Summary
A gravitational theory of leptons is proposed in which the mass of the electron and that of the muon are the roots of a simple quadratic equation. This equation is obtained from the Reissner-Weyl metric for a charged particle by assuming that the gravitational constant suffers a sharp discontinuity at the surface of a particle, and by imposing the condition that dr/dt=0 along the null line ds=0.
Riassunto
Si propone una teoria gravitazionale dei leptoni, in cui la massa dell'elettrone e quella del muone sono le radici di una semplice equazione quadratica. Si ottiene quest'equazione dalla metrica di Reissner-Weyl per una particella carica, supponendo che la costante gravitazionale subisca una brusca discontinuità alla superficie di una particella, e imponendo la condizione dr/dt=0 lungo la linea nulla ds=0.
Резюме
Предлагается гравитационная теория леитонов, в кототой масы электрона и мюона представляют корни простого квадратного уравнения. Это уравнение получается из метрики Рейсснера-Вейля для заряженной частицы, в предположении, что гравитационная постоянная испытывает резкий скачок на поверхности частицы, и при наложении условия, что dr/dt=0 вдоль нулевой линии ds=0.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
L. Motz:Gravity and the Nature of Fundamental Particles, prize essay, Gravity Research Foundation (1960);Adv. Astronaut. Sci.,8, 476 (1962);Phys. Rev.,89, 60 (1953);119, 1102 (1960);Nature,189, 994 (1961);Phys. Rev.,126, 378 (1962);Nuovo Cimento,26, 1 (1962) (herein referred to as I);L. Motz andA. Seltzer:Phys. Rev.,133, B 1622 (1964).
A. S. Eddington:The Mathematical Theory of Relativity (Cambridge, 1923), p. 204.
R. P. Feynmann andM. Gell-Mann:Phys. Rev.,109, 193 (1958).
C. Møller:The Theory of Relativity (London, 1952), p. 173;W. Pauli:Wellenmechanik (1946), p. 91;Nobel Prize Address (Stockholm, 1945).
H. Weyl:Ann. der Phys.,54, 117 (1917).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
To speed up publication, the author of this paper has agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.
Traduzione a cura della Redazione.
Переведено редакцией.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Motz, L. A gravitational theory of the μ-meson and leptons in general. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 65, 326–332 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726326
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726326