The Bohr Atom of Glueballs
| dc.creator | Ralston, John P. | |
| dc.date | 2003-01-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:49:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:49:01Z | |
| dc.description | Recently Buniy and Kephart made an astonishing empirical observation, which anyone can reproduce at home. Measure the {\it lengths} of closed knots tied from ordinary rope. The ``double do-nut'', and the beautiful trefoil knot are examples. Tie the knots tightly, and glue or splice the tails into a seamless unity. Compare two knots with corresponding members of the mysterious particle states known as ``glueball'' candidates in the literature. Propose that the microscopic glueball mass ought to be proportional to the macroscopic mass of the corresponding knot. Fit two parameters, then {\it predict} 12 of 12 remaining glueball masses with extraordinary accuracy, knot by knot. Here we relate these observations to the fundamental gauge theory of gluons, by recognizing a hidden gauge symmetry bent into the knots. As a result the existence and importance of a gluon mass parameter is clarified. Paradoxically forbidden by the usual framework, the gluon mass cannot be expressed in the usual coordinates, but has a natural meaning in the geometry of knots. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 2 Figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0301089 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0301089 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/42246 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | The Bohr Atom of Glueballs | |
| dc.type | text |