Hi Dr. Storms, It was bad wording on my part to suggest that I was seeking an actual "radius". I meant to imply the distance (radius) where the repulsive force was negated/overpowered by the strong force.
My question goes back to a number of theoretical computer simulations I have run over the past year that were initially based on the famous equation: F = 1/r^2, the equation that best represents the orbital motion characteristics of most planetary bodies within the macro world, particularly on the solar-system scale. I started experimenting with this simple equation. I started including all sorts of hybrid variations. I noticed that one "hybrid" simulation simulated something akin to the behavior of a coulomb barrier by simply including a new equation, 1/r^3, the cubed root, where one keeps the square root 1/r^2 as a negative(repulsive) sign and make the cubed 1/r^3 root a positive(attractive) sign. I discovered that the influence of the cubed equation was mostly hidden, completely overwhelmed by the squared negative equation over most of the simulated 2-D geometry where a satellite (a charged particle) attempts to approach a central nucleus. It's only when the orbiting satellite/particle by perchance approaches extremely close (such as through strong kinetic energy, etc...) that the positive signed cubed formula has any chance of overwhelming the repulsive negative square of the distance force. What fascinated me about my computed simulations was the fact that when the satellite/particle broke through the "barrier" the consequences were dramatic. The particle was sucked in faster than crap shooting out of a goose in reverse. (Sorry, very bad imagery!) Also, each computer simulated time-slice behaved in an extreemely crude way like a quantized time-packet. Weird unexpected things could happen between time-slices, particularly at the "event horizon." This is not to imply that my simple computer simulations explain exactly how the Coulomb barrier works. OTOH, it's was a simple model that worked quite well in its own fashion, and sometimes one finds themselves wondering perhaps arrogantly if Nature prefers simplicity over complexity. But who really knows! ;-) My simulations suggested to me that the distance of the coulomb barrier would indeed "change" based on different counts of protons & neutrons within a nucleus. In what way I have yet to determine. More simulations are needed. ;-) Incidentally, my computer simulations have occasionally generated amazing imagery, some hauntingly beautiful in a Mandela-like way. PS: Jones, Thanks for your input, too! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/OrionWorks
