Rishon Model of Elementary Particles
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Rishon Model of Elementary Particles
Overview
The Rishon Model suggests that quarks and leptons are composed of fundamental particles known as rishons. This model offers a potential foundation for a unified field theory, which aims to explain the interactions of all fundamental forces and particles.
Key Concepts
- Rishons: There are two types of rishons: the T rishon, with mass and charge \(e/3\), and the V rishon, which is neutral and has little to no mass. Both types have spin 1/2 and carry color charge, combining in triplets or rishon-antirishon pairs.
- Particle Composition:
- An electron consists of three T rishons (TTT).
- A neutrino consists of three V rishons (VVV).
- A down quark is made of one T and two V rishons (TVV).
- An up quark consists of two T and one V rishon (TTV).
- Color Charge: T rishons have a greater color charge than V rishons, affecting the net color of quarks and explaining their particle-antiparticle behavior.
Particle Interactions
All interactions involve the rearrangement of rishons or the creation/annihilation of rishon-antirishon pairs. For instance, beta decay involves a down quark changing into an up quark, emitting an electron and neutrino:
\[ TVV \rightarrow TTV + TTT + VVV \]
Generation of Particles
- Adding TT pairs to the first generation creates the second and third generations of electrons and quarks.
- Similarly, adding VV pairs forms higher neutrino generations.
- The intense binding between rishons unifies their wave functions, nullifying internal structure.
Forces and Binding
- The strong binding of rishons ensures that quarks and leptons retain individual identity when combining.
- Weak, electromagnetic, and strong forces may be manifestations of the color force, carried by weak bosons, photons, and gluons, respectively.
Speculations
- Emitted and absorbed virtual particles may relate to Hawking radiation.
- Rishons might have quantum spacetime states, with their large spins affecting reaction rates and abundance of matter over antimatter.
- This model suggests that rishons might be fundamental quanta of spacetime, with the T and V resembling each other but being slightly mismatched.
Conclusion
If validated, the Rishon Model could provide the basis for a unified field theory, linking the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces to the fundamental nature of spacetime.
Reference
Haim Harari, "The Structure of Quarks and Leptons," Scientific American, April 1983.
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