Electromagnetic Theory of Strong Interaction

From dielectric-diamagnetic properties shown to be inherent in the electromagnetic interaction itself by its very nature, and the fact that the dielectric attraction effect in a charged dielectric medium may dominate over the pure Coulomb repulsion, a hypothetical mechanism, which under special circumstances seems to be able to hold a charged object together, is presented, the diamagnetic property making the mechanism independent of the velocity of the object. This approach is shown to give a Yukawa-type equation for the electromagnetic field within a charged medium, and leads to a tentative electromagnetic interpretation of strong interaction analogous to the theory of plasmons. In addition to the prediction of the pion mass from the nuclear interaction range as in the Yukawa theory, the electromagnetic approach also predicts the existence of a lighter stable structure with a mass which agrees in order of magnitude with the mass of the electron, and suggests the existence of an excited state of this structure with a mass which agrees with the mass of the muon. On a macroscopic scale, the hypothetical charge-confinement mechanism presented gives energy contents for ball lightning which are of the same order of magnitude as the extremely high values (≈ ${10}^7$ J) reported for this phenomenon.