Classical quarks in dual electromagnetic fields

TL;DR

This paper explores classical models of quark-like particles using dual electromagnetic fields, revealing their fractional charges, confinement mechanisms, and intrinsic symmetries, with implications for hadron structure.

Contribution

It introduces a classical field model with dual electromagnetic fields to describe quark properties, including fractional charges and confinement, providing new insights into hadron structure.

Findings

Quarks can have fractional charges within the model.

The model shows a confining potential derived from short-range interactions.

Multi-quark solutions include stable and unstable configurations.

Abstract

Electromagnetic properties of quark-like particles are examined in a classical field model involving extended dual electromagnetic fields. These can have fractional charges and a confining potential that derives essentially completely from a short-range weaker potential. The combined potentials exhibit an asymptotically free spherical surface and contribute to the masses of the particles. The quarks are shown to have an intrinsic symmetry that describes their structures in hadrons. Multi- quark solutions are easily obtained for both stable and unstable particles. Each quark can undergo simple harmonic motion in a range of frequencies.