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On the mass spectrum of elementary particles

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A simple theory of the elementary particle mass spectrum is proposed. It originates from the Dirac idea of the free electron motion and from the transformed Klein-Gordon equation. The theory is based on an equation that includes the squared mass operator having an infinite sequence of orthogonal eigenfunctions and a discrete spectrum of eigenvalues. A discrete mass formula is derived. It yields values of mass that are in agreement with present-day empiric data for elementary particles.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland

    J. K. Kowalczyński

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Kowalczyński, J.K. On the mass spectrum of elementary particles. Letters in Mathematical Physics 15, 165–170 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397838

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