On the origin of natural constants : axiomatic ideas with references to the measurable reality / / Hans Peter Good

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910793294703321
• Autore: Good Hans Peter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 3-11-061238-0; 3-11-061048-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Disciplina: 530.81
• Soggetti: Physical constants; Physical laws
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Lists of Figures and Tables -- Part I -- 1. The David Bohm analogy: a forgotten idea on the origin of mass -- 2. Universal lengths of atomic physics and statistical physics -- 3. Charge localization and delocalization -- 4. The universal length for short-range order -- 5. Calculation of universal parameters by means of the David Bohm analogy -- 6. The universal energy density -- 7. Universal parameters of collective vibrations of the plasma -- 8. The duality relation or the connection between microcosm and macrocosm -- 9. The classical concept of the electrostatic field energy -- 10. The radiation formula of Max Planck -- 11. The gravitational fine-structure constant αgrav as a number constant and the connection to α -- 12. Interpretations of astronomical measurements with universal parameters -- 13. Our star - the sun -- 14. Phenomenological cataloging of particles with Hall fractions -- 15. Interpretation of hydrogen-like systems with α as a number constant -- Part II -- 16. The boundary between semimetal and insulator -- Appendix -- Register
• Sommario/riassunto: Just as the circle number π or the Euler constant e determines mathematics, fundamental constants of nature define the scales of the natural sciences. This book presents a new perspective by means of a ; few axioms and compares the resulting validity with experimental data. By the axiomatic approach Sommerfeld's mysterious fine-structure constant and Dirac's cosmic number are fixed as pure number constants. Thanks to these number constants, it is possible to calculate the value for the anomalous magnetic-moment of the electron in a simple way compared to QED calculations. With the same number constants it is also possible to calculate masses, partial lifetimes, magnetic-moments or charge radii of fundamental particles. The expressions used for the calculations, with few exceptions, yield values within the experimental error limits of the Particle Data Group. The author shows that the introduced number constants give even better predictions than the complicated QED calculations of today's doctrine. In the first part only experimental data from the literature for checking the postulates are used. In the second part the author explains electrical transport measurements with emergent behaviour, which were carried out in a professional environment.