Abstract
We justify and extend the standard model of elementary particle physics by generalizing the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. The usual assumption that space and time are continuous implies, indeed, that it should be possible to measure arbitrarily small intervals of space and time, but we ignore if that is true or not. It is thus more realistic to consider an extremely small “quantum of length” of yet unknown value a. It is only required to be a universal constant for all inertial frames, like c and h. This yields a logically consistent theory and accounts for elementary particles by means of four new quantum numbers. They define “particle states” in terms of modulations of wave functions at the smallest possible scale in space-time. The resulting classification of elementary particles accounts also for dark matter. Antiparticles are redefined, without needing negative energy states and recently observed “anomalies” can be explained.
Highlights
Many types of elementary particles have been discovered and characterized by means of empirically defined quantum numbers
Can we really exclude the existence of an ultimate limit for the smallest measurable length? To answer this question, we considered that the value a of this “quantum of length” is unknown, but has to be a universal constant for all inertial reference frames like c and h
Direct detection of galactic dark matter (DM) particles is so important that a Large Underground Xenon (LUX) system has been installed in a South Dakota mine (USA)
Summary
How to cite this paper: Meessen, A. (2021) Elementary Particles Result from Space-Time Quantization. How to cite this paper: Meessen, A. (2021) Elementary Particles Result from Space-Time Quantization. Received: July 28, 2021 Accepted: September 27, 2021 Published: September 30, 2021
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