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. 1989 Nov;86(22):8618–8619. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.22.8618

Triton,... electron,... cosmon,...: An infinite regression?

Hans Dehmelt 1
PMCID: PMC298338  PMID: 16594084

Abstract

I propose an elementary particle model in which the simplest near-Dirac particles triton, proton, and electron are members of the three top layers of a bottomless stack. Each particle is a composite of three particles from the next layer below in an infinite regression approaching Dirac point particles. The cosmon, an immensely heavy lower layer subquark, is the elementary particle. The world-atom, a tightly bound cosmon/anticosmon pair of zero relativistic total mass, arose from the nothing state in a quantum jump. Rapid decay of the pair launched the big bang and created the universe.

Keywords: near-Dirac particles, electron g factor, the elementary particle, quantum jump, cosmonium world-atom

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