Possible Existence of Multiply Charged Particles of Mass One

Abstract

THEORETICAL arguments justify the assumption that, while nuclear electrons elude every dynamical treatment, the dynamics of the particles of proton mass in the nuclei is in accord with the general quantum-kinematical scheme.¹ The forces of interaction, however, seem to exceed ordinary Coulomb forces considerably. The binding energy E per particle, for example of a system of two particles of proton mass M in its lowest quantum state, should be for attractive Coulomb forces between tho particles: E ˜Me⁴8h² ˜ 6000 electron volts. that is, about a thousand times less than the actually observed binding energy per proton in the α-particle.