Session CB - Field Theory; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Life on Mars.
MIXED session, Friday morning, November 15
Henry Oliver F, Holiday Inn
The classical (Electromagnetic) field theory of Maxwell is combined with the Yukawa interaction and with a Collective Shroedinger Equation into a Unified Semi-Classical Field Theory of the four fundamental interactions. The basic ingredient is the following assumption (argument): Range of a finite-range interaction (strong or weak) depends on the total number of baryons involved in the interaction in the same way that the equilibrium radius of the system does.
Each interaction is related to a charge. Tensor interactions arise from the rotations or spins of such charges. Saturation in an atomic nucleus arises from a balance between the attraction due to the strong interaction and the repulsion due to the Fermionic nature of the nucleons. Quantum-mechanical fluctuations of the nuclear radius lead to a Fermi-function type density distribution. Reasonable agreement with several global nuclear properties is obtained: Binding Energies. Radii. Surface Diffuseness. Proton -Neutron Ratio along the line of stability.