>From "Quaternion Physics<http://books.google.com/books?id=f9IPh4IxteMC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=quaternion+fine+structure+constant> ":
"In examining the Hydrogen atoms Quantum speed, ½(e/q)² = 1/137.12 appears and is approximagely equal to α." Quaternions are the third normed division algebra. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. Do the normed division algebras enter into Mills' theory? > > If so, I have something to contribute: > > There may be a mathematical identity between the 4 normed division > algebras and the 4 levels of the combinatorial hierarchy. > > A paper by Stanford researcher Pierre Noyes describing the prediction of > cosmological measurements based on the combinatorial hierarchy (which is > therein defined): > > http://slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-8779.pdf > > The reason I am suspicious that there is a connection between the two is > the parsimony with which the third level of the combinatorial hierarchy's > electroweak interaction can be described by quaternions, and my intuition > that the strong interaction may parsimoniously be described by complex > numbers. > > An introduction to Noyes's bitstring physics: > > http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9707020.pdf > > wherein he associates the four levels of the combinatorial hierarchy with > the four scale constants for the superstrong, strong, electroweak and > gravitational interactions respectively > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Jeff Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I tried to summarize a few reasons why I believe Randell Mills's theory >> of the atom. >> >> ============================================== >> For decades, physicists have struggled with how to interpret the fine >> structure constant, alpha = 1/137.035999 >> Physicist Richard Feynman said this decades ago: “It has been a mystery >> ever since it was discovered more than fifty years ago, and all good >> theoretical physicists put this number up on their wall and worry about it.” >> Feynman also said: ”It’s one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics: >> A magic number with no understanding by man” >> >> In my view, the value of the fine structure constant is explained by >> Randell Mills’s model of the hydrogen atom. >> In Mills’s model, the principal quantum number n can take on fractional >> values with the smallest being n =1/137. For purposes of the following >> energy calculations, assume an electron is orbiting around the proton in a >> stable orbit at the principal quantum number n = 1/137.035999 (i.e. the >> fine structure constant, alpha) and has a radius R based on Mills's >> theory. An electron orbiting at this radius R has the following 5 energy >> calculations related to it and they *all* equal exactly 510998.896 eV or >> the rest mass of the electron (this is to 9+ significant digits!). >> The energy equations are: >> 1. Resonant energy of the vacuum for a sphere having radius R. >> 2. Capacitive energy of a sphere having radius R. >> 3. Magnetic energy for an electron orbiting a proton on the infinite >> number of "great circles" (as described by Mills) on the surface of a >> sphere having radius R. >> 4. Planck equation energy for a photon having a wavelength that matches a >> sphere having radius R. >> 5. Electric potential energy for an electron evaluated at infinity >> relative to a sphere having radius R with a proton at the center. >> >> The amazing thing is that these 5 energy equations above are classical, >> meaning no quantum theory is involved and it uses Newtonian dynamics and >> Maxwell’s equations. The 5 energy equations are exactly the same as found >> in physics textbooks. >> The energy equations are related to Mills's "Pair Production" (where a >> photon is converted into an electron) and to have an organized, logical >> theory have such a coincidence where they all equal the rest mass of the >> electron would be impossible in my view. >> >> Mills's equations for the radius of the orbiting electron can be derived >> using the same methods as Niels Bohr but with slightly different >> postulates. >> >> 1. Bohr postulated that the momentum of the electron was equal to the >> principal quantum number multiplied by the reduced Planck constant for all >> stable orbits. Mills postulates that the momentum of the electron is equal >> to *only* the reduced Planck constant at all stable orbits (i.e. it is not >> a function of principal quantum number). >> 2. Bohr postulated that the electric charge experienced by the electron >> due to the proton is equal to e (the elementary charge) for all stable >> orbits. Mills postulates that the electric charge experienced by the >> electron due to the proton *and* the trapped photon is equal to e/n or the >> elementary charge divided by the principal quantum number for all stable >> orbits. >> >> You can find out more about Randell Mills's theory at my website here: >> >> http://zhydrogen.com >> >> Side note: Mills's lowest allowed orbit is 1/137 not 1/137.035999 and (I >> think) the difference between the two numbers is related to a small >> magnetic interaction between the electron and the proton. You can see more >> detail in Mills's book, Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics (GUTCP) >> which is streamed here: >> >> http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory-2/book/book-download/ >> >> >> >

