Abstract

A new form of high energy electron-hadron coupling is examined with reference to the experimental data. The electron is taken to have a neutral vector gluon cloud with a radius ~ 10-18 m. This is shown to be consistent with measurements on e+e- -+ e+e- and 9.-2. At low energies, only photons couple to the gluons, but at higher energies 'evaporation' then 'boiling' of OJ and �J occurs, allowing strong interactions. The model yields accurate predictions for the form of the rise in R = u(e+e--+h)/u(e+e--+p.+p.-). Arguments are given for the order of magnitude of m. and for the lack of a permanent meson cloud in leptons. Strong interaction selection rules forbid a contribution to nO -+ e+e-, and interference with the one-photon channel produces minimal scaling violation in eN processes at present energies. The constant value of u(e+e-)/u(pp) is correctly predicted and evidence from high energy pp interactions is also cited. The'll particles are interpreted as e+eresonances in the evaporation region, and their properties are generated correctly. Predictions are given for the behaviour of u(e�e-) at high energies.

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