Published October 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

On the possibility of hierarchy for proton and electron in fractal spacetime

  • 1. Donghua University, 1882 Yan-an Xilu Road, Shanghai 200051 (China)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, Jishou University, 427000 Zhangjiajie, Hunan (China)

Description

This paper speculates on the possibility that a proton or an electron could have a hierarchical structure, consisting of quarks and infinite sub-quarks, which have fractional charge values. The charge of a proton or an electron could be seen as a collection fractional charge of quarks and infinite sub-quarks. On extremely small scales or at very high observational resolution equivalent to a very high energy, fractal charge might become foam-like, which can, however, be described using a continued fraction.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2008.12.009

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chaos.2008.12.009;
PII
S0960-0779(08)00541-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 355-357
ISSN
0960-0779

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41020418
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONTINUED FRACTIONS; ELECTRONS; FRACTALS; PROTONS; QUARKS; RESOLUTION; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; LEPTONS; NUCLEONS

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