The Inter-Nucleon Up-to-Down Quark Bond and Its Implications for Nuclear Binding

Abstract

This paper describes an interesting and potentially significant phenomenon regarding the properties of up and down quarks within the nucleus, specifically how the possible internucleon bonding of these quarks may affect the bonding energy of the nuclear force. A very simple calculation is used, which involves a bond between two internucleon up and down quarks. This simple calculation does not specify the shape or structure for the nucleus, rather this calculation only examines the energy of all possible internucleon up-to-down bonds that may be formed within a quantum nucleus. A comparison of this calculated binding energy is made to the experimental binding energy with remarkably good results. The potential significance and implications of this noteworthy finding are discussed.

The Electromagnetic Inter-Nucleon Quark-to-Quark Bond and its Effect on the Nuclear Force

“…If the Nuclear Force is dependent on the up and down flavor of quarks, rather than on the color of the quarks, then many problems are resolved, and many questions can be answered [18]. This one simple conceptual change to the Residual Color Model makes an extremely important difference in the understanding of the Nuclear Force.…”

“…Thus, for this one simple change-that the inter-nucleon quark-to-quark bond is related to up/down flavor rather than to color-the five terms of the Weizsäcker formula can be understood as a direct consequence of the inter-nucleon up-to-down quark bonding. Simple calculations show that the concept of inter-nucleon up-todown quark bonding reproduces the binding energy curve surprisingly well [18]. If the force between the inter-nucleon quarks is assumed to be the Electromagnetic Force, then more rigorous calculations can be made, as done in Section 5.…”