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Particle masses, force constants, and Spin(8)

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From a number of qualitative conjectures, the constantsm e ,c, ħ, and a spin(8) gauge field theory, I derive the following particle masses (quark masses are constituent masses) and force constants: up quark mass=312.7542 MeV; down quark mass=312.7542 MeV; proton mass=938.2626 MeV; neutrino masses (all types)=0; muon mass=104.76 MeV; strange quark mass=523 MeV; charmed quark mass=1989 MeV; tauon mass=1877 MeV; bottom quark mass=5631 MeV; top quark mass=129.5 GeV;W + mass=80.87 GeV;W − mass=80.87 GeV;W 0 mass=99.04 GeV; fine structure constantα= 1/137.036082; weak constant times the proton mass squared φM 2p =0.97×10−5; color constant=0.6286. From the pion mass in addition, I derive the Planck mass ≈(1–1.6)×1019 GeV, so that the gravitational constant times the proton mass squared GM 2p ≈ (3.6–8.8)×10−39.

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Smith, F.D.(. Particle masses, force constants, and Spin(8). Int J Theor Phys 24, 155–174 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00672650

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