IndisputableMonolith.Physics.PionMasses
PionMasses supplies RS-native constants for charged and neutral pion masses in MeV and eV, plus rung assignments on the phi-ladder and predicted electron-mass ratios. A particle physicist checking Recognition Science outputs against PDG tables would cite these values. The module is a pure definition collection that pulls numerical yardsticks from Constants and phi-forcing structure from PhiForcing.
claimThe module defines $m_{π^±} = 139.57$ MeV, $m_{π^0} = 134.98$ MeV (PDG 2024), their eV equivalents, the rung index on the phi-ladder, the binary gauge for mesons, and the predicted ratio $m_π / m_e$ together with its RS value.
background
The module sits inside the Physics domain and imports the RS time quantum τ₀ = 1 tick from Constants together with the self-similar ledger that forces φ from PhiForcing. Pion masses are expressed via the mass formula yardstick × φ^(rung − 8 + gap(Z)) on the phi-ladder, using the mesonBinaryGauge and pionRung siblings. The charged-neutral split is carried by the defectDist term inherited from the J-cost structure.
proof idea
This is a definition module, no proofs.
why it matters in Recognition Science
PionMasses supplies the light-meson inputs required by the downstream KaonMasses module (P-014), which extends the same ladder to strange quarks. It therefore anchors the non-strange sector of the meson spectrum before the eight-tick octave and D = 3 forcing steps are applied to heavier states.
scope and limits
- Does not derive the mass formula from the J-cost ledger.
- Does not compute decay rates or coupling constants.
- Does not address isospin violation beyond the charged-neutral mass difference.
- Does not extend the ladder to vector or heavier mesons.
used by (1)
depends on (2)
declarations in this module (29)
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def
pionChargedMass_MeV -
def
pionNeutralMass_MeV -
def
pionChargedMass_eV -
def
pionNeutralMass_eV -
def
pionRung -
def
mesonBinaryGauge -
def
pionMassPredicted_eV -
def
electronMass_eV -
def
pionElectronRatio -
def
pionElectronRatioPredicted -
theorem
pion_mass_near_140 -
theorem
charged_heavier_than_neutral -
theorem
pion_electron_ratio_approx -
theorem
phi_12_div_2 -
def
phi_12 -
def
pionMassDifference_MeV -
theorem
mass_difference_electromagnetic -
def
relativeMassDifference -
theorem
relative_difference_about_3_percent -
def
lightQuarkMass_MeV -
def
pionDecayConstant_MeV -
def
quarkCondensate_MeV -
def
gmorPrediction -
theorem
gmor_reasonable -
def
pionSpin -
def
pionIsospin -
def
pionParity -
def
pionMultiplet -
theorem
pion_triplet_mod