A Clock Model of the Proton

The quark model of a proton is an orbital chain of events where each cycle is a repetitiion of the same bundle of quarks

\mbox{\fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont $ \mathrm{2}\sf{d} + \mathrm{4}\sf{b} + \mathrm{2}\overline{\sf{d}} + \mathrm{4}\overline{ \sf{t} } \to \sf{\Omega} \left( \sf{p^{+}} \right) $}

Quark coefficients are all divisible by two, so the proton can be represented by an identical pair of events that are distinguished from each other only by their phase. This arrangement is called a clock-model. Here is an iconic image for a proton clock that uses the brightness of a bordering frame to suggest a phase relationship with some frame of reference F.

F
d d
t b b t
t b b t
d d
F

Protons can have phase symmetry, so they can also meet the requirements for being a clock. Their orbital period is about 10-24 seconds. So in principle we could assign a very precise time of occurrence to any event in the history of a proton. The lifetime of a proton is about 1052 seconds in its ground-state. So

\mbox{\fontsize{14}{18}\selectfont $ \hat{\tau} \ll \tau $}

and the proton is a very stable particle. This gives it a starring role connecting cause and effect in WikiMechanics.

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Sensory interpretation: if the Earth is used as a reference frame, then protons are objectifed from the experience of feeling two hot sensations and a black sensation on the left with two cold sensations and a black sensation on the right, all during the daytime. This is always accompanied by a doppelgänger event composed from two hot sensations and a black sensation on the left with two cold sensations and a black sensation on the right, all felt during the night.
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Next step: a clock model of the electron.
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