2005/04/06 by G. Van Hooydonk, Van Hooydonk, G.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0504040
at the UGent institutional archive, 27 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, > 30 ref., based upon presentations at PSAS(2002) and the Wigner Centennial (2002), submitted
arxiv created 2005/04/06 · openalex publication_date 2005/04/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A chiral 4-fermion or 4-unit charge Coulomb structure for perturbed atom H implies that an intra-atomic H-Hbar transition must obey the same quantitative criteria as a classical intra-molecular Walden inversion. In a trigonal pyramid model for chiral molecule ABCD with A at the top, chirality is minimal when A crosses mirror plane BCD at critical angle pi/2 radians or 90 degrees. This angle is reproduced with one-electron energies of natural perturbed atom H. We prove how these results are still consistent with Bohr theory and the observed H-spectrum. Unlike bound state QED, we promote hydrogen mass to a critical variable and obtain, from first principles, a critical n-value equal to pi. We detect a Mexican hat or double well potential, hidden in the observed terms of natural perturbed atom H, which reveals how the symmetry of the electron-proton bond is broken naturally. The result is that recent claims by ATHENA- and ATRAP-collaborations on the mass production of Hbar may well be premature and that H-Hbar bonding schemes may have to be reconsidered, in line with recent observations (note added in proof: G. Van Hooydonk, Eur Phys J D, 32, 299 (2005)).