Natural Science
Vol.4 No.2(2012), Article ID:17328,8 pages DOI:10.4236/ns.2012.42018

Electromagnetic nature of the nuclear forces and toroid structure of the deuteron and triton

Kiril Kolikov*, Dragiya Ivanov, Georgi Krastev

Plovdiv University “P. Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; *Corresponding Author: kolikov@uni-plovdiv.bg

Received 15 December 2011; revised 10 January 2012; accepted 19 January 2012

Keywords: Deuteron; Triton; Strong Interactions; Binding Energy; Electrostatic Interactions

ABSTRACT

In this paper we model in a new way the nuclei of deuterium and tritium. We consider the nucleons as toroids that rotate at a constant angular velocity around a line perpendicular to their rotation plane and passing through the center of mass of the nuclei. Based on exact analytical formulas obtained by us for the electrostatic interaction between two spheres with arbitrary radii and charges, we obtain that the known binding energy of the deuteron and triton has an electromagnetic nature. We also obtain through these formulas the force of interaction inside these nuclei. Besides that, within the framework of the classical model we use, we calculate the volumes and mass densities of the nucleons. Throughout all that we use the experimentally obtained results for the radii and masses of the nucleons and nuclei under study. Through our toroid model we confirm the main experimental results obtained for the deuteron and triton not only for the binding energy but also for the magnetic moments, spins and stability.

1. INTRODUCTION

In order for a complete theory of the atomic nucleus to be created, that theory has to be able to explain the structure of the nucleus and the available experimental data about its behavior [1-4]. The main difficulty here is the incomplete knowledge of the forces of interaction between nucleons inside the nuclei and their models.

In the field of elementary particles there are two leading models: standard and helicon.

The standard model [5-7] presents elementary particles as quantum objects that can be both wave and particle. As particles they have mass, charge, spin, magnetic moment, quadrupole moment. The elementary particles mainly are modelling with spheres.

The helicon model [8-11], or ring model is less wellknown. According to that model the particles have ring spiral structure of charged filaments, one or more. The filaments are superconductors coiled around an imaginary ring. The helicon model is consistent with all the widely accepted and experimentally verified properties of elementary particles. This model implies the assumption that all known types of interactions (strong, electroweak, gravitational) should be electromagnetic in nature.  

In [12] we introduce a toroid model of the nucleons that is to a certain degree in contradiction with the standard model, but it is in full agreement with the helicon model.

We consider the nucleons as tori, rotating with a constant angular velocity around an axis z, passing through their mass (geometrical) centre O and perpendicular to the plane of rotation of their central circle. From quantum mechanical point of view the nucleon is not a localized object in the three-dimensional physical space and therefore it cannot be consider a sphere or a torus [13]. We feel such a model is appropriate in the formal-heuristic sense of Niels Bohr. It is similar to the old quantum theory model of the electron in the hydrogen atom for which Bohr obtains good results for the description of its spectrums. Modern quantum theory confirms Bohr’s results based on other concepts.

Formal approaches are widely used in physics. In classical mechanics for example a variety of formulations have been proposed by Lagrange, Hamilton and others. The best example in that sense is quantum mechanics, where one introduces the so-called wave function which allows for the theoretical derivation of a number of physical properties confirmed extremely well by experiment.

We consider nucleons within nuclei to be space dimensional objects—tori, within which the electrical charges can be redistributed. This assumption does not contradict the quark model. The latter enables us to determine the electrostatic interaction between them. Based on this model, we obtained that the strong interactions are electromagnetic in nature. To achieve this we used exact analytical formulas first obtained by us about the electrostatic interaction between two charged conducting spheres with arbitrary charges and radii [14].

In this paper we apply this method in order to obtain the electrostatic interaction between nucleons in the nuclei of deuterium and tritium.

As noted by Feynman [15], at distances under 1015 m either Coulomb’s law is not in force or the electrons and protons are not point charges. We consider the proton-neutron couples at distances under 10–15 m. Thus in this paper we determine that the known binding energy between the nucleons in the deuteron and triton is obtained through electromagnetic interactions! We also explain the other basic experimental data—spin, magnetic moment, stability of the nuclei of deuterium and tritium. Doing that, we use the experimentally obtained values of the radii and masses of the nucleons and the nuclei.

We obtain the volumes and mass densities of the nucleons; we also obtain the force of interaction within the nuclei under consideration—results obtained for the first time in nuclear physics.

2. METHOD FOR FINDING OUT ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO CHARGED CONDUSTIVE SPHERES

We will represent the part of the method presented by us in [10], necessary for performing the calculations for the nuclei of deuterium and tritium.

Let S1 and S2 be two isolated charged conductive spheres, with charges Q1, Q2 and radii r1, r2 respectively. Let’s denote with R the distance between their centers O1, O2 in an inertial system J. Since charges Q1 and Q2 are evenly distributed on the surfaces of S1 and S2, it is assumed that before the interaction between the spheres they are concentrated in the centers O1 and O2 respectively.

As a result of the electrostatic interaction between S1 and S2, on their surfaces appear induced charges and, which are interrelated. Formally, we can consider that these charges are located on line segment. On the surfaces of S1 and S2 appear uniformly distributed charges and, we can assume that they are concentrated in their canters O1 and O2.

From the law for preservation of electric charges are in power the equations:

and(1)

We will determine the charges, and hence the charges,. Let as a consequence of be generated image charges (j = 1, 2, 3, ∙∙∙). Because each charge generates, the charges with an odd index (m = 1, 2, 3, ∙∙∙) are located in the sphere, and charges with an even index—in the sphere. Similarly are determined the image charges (j = 1, 2, 3, ∙∙∙), arising as a consequence from charge. The charges with an odd index (m = 1, 2, 3 ∙∙∙) are located in the sphere, and charges with an even index—in the sphere.

Let’s denote and. We introduce for j = 1, 2, 3, ∙∙∙ the following denotations:

(2)

If are the distances of imagecharges, respectively to the centers of the spheres, in [14] we obtain that:

(3)

We find also that:

(4)

Lets

(5)

where at ().

Since charges and are sums of all image charges, located respectively in the spheres and, then

and

From here and from (4) and (5) it follows that

and

Then, substituting these equations in (1), we get:

(6)

Lets denote the charges from formulas (4) and (6), which are located in the sphere as, and those located in the sphere as (). Thus and, and for, , and,. Their corresponding distances to the centers of the spheres, where they are situated, we denote with and (), where.

If, and, then, according to Coulomb’s law, for the magnitude F of the projection of the force of interaction on, acting on the spheres and , we obtain

(7)

The potential energy of interaction between the spheres and, according to [16], is

(8)

Let us point out that in (7) and (8) we do not take into consideration the interactions between the charges inside the spheres and as actually the interaction is external—between the charges on the surface of with the charges on the surface of.

Let M be an arbitrary point in the electric field created by charges and (). If M is at distances and from charges and respectively, then, using the metric relationships in a triangle, we can determine

and

Then based on the principle of linear superposition of states, the potential at point M will be the sum of the potentials of all charges in M [16]. Therefore

(9)

It is worthwhile to mention that using Eqs.7-9 one can determine the interaction between two charged spheres for arbitrary small distances between them, which represents a result obtained for the first time.

3. TOROID MODEL OF NUCLEONS

Using the results from [14] in [12] we first consider the nucleons as spheres, as they are viewed in the standard model. In this case we show that at distances m we can calculate with good approximation the binding energy and force of interaction between nucleons by modeling protons as point charges. But at distances m the proton should not be considered as a point charge. We also found out that using the standard model the binding energy of triton cannot be obtained. Using this model it is difficult to explain the experimentally obtained magnetic moments of the nuclei relative to the magnetic moments of the comprising nucleons; it is also hard to explain the experimental results for the radii and stability of the nuclei.

For this reason we remodel the nucleons as tori [12]. At that they are rotating with a constant angular velocity around a straight axis z, passing through their mass (geometrical) center O and perpendicular to the plane of rotation of their central circle (Figure 1).

After that we study a system of proton and neutron in order to determine the electrostatic interaction between them.

The two tori—of the proton and neutron we denote correspondingly as and and their centers as and. We also assume that the central circles of and lie in parallel or coincident planes and rotate in the same or opposite directions with constant angular velocity around a the straight line z passing through and, and perpendicular to the plane of their rotation. Thus if, then (Figure 2).

Let us denote by and the centers of the forming circles of the tori and, and with and—the radii of the central circles of and. We assume that and are at a distance from each other.

According to experimental data the radius of the proton is smaller than the radius of the neutron. Because of that we consider.

Figure 1. Toroid model of nucleon.

Figure 2. Cross section of a proton-neutron system.

Let and be the radii of the forming circles and. It is clear that, and. Besides that

(10)

where and are the corresponding radii of the proton and neutron in this configuration. It should be noted that for different nuclei, , and, v, may have different values.

From geometrical considerations for will be fulfilled the equation

(11)

It is clear that.

We assume that the volume mass densities of the proton and neutron are equal, i.e.. The volumes of the tori and, according to [17], are correspondingly and. Then if and are the corresponding masses of andthen from it follows that

(12)

In (12) we can substitute the experimentally measured masses of the proton and the neutron [18] kg, kg.

Lets denote with the radius of the empty part of the circle with a radius. Then

(13)

Further let and from Figure 2 be a protonneutron couple bound in the nucleus of deuterium or tritium. If we denote with the radius of the nucleus under consideration, then.

In order to apply the results from Section 2 for spheres we will remodel the tori.

We will emphasize that the potential energy and the force of interaction between two spheres depend on the distance between image-charges, i.e. from the lengths of the line segments from formula (3). These lengths in (3) are determined from the squares of the radii or of the spheres and from the length of their central line, where is the smallest distance between their surfaces. For the square of the radii of each of the two spheres is fulfilled, , where is the surface area of the corresponding sphere. Therefore, when we remodel the tori of the proton and the neutron we have to keep both their surface areas and and the distance between them.   

Due to the central symmetry of the charge of the proton we can consider all of its charge to be concentrated in the geometrical center of the torus.    

Therefore we remodel the proton as a sphere, with radius and the same centre on the straight line z and a surface area equivalent to the torus surface area, i.e. it has the same surface area as the torus. At that is charged with a charge that is centrally symmetrical and can be redistributed.   

The surface area of a torus according to [17] is

(14)

Then, as the surface areas of the torus and the sphere are equal, then from (14) it follows that the radius of is

(15)

We remodel the neutron with a torus with an equivalent surface area. At that has the same center on z and its surface is at the same distance from the surface of as in the case of and (Figure 3).

Let be a sphere. Its central circle, is forming for the torus. We denote the centre of with, at that and with—the radius of. Thus if then and from it follows that, i.e.

(16)

It is clear that and.

From the equality of the surface areas and of the tori and, it follows that

(17)

For the number of spheres which have total surface area equal to the surface area of the torus is fulfilled. Therefore

(18)

We assume that the centre is motionless relative to the inertial reference system J. We introduce a solid non-inertial reference system G that rotates with the constant angular velocity of rotation of relative to J. At that, the point is the centre of the coordinate system, stationary connected with G and relative to which the spheres and are motionless to each other (Figure 3).

Then for the experimentally obtained value of, giving values to q, from Eqs.10-13 we calculate, , , and. With those and formula (15) we obtain the radius of the surface-equivalent sphere. Varying m and   

, from formulas (16) and (17) wecalculate the radius of the forming sphere.  

Thus at, through formulas (7) and (8), we find the binding energy and force of interaction. According to (18), the binding energy and force of interaction between a the proton and the neutron will be

(19)

The Eqs.19 are valid because the forming spheres of the torus are situated symmetrically relative to the centre of the sphere.

Moving on we will structure the nuclei of deuterium and tritium. The positioning of the nucleons in them must correspond to the principle of minimum potential energy. Due to the mass defect in the nucleus, the potential energy of the interaction in the atomic nuclei is calculated by the following formula [2]:

(20)

Here is the number of the protons, – number of the neutrons; kg and kg are the masses of the proton and of the neutron, respectively [18] and is the mass of the considered nucleus; m·s–1 is the velocity of the light in flat vacuum [18]. We will find the values of according to our method with formula (8), comparing them with the values obtained through formula (20).  

Figure 3. Cross section of reduced model of the proton-neutron system.

Let us consider the proton in a unbound state as a torus. Its radius according to [19] is m. If is the center of the forming circle of, then we denote as the radius of this circle and with.

Using formulas (10) and (13) for different values of the radius of the circle of the empty part q we find, , and. We also find the volume of the neutron in a free state since we know its mass and we have assumed that. All the data are given in Table 1" target="_self"> Table 1.

In Table 1 we have denoted with the radius of the forming circle of the torus of the proton and with the radius of the central circle of the torus of the proton.

Due to the mass defect in atomic nuclei the volumes of the nucleons within them change. We will assume however that the volume mass densities of the proton and neutron do not change, i.e..

4. MODEL OF THE DEUTERON

We model the nucleus of deuterium as two concentric toroids inlaid one in the other. The internal torus corresponds to the proton and the external one corresponds to the neutron with and being at a distance m. This configuration provides symmetry relative to the center of masses O of the deuteron placed in its geometrical center (Figure 4). From that follows the stability of the deuteron.

We assume that both tori spin in the same direction with a constant angular velocity around the line z going through their common center and perpendicular to their plane of rotation.

Table 1. Size, volume and mass density of the proton and neutron.

Figure 4. Cross-section of the model of the deuteron.

From this structure follows that the spin of the deuteron will be a sum of the spins of the proton and neutron, i.e. the spin of the deuteron is, which has been experimentally obtained.

The nucleons, binding to each other within the deuteron almost double their total mass relative to their separate masses and as a consequence the centrifugal force increases. From this follows that the radius of the deuteron is larger than the radii of the nucleons and as has been experimentally determined it is m [18].

Let us assume that the charge of each of the nucleons is distributed parallel along a circle with a center O. Then a circular current appears and the magnetic moments of the nucleons are proportional to the magnitude of the charges and their angular velocity but also to the square of their distance from the center of rotation. The inlaying of the proton within the neutron increases the radius of the neutron more relative to the increased radius of the proton. This explains why the sum of the magnetic moments of the proton JT–1 and neutron JT–1 is larger than the magnetic moment of the deuteron

JT–1 [18].

Let and be the centers of the forming circles of and and let the radii of those circles be and correspondingly. We denote as and the radii of the central circles of the tori and (Figure 4).

In this case and, also and. Based on the method we described in Section 3 using mass volume density of the nucleons from Table 1 we find, , and. In formula (12) we consider the mass defect, proportionally for the masses of the proton and neutron. The experimentally obtained mass of the deuteron is kg [18]. Then, according to formula (20), the binding energy of the deuteron is J.

This value we confirm at different values of the distance between the tori (Table 2) for with the corresponding formula from (19). From (19) we also obtain the force of interaction for the deuteron.

In Table 2 we have denoted with and respectively the radius of the forming circle of the torus of the neutron and the proton, with and respecttively the radius of the central circle of the torus of the neutron and the proton and with the force of interaction between the nucleons in the deuteron.

5. MODEL OF THE TRITON

The triton is obtained structurally from the deuteron by adding one more neutron. The second neutron tries to take over the place of the first one.

The neutron, although it can be assumed electrically neutral, i.e. with a common charge n = 0, has an internal electric structure, its negative charge, as opposed to the positive one is distributed primarily at its surface [20,21].

Then because of the repulsion between the tori and the central circles of the nucleons will be situated symmetrically in two planes parallel to the plane in which the central circle of proton torus is situated. At that and will be at the same distance m from. This configuration provides symmetry relative to the center of masses (geometrical center) O of the triton (Figure 5). From this follows the relative stability of the triton y.

Let us denote as the centers of the tori and as—the center of. Then the center and the points are on the same line z, perpendicular to their plane of rotation.

The tori and rotate around z with a constant angular velocity in the same direction (e.g. clockwise) and will rotate with the same velocity in the opposite direction (counterclockwise), i.e. with a velocity. Thus we obtain that the spin of the triton is which is experimentally confirmed.

Table 2. Size of the nucleons and force of interaction in the deuteron.

Figure 5. Cross-section of the model of the triton.

The neutron that rotates in an opposite direction will decrease the centrifugal force caused by the nucleons rotating in the same direction. Therefore the radius of the triton. According to experiments m [22].

The magnetic moments caused by the redistributed charges in the neutrons cancel each other out. Thus the magnetic moment of the triton is caused only by the charge of the proton. As a consequence of the increased radius of the proton relative to the free state the magnetic moment of the triton JT–1 is larger than the magnetic moment of the proton JT–1, as shown by experimental data [18].

Let and be the centers of the forming circles respectively of and with corresponding radii and . We denote and for,.

In this case and if is the radius of the triton, then.

Due to the central symmetry of the charge of the proton we can assume that all of its charge is concentrated in the geometrical center O. Because of that we model the proton as a sphere with a center O and radius, equivalent in surface are to. At that is charged with a charge, which is centrally symmetrical and can be redistributed.

With () we denote the tori that are equivalent in surface to with centers and centers of the forming circles (Figure 6). At that and have the same distance between them as and. With we denoted the forming sphere of.

We assume the point O to be stationary relative to the inertial reference frame J. We introduce two solid noninertial reference systems and, that rotate with the constant angular velocities and respectively of and relative to J.

The point O is a center of the coordinate system stationary connected with the reference system relative to which the spheres and are stationary to each other (Figure 6).

The two tori and are symmetrical relative to the sphere. Then it is enough to study the electrostatic interaction only between one of them and. We assume with some approximation that between and there is no electrostatic interaction since their total charges are zero. Besides that, to simplify the calculations, we assume that the distance between the surfaces of each of the tori is the same and equal to. Then the distance.

Since, using the model we revealed in Section 3, with the volume mass density of the nucleons from Table 1 we find, and,. In formula (12) we consider the mass defect proportionally for the masses of the proton and two neutrons. The experimenttally obtained mass of the triton is kg [18].

Then, according to formula (20) the binding energy of the triton is J. This value we confirm for different values of the distance between the tori (Table 3) for, or using the corresponding formula from (19). From (19) we also obtain the force of interaction for the triton for or.

In Table 3 we have denoted with and respectively the radius of the forming circle of the torus of the neutron and the proton, with and respectively the radius of the central circle of the torus of the neutron and the proton and with the force of interaction between the nucleons in the triton.

We should note that by determining the value of, we can also vary h, where in this case is fulfilled .

6. DISCUSSION

In [12] considering the nucleons as tori we theoreticcally determine the potential energy and the force of interaction in the systems: proton-neutron, proton-proton and proton-neutron-proton, which we derive using experimentally obtained results for the radii and the masses of the nucleons in unbound condition.

Figure 6. Cross-section of the reduced model of the triton.

Table 3. Size of the nucleons and force of interaction in the triton.

Using our method, we have shown that the electromagnetic forces for the proton-neutron pair are quite strong (in the order of the nuclear forces) an short-ranged. This suggests that the binding energy of the nucleons have electromagnetic nature. We can also explain other basic experimental data like stability, radius, magnetic moment and spin of the nuclei.

In this paper, we concretize the general results obtained in [12] for the nuclei of deuterium and tritium.

7. CONCLUSIONS

Nuclear physics bases its knowledge on experiments and has numerous different contradicting models. Considering nucleons as tori and modeling the deuteron and triton, we obtain and explain their basic experimentally obtained characteristics and also obtain new characteristics of these nuclei.

Our model can also be applied for more complicated atomic nuclei. Based on particular charge and current configurations to it can be considered the interaction betweennucleons in electrodynamic aspect; to be find analytical expressions for the magnetic moments, to determine the angular velocity of nucleons, the linear velocity at particular points on their surface, etc.; to explain excited states of the nuclei; to be find out the potential of the electromagnetic field generated by atomic nuclei and to calculate their quadrupole moments for the deuteron and the other nuclei.

8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors express their gratitude to the computer specialist Stefan Bozhkov, who with the help of Wolfram Mathematica 7.0 performs the calculations in this article. The results of the present studies are published with the financial support of the Fund for Scientific Research with the Ministry of Education and Science under contract DTC No. 02/35.

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