Classifying chemical elements and particles: from the atomic to the sub-atomic world
量子物理
2008-01-08 v2 高能物理 - 理论
化学物理
物理学史与哲学
摘要
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.
引用
@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}
}
备注
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