TITLE:
A Universal Binding Mechanism in Molecular Covalent Bonding and Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction
AUTHORS:
Nicolae Bogdan Mandache
KEYWORDS:
Electron and Pion Exchange, Dynamical Mass, Molecular and Central Nucleon-Nucleon Potentials, Nucleon Mass Decrease, Partial Chiral Symmetry Restoration
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.12 No.9,
July
12,
2021
ABSTRACT: In the hydrogen molecular ion, the kinetic energy lowering of the electron is associated with its delocalization due to electron exchange between the two protons of the molecule. This decrease in the kinetic energy of the exchanged electron in the hydrogen molecular ion and the decrease in the dynamical mass of the two exchanged pions in the nucleon-nucleon interaction are at the origin of the attraction mechanism in the molecular covalent bonding and in the nuclear interaction. Based on this unitary approach of the attraction mechanism, the formulas of molecular potential and central nucleon-nucleon potential were derived. The decrease in the mass of the exchanged pions in the nucleon-nucleon bound state, actually means the decrease in the mass of the nucleons. This nucleon mass decrease could be a manifestation of the partial chiral symmetry restoration in nuclear matter.