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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 100: Miscellaneous

T 100.2: Talk

Friday, March 20, 2026, 09:15–09:30, KH 02.016

The mass quantum and the upper limit of particle masses — •Herrmann Hans-Dieter — Berlin

A particle model is proposed living in a circular extra space, called basic space. The particle mass has two sources: The rotational energy of circulating mass quanta and the Coulomb self-energy of circulating elementary charges. The hadron models contain mass quanta enhanced by circulating charge clusters. This allows to calculate particle masses up to the TeV region, however, such particles are not realized in nature. A predicted parton mass at 1.5 TeV could not be found experimentally. The top quark seem to represent the highest model mass realized in nature. Models of the Z and Higgs bosons could not be achieved using the regular model formulas. One obtains plausible models of the bosons only by assuming a cluster splitting from 48 charges per cluster into 2 x 24 or into 3 x 16 charges. We conclude, that masses above the mass of the top quark are not realized. We predict an upper limit of particle masses near the mass of toponium, at around 400 GeV. The planning of future experiments should be focused on particles already discovered such as neutrinos, the Z and the Higgs boson. Possibly the TeV region could be empty of particles. An overview on the dual space concept is given in https://tonsa.de/

Keywords: geometric particle model; extra space; mass concept; compositeness; upper limit of mass