The mass-charge binding energy as an explanation for the superfine adjustment of the hadron and baryon masses

Abstract

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) describes how mass is created at the quark level. This mechanism is special, because the binding of quarks does not result in a mass loss or a release of energy, as in the case of the nuclear mass defect. Rather, mass is created by the binding of quarks. To achieve this binding, energy must be expended. At the same time, however, quarks are firmly bound to each other. Several authors have shown that the masses of the elementary particles as determined by means of QCD agree quite well with the experimentally determined values. In the following, superfine adjustment of the masses of the charged elementary particles is shown to be possible by considering the mass defect in terms of the mass-charge binding energy.