TITLE:
Fine-Structure Constant at Low and High Energies
AUTHORS:
Lovemore Mamombe
KEYWORDS:
Alpha (), Fine-Structure Constant at Low Energy, Fine-Structure Constant at High Energies, Mamombe Diagram, Golden Section (), Origin of the Fine-Structure Constant, W-Boson, Z-Boson
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.12 No.12,
December
11,
2024
ABSTRACT: The fine-structure constant (
α
) at low and high energies is herein computed from control numbers in the theory of the golden section (
φ
). Countless attempts at deriving, or otherwise explaining the origin of
α
have so far focused and somewhat succeeded on
α
at low energy. This manuscript, therefore, provides a more complete solution. That
α
permeates even the golden section is not only further confirmation of the ubiquity of this constant of physics, but also leads to the inescapable conclusion that it originates in the golden section, a geometrical constant ubiquitous in physical phenomena.