In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 22 May 2011 08:33:20 -0700: Hi, [snip] >... whereas hydrogen consists of an electron and a proton in 3-space, but >there is a great deal of mathematical similarity. The binding energy level >of positronium is 6.8eV whereas for hydrogen it is 13.6eV. The 2:1 ratio is >not coincidental and we can derive alpha from either. > >However, an interesting note is that the electron has the same charge in >both cases (presumably). But the mass of the positron is ~1836 times less >than a proton. Does this imply that mass itself has charge which is >proportional to 6.8/1836 (half of alpha)? ... IOW that Cahill was onto >something that goes beyond a correction to gravity? - despite being almost >completely ignored...
Note that the ratio is not exactly 2:1. It only approaches 2:1 because the mass of the electron is trivial compared to that of the proton. It would be exactly 2:1 if the proton were infinitely massive. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
