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Hidden Vector 'Coordinates' in Particle Physics
Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
Heretofore unrecognized (i.e., "hidden") Lorentz-invariant vector observables in the fermion sector (i.e., flavor-defining fermion "coordinates") are shown to indirectly explain mo…
Evidence for Internal Topological Constraints on Neutrino Mixtures
Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
Assuming that the e- and (mu- or tau-type) neutrinos start and end "life" as topologically distinct quantum objects, and assuming that topology maintenance is preferred over topolo…
Electric Charge as a Vector Quantity
Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
Starting with the premise that the electric charge associated with fundamental fermions (quarks and leptons) can, under certain circumstances, be appropriately represented as a rea…
Topological Constraints on Long-Distance Neutrino Mixtures
Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
A new internal description of fundamental fermions (quarks and leptons), based on a matrix-generalization (F) of the scalar fermion-number f, predicts that only three families of q…
Continuation of the Fermion-Number Operator and the Puzzle of Families
Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
An "analytic continuation" of a Hermitian matrix representing the conventional fermion-number operator, leads to a new, and unconventional, internal description of quarks and lepto…