Plasma-like Description for Elementary and Composite Quantum Particles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- How can a continuous charge density distribution be approximated by a discrete one with a quantized charge?
- What mathematical model (equations of motion) can underlie such a description?
- How can the description be extended to composite particles?
- What are some implications of the obvious analogy with plasma?
2. Methods and Results
2.1. Approximation of a Continuous Charge Density Distribution by a Discrete One with a Quantized Charge
2.2. An Example Mathematical Model
2.3. Extension to Composite Particles
2.4. The Plasma Analogy
3. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Electron Coordinates | Positron Coordinates |
−3.1126741447007592777837555796944 | 2.9530344365605025711769473845442 |
−2.8775683647214638678316386267493 | −3.0951381769952591512118001250174 |
−2.6434375832598523581831400447478 | −2.8614098696120820985572576736353 |
−1.9336327385447378036758712466442 | −2.1882892356297157247876068745650 |
−1.6936070421273554090248068336325 | −2.6326516523345556425794778026752 |
−2.1719682464297679903185420586677 | −1.9710273543645197236521756279888 |
−1.4519956803651471460404417607211 | −1.7555235230550466106754786539860 |
−1.2088029171600329445514113518049 | −1.5403236844404032536985003739319 |
−0.96395311532928105718506480243987 | −1.1039117628153018022432733933447 |
−0.71762228955760307445232301075533 | −1.3237515410575950384914085327471 |
−0.47125651467198634491476595790667 | −0.87873421856160715534322966231588 |
−0.22858211104030609796912348102868 | −0.64632138885302414208246702251485 |
0.86186952364267439824952086701953 | 0.33294945631962504080286722164668 |
0.00616783249506095738298247885632 | −0.40611981918357315216289810648891 |
0.23137130395092737580909635004611 | −0.16042959567225122871033380542859 |
0.44789490782808160879397312969880 | 0.08676186721721802846687332761214 |
0.65746934747098210872577876522952 | 0.57756516301030844804631542526482 |
1.2615668189213491342215825540197 | 0.82076073717919350910333838443007 |
1.4597980397241581466451663147530 | 1.3035691589932125510920278727478 |
2.0643955075009215796102922944881 | 2.0187559332910846063814218989366 |
1.6587989484672624969753714473643 | 1.7817077278249609050042692119912 |
1.8599046587703446165936780433590 | 1.5432590795101890022517254564541 |
2.2734402898434140647729061709433 | 2.2542171585208840682836715659146 |
2.7088031793185310430667064345281 | 2.7204794077160776393522523646147 |
2.9363544347316877716974068736781 |
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