Leptons, quarks, and their antiparticles from a phase-space perspective

TL;DR

This paper proposes a phase-space approach to interpret antiparticles and internal quantum numbers without relying on time reversal, deriving particle properties and structures like mesons and baryons from nonrelativistic phase space concepts.

Contribution

It introduces a novel phase-space framework that explains antiparticles, quantum numbers, and hadronic structures without preons or explicit time reversal, offering new insights into particle physics.

Findings

Antiparticles can be interpreted without explicit time reversal.

Quantum phase space leads to internal quantum numbers and the Gell-Mann-Nishijima relation.

String-like structures emerge, resembling mesons and baryons.

Abstract

It is argued that antiparticles may be interpreted in macroscopic terms without explicitly using the concept of time and its reversal. The appropriate framework is that of nonrelativistic phase space. It is recalled that a quantum version of this approach leads also, alongside the appearance of antiparticles, to the emergence of `internal' quantum numbers identifiable with weak isospin, weak hypercharge and colour, and to the derivation of the Gell-Mann-Nishijima relation, while simultaneously offering a preonless interpretation of the Harari-Shupe rishon model. Furthermore, it is shown that - under the assumption of the additivity of canonical momenta - the approach entails the emergence of string-like structures resembling mesons and baryons, thus providing a different starting point for the discussion of quark unobservability.