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Comment by albert_roca
m_z is the geometrical point of transition between regimes. The physical observable is m_phi , where the total intrinsic acceleration function reaches its minimum, following the extreme value theorem.
δ = √5 comes from the scaling exponents. a_g scales as m^1/3. a_e scales as m^−5/3. The ratio is 5. Since the interaction is quadratic, it's the result from minimizing the acceleration function, not numerology.
Precisely. 12,672 diagrams is the definition of brute force. Achieving 63 ppm with one single term (a_μ = α / 2 · π + α^2 / 12) is quite the opposite.
The model is geometric in nature. Quarks are not considered fundamental building blocks, but a geometric necessity of the way that the proton can be fragmented. One can disagree with this premise, but it geometrically derives the fractional charges (1/3, 2/3) that the Standard Model merely assigns.
That's not a problem, nor a confusion. The model assumes that charge is not an independent substance, but a topological attribute.