter in the universe (it's mostly
tied up in protons and neutrons)
2) Eliminates the need for quarks (simplification)
3) Qualitatively I could see such a structure binding strongly at
close distances (possibly explaining the strong force)

This theory could be, and probably is, totally wacko. But, I was
interested if anybody could guide me towards exploring this idea
either computationally or analytically. I have a BS in physics - so
I'm no expert, but I at least have a formal education in the basics of
quantum mechanics.

As I said, I don't have much confidence that this theory is correct,
but it would be interesting to prove quantitatively whether it is or
not.

The main problem is that you're ignoring a large body of experimental
evidence already in hand that uniquely distinguishes an
electromagnetic interaction with charge doublets from the strong
interaction with color octets. The experimental evidence indicates
that the former cannot account for them, while the latter can.

Some examples of *experimental* results (not theoretical
constructions):
- the presence of hard scattering centers in the proton and neutron
and the count that shows there are three of them (as opposed to two or
a whole bunch)
- observed isospin selection rules
- 3-jet events at TASSO
- the confirmation of a charm-anticharm meson whose existence was
uniquely predicted by the GSM mechanism
- the confirmation of the omega-minus baryon, along with its mass
being as predicted
- observed neutral current interactions
- K-long/K-short oscillation
- the measured difference between charged and neutral pion lifetimes

PD
.

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