In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:55:41 -0700: Hi, [snip] >oops - (my copy editor is late arriving, once again) > > > and so the neutron being about ~1838 times more massive ... > >should be more massive than an electron... and there are certain to be >other errors of haste. > >BTW in one Physics model the proton, with 3 constituent quarks, has 3 >times the mass of up and down quarks (the up and down quark constituent >masses being equal), and the proton/electron mass ratio is calculated to be: > >3 x 2 pi^5 = 6 pi^5 = 1,836.12
The actual proton/electron mass ratio is 1.8361528E+3 only "off" in the sixth decimal place. My bet would be that the formula has an excellent chance of being significant. Perhaps one implication is that each that each quark comprises a pair of particles, each with a mass Pi^5 times that of the electron. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
