Pair Production Threshold Is The Gluonic Field Quantum
Abstract
Correcting my excitement from version 1 which did not address precision with enough care. The threshold for pair production is strikingly close to the gluonic field quantum, approximately 2 x (mass of the electron), suggesting that pair production is a photon-gluon interaction. Conducting a pair production experiment using Sn-112 and Sn-124 will give a significant difference in cross sections, difference is predicted by ROST to be up to 22% despite no change in Z.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 8 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint