Structure of a spinning point particle at rest

Abstract

The momentum, angular momentum, and energy of a spinning particle each consists of two terms, as if the particle were composed of two other particles that move coherently in different orbits about their common center of mass. The conditions that the momentum terms cancel each other and that the orbital angular momenta should be quantized lead to a series of quantized mass-energy levels and mass ratios that describe the relevant experimental data to better than 0.25%. The correlated particles move as if they have a potential energy that is constant for very small distances from the fixed center of mass and that increases linearly for large distances, but no quarks or gluons are postulated. Baryons and mesons are linked to each other, as are baryons and antibaryons.