New Synthesis of Elementary Particle Physics: A Theory of Elemental Balance in Physical Transformations

The assumption that matter can be either annihilated or created from nothing permeates the modern-day theory of physics. A key example is the production of photons from the interaction of a positron and an electron. Instead of assuming that the electron and positron no longer exist at the end of this process, it can plausibly be assumed that they continue to exist in a strongly bound state with a binding energy which is exactly equal to the equivalent of their two rest masses (2mec2=1.02 Mev). Such a bound e+e- state is thereupon identified with the photon. This line of argumentation suggests th at Fermi’s conclusion regarding the internal structure of the neutron is also incorrect.