Beyond Fundamental Constants: Unified Derivation and Empirical Verification of the Fine-Structure Constant and Proton-Electron Mass Ratio within Energy Ontology
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The fine-structure constant α ≈ 1/137 and the proton-electron mass ratio μ ≈ 1836.15 are two of the most precisely measured dimensionless constants in physics, yet their physical origin remains unexplained in the Standard Model. From Energy Ontology, we demonstrate that neither constant is fundamental: both are derivable from energy distribution ratios in a single neutron disintegration event, with derived values α = 1/137.035999 and μ = 1836.152673 closing with CODATA 2022 recommended values to within three parts per billion. The derivations require no definition of the elementary charge, vacuum permittivity, or Planck's constant. Extreme magnetic fields (10¹⁴–10¹⁵ G) on magnetar surfaces are predicted to break the isotropic symmetry of the constraint network, causing a counter-directed concerted drift—α increases while μ decreases. An XSPEC free fit to publicly available XMM-Newton spectral data for the magnetar SGR 1806-20 (B = 2×10¹⁵ G) yields α_obs = 0.00805721, a relative drift of +10.41%, highly consistent with the theoretical prediction of +10.5%. A second magnetar, 1E 1048.1−5937 (B = 1.5×10¹⁵ G), is predicted to exhibit a +7.79% α drift, forming a gradient-field dual-object cross-validation. These results indicate that such constants are merely effective-value labels for the undertaking efficiency of the constraint network in specific environments, not primordial settings of the universe.
Author: Yu, Menggang
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7161377786
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