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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 23: Andere Gebiete der Theorie

T 23.3: Talk

Friday, March 7, 2008, 14:30–14:45, KGI-HS 1023

The Origin of the Particle Mass — •Albrecht Giese — Taxusweg 15, 22605 Hamburg

THIS YEAR 2008 will present us the moment of truth with respect to the origin of the particle mass. Some physicists expect to find the Higgs-boson in the upgraded CERN accelerator LHC to confirm the Higgs theory. But that expectation will not be fulfilled.

There is a very fundamental mechanism in physics, which causes the inertial mass. When ever two objects are bound to each other in a way that a certain distance between both is maintained, such a configuration must have an inertial behaviour. This is caused by the finite speed of light c, by which the binding forces propagate. To make use of this fact, we have to learn that elementary particles like leptons and quarks are not point like, but are extended. If we e.g. accept the size of the electron as it was evaluated by Schrödinger from the Dirac equation (1930), we end up - by a very straight classical calculation - at the correct mass of the electron. A similar consideration works for all elementary particles.

The relativistic increase of the mass at motion and the mass-energy-relation (Einstein) are immediate consequences of this approach. The magnetic moment of a particle can be classically derived - in contrast to the statements made in text books.

For further information refer to www.ag-physics.org/rmass.