The purpose of this article is to stimulate new thought in elementary
particle physics and is highly speculative, without mathematical
rigor. It leaves that rigor to others as a new field of study.
It presupposes that, shortly after
all the big bang, when most matter and antimatter was annihilated,
a statistical fluctuation occurred. As a result of the fluctuation,
a predominance of the
remaining positrons were leptonically bound with a slightly
lesser number of electrons and assorted neutrinos
in hadrons and a that predominance of
the electrons were left leptonically unbound, to later be
electricly bound to protons and other evolving nucleons
as atoms.
This article then proposes that all matter,
including complex leptons and hadrons,
is made up of combinations (bindings) of basic leptons: the
electron, positron, and neutrinos. It describes the observed
symmetries within particle groups in terms of lepton excesses
above (below) lepton-antilepton pairs. The mathematical nature
of the bindings and the shape of the potential well are not
specified herein.
This description of matter, while lacking
technical rigor at this time, is highly satisfying from several
points of view. It explains why the charge of the electron and
proton are, except for sign, identical. It can account for all
matter and antimatter.
Except for neutrinos, which only interact at extremely
short distances, this description of matter only involves
particles which can be detected directly. It does not rely
on quarks, gluons, etc., which have not been subject to direct
detection. This description provides for a higher granularity
of the internal
structure of baryons than the standard model would predict.
Finally, it provides for strict conservation of quantities such
as strangeness and charm and provides a satisfying explanation
of the weak interaction.