On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
In the end - it’s hard enough to convince observers that proton mass varies > between atoms in any population - instead is an “average mass” which is not > quantized. One question I have about this approach has to do with a seeming move away from quantization. I take no position on whether this is possible or not, and I may have misunderstood, so just trying to better understand. In order for the proton to have an average mass and not a fixed one, I think there would need to be a degree of freedom that is not quantum, but possibly discrete across a range of values or even continuous? I think you've mentioned the spin magnon in the past. I believe this is a quasi particle that is made up of the spins of the three quarks that make up the proton? What is it that is causing the proton in this model to vary in mass, and is the range of possible masses discrete or continuous? Eric
