Classifying chemical elements and particles: from the atomic to the sub-atomic world
Quantum Physics
2008-01-08 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Chemical Physics
History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
This paper presents two facets. First, we show that the periodic table of chemical elements can be described, understood and modified (as far as its format is concerned) on the basis of group theory and more specifically by using the group SO(4,2)xSU(2). Second, we show that "periodic tables" also exist in the sub-atomic and sub-nuclear worlds and that group theory is of paramount importance for these tables. In that sense, this paper may be considered as an excursion, for non specialists, into nuclear and particle physics.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0310155,
title = {Classifying chemical elements and particles: from the atomic to the sub-atomic world},
author = {Maurice R. Kibler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0310155},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
published in the book "The Periodic Table: Into the 21st Century", edited by D.H. Rouvray and R.B. King (Research Studies Press, Baldock, UK, 2004) pp. 297-329