Prof Costas Dr Dimitrios Dionysios G.

Vayenas Grigoriou Tsousis

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The rotating lepton model:
Combining fundamental theories
Research Objectives
Costas Vayenas has research interests in physical chemistry and gravity, and particle physics.

Detail
Costas Vayenas Dimitrios Grigoriou was born in Athens in 1982. He •S
 tate Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ) (MIS-
University of Patras has a Chemical Engineering degree (UPatras 2006), 5033031)
Department of Chemical Engineering an MBA (HEC Paris 2012), and PhD (UPatras 2018). •E
 uropean Space Agency (ESA)
Caratheodory 1, St. He holds several patents, has published research (4000109578/13/NL/SC:HT-PEM)
GR-26504 Patras, Greece in catalysis and particle physics, and published
two novels. Dimitrios is a member of the Technical Collaborators
Bio Chamber of Greece, and the Triple Nine Society. University of Patras team: Dr D. Grigoriou
Costas Vayenas was born in Athens in and Mr D. Tsousis, supported by Dr Eftychia
1950. He completed his Diploma (NTU, Dionysios G. Tsousis was born in Patras in 1998. He Martino (computing) and Ms Chryssa Pilisi
Athens, 1973), and PhD from University of is a senior student of Chemical Engineering at the (technical support).
Rochester, 1976. He was Assistant Professor University of Patras (Greece). He is doing his thesis Other current collaborators: Professor Marek
at Yale (1976-77), Associate Professor at under the supervision of Professor Vayenas and Gazdzicki, Institut für Kernphysik
MIT (1977-82). He returned voluntarily already has two publications. He has the highest Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe- Universität,
as Professor to the University of Patras, ranking among his class and he is planning to Germany, and Professor Szymon Pulawski,
Greece (1981-present). He is a Member, pursue doctoral studies. University of Silesia, Poland (Energy Balances
Academy of Athens, International Member, of pp collisions at CERN); Professor Yannis
National Academy of Engineering, USA, Funding Yortsos, USC, USA (mathematical modelling);
Honorary Professor, Aristotle University of • General Secretariat of Research and Technology Professor E. Aifantis and Mr K. Parisis,
Thessaloniki. He has supervised 41 PhD (GSRT) (MIS 467 ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΑ) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
students, 18 in academia. • European Union (T1EDK-01631) (Kaon and deuteron mass computations).

References Personal Response

• Vayenas CG, Tsousis D, Grigoriou D. (2020). How do you hope to gather experimental evidence for your theories in the future?
Computation of the masses, energies and
We plan to expand the experimental evidence for the validity of the Rotating
internal pressures of hadrons, mesons and
bosons via the Rotating Lepton Model, Physica Lepton Model (RLM) in four directions:
A: Stat. Mech. Appl., 545, 123679. Expansion of the number, currently 15, of composite particle mass computations via
• Vayenas CG, Souentie S, Fokas AS. (2014). the RLM by including more complex hadrons (e.g. Kaons) and some simple nuclei (e.g.
A Bohr-type model of a composite particle deuteron) and comparing the RLM computed masses with the measured masses.
using gravity as the attractive force. Physica A:
Stat. Mech. Appl., 405, 360-379. Comparison of the RLM predictions for the three neutrino mass eigenstates with more
• Vayenas CG, Fokas AS, Grigoriou D. (2016). On recent experimental results from Superkamiokande, SNOLAB, DUNE, IceCube and
the structure, masses and thermodynamics of KATRIN.
the W±bosons. Physica A: Stat. Mech. Appl., Analysis via the RLM of the published proton-proton (pp) collision data collected at CERN.
450, 37-48.
We are already collaborating with two prominent CERN researchers in this direction.
• Vayenas CG, Fokas AS, Grigoriou D. (2017).
Agreement with the RLM predictions looks quite good.
Catalysis and autocatalysis of chemical
synthesis and of hadronization. Appl. Catal. B: We also plan to compare the RLM computations with the “World data” of positron-
Environ., 203, 582-590. electron annihilation, also obtained at CERN. 
Physical Sciences ︱ Costas Vayenas ROTATING LEPTON MODEL (RLM)
which Professor Vayenas believes could atom. In this case, neutrinos could adopt
OF THE PROTON

The rotating lepton model

unite Quantum Mechanics with Special characteristic circular orbits, with gravity
and General Relativity for the first time, acting as a centripetal force to keep them
through a thorough re-vamp of the in place. The only force not accounted
Standard Model in its current form. for by this description would be the
Broadly speaking, the RLM entirely electromagnetic force – leaving the

Combining fundamental theories eliminates the need for quarks, and

reduces the four fundamental
Standard Model with just two fundamental
forces.
forces down to just two. Such
sweeping changes may seem If this theory is correct, it would cut

T
For decades, physicists have he Standard Model of particle So far, the Standard Model has been an ambitious, but according to down the 16 indivisible particles
known that their descriptions physics has long provided excellent basis for researchers to explain Professor Vayenas, they are firmly required by the Standard Model
of the universe’s fundamental physicists with a basis for their observations, with experimental rooted in existing theories. down to just five: including three
building blocks have been understanding the basic structure of results rarely deviating far from theoretical neutrinos, the electron, and its
incomplete. So far, however, all observable matter in the universe. calculations. Yet despite its success, CUTTING DOWN ON antimatter counterpart – the
no conclusive theories have Among the indivisible particles it physicists have known for some time FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES positron. In their latest research,
emerged to propose more describes are quarks – which make up that the model in its current form cannot One key aspect of the Standard Model Professor Vayenas and his
suitable alternatives. Now, ‘hadrons’ including protons and neutrons; be complete. Among its most glaring is a family of leptons named ‘neutrinos’. colleagues have now used the
Professor Costas Vayenas and leptons – which include electrons, discrepancies is the fact that it appears Since these particles have no charge, RLM to calculate the masses of
at the University of Patras and the far more elusive neutrinos. to be incompatible with Einstein’s along with minuscule masses, they 15 composite hadrons and bosons
in Greece believes that the robust theory of General Relativity. To only interact with other forms – including protons and neutrons: all
problem could be solved In addition, the model describes four date, researchers have now conceived of matter extremely rarely. Yet to within 1% of their experimentally
through the ‘Rotating Lepton fundamental forces, which mediate a diverse variety of ideas about how according to Special Relativity, measured values. Their approach has
Model’ – in which particles all interactions between observable the Standard Model could be altered objects travelling or rotating also enabled them to calculate the
named neutrinos rotate at matter – often via exchanges of to reproduce this important law. So at extremely high speeds – masses of stationary neutrinos
close to the speed of light. particles named ‘bosons’. These far, however, their ideas have yet to be approaching the speed of light – with less than 3% deviations
By combining the theories
include: gravity, which acts between proven through real experiments. can appear to become dramatically among the values obtained
of Quantum Mechanics and
massive objects; electromagnetism, heavier. In their research, Professor when using the composite
Special or General Relativity,
which regulates interactions between INTRODUCING THE ROTATING Vayenas and his colleagues propose that masses of different hadrons and
his theories could prove to
charged particles via photons; the LEPTON MODEL when combined, these two phenomena bosons – compared with the 20% error
transform the way we view
the universe on the smallest of strong nuclear force – which acts Einstein first published his provide an alternative explanation to the margins associated with far more costly
scales. between quarks via ‘gluons’; and groundbreaking Special Relativity and presence of quarks. The Rotating Lepton Model (RLM) entirely experiments.
the weak nuclear force – involving General Relativity theories in 1905 eliminates the need for quarks, and reduces
the four fundamental forces down to just two.
exchanges of ‘W’ and ‘Z bosons’ and 1915, respectively. The former As stated by the Standard Model, quarks Overall, the RLM suggests that many of
characteristic of radioactive decay. provided the means to account for have the mysterious property of only the fundamental phenomena described
the pronounced increase in inertial existing in groups. Baryons, for example, by the Standard Model are not so
ROTATING LEPTON MODEL (RLM) SYNOPSIS:
and gravitational particle mass with are made up of combinations of three together by gravitational forces, making fundamental after all. Instead, they exist
COMBINING RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
particle speed. The latter provided the quarks, which cannot be individually them virtually impossible to isolate. as combinations of five truly indivisible
first long-awaited description of how isolated under any circumstances. When particles; or, in the case of gluons, may not
Special Relativistic
Newton’s ideas about gravity arose these particles were first proposed in the WIDESPREAD IMPLICATIONS FOR need to exist at all. Based on the robust
Equation of Motion
(Newton-Einstein)
from a more fundamental property: 1960s, questions arose as to how they PHYSICAL THEORIES results they have gathered so far, Professor
namely, the curvature of spacetime, could interact with each other. Since Leading on from this, Professor Vayenas Vayenas’ team believes their theories now
whose effects can be readily observed quarks have such minuscule masses and his colleagues propose that the RLM hold the potential to provide long-awaited
on astronomical scales. However, even and charges, researchers believed

The Rotating Lepton Model (RLM) is an

over a century later, no concrete theories they could only interact through the
have emerged which unify Relativity with newly proposed strong force. However,
Quantum Mechanics – which describes
how the universe behaves on the very
Professor Vayenas argues that this is not
necessarily the case.
elegant theory which can unite Quantum
smallest of scales, and forms the basis of Mechanics with Gravity and Relativity for
the Standard Model. Since gravity is by far the weakest of the
De Broglie Equation of four currently proposed fundamental the first time.
Quantum Mechanics In his research, Professor Vayenas argues forces, it is only thought to be relevant
that contrary to previous theories, when describing masses far higher than can also remove the need for both the solutions to the unification of Quantum
the Standard Model doesn’t need to those of quantum particles. Yet according strong and weak nuclear forces. Instead, Mechanics and General Relativity – with
Energy balance computation of be expanded in order to achieve this to Special Relativity, these masses hadrons could be held together by no need for novel, as-yet unproven
Composite Particle (neutron) mass. unification. Instead, the number of could be reached if quarks were, in fact, relativistic gravity, with their constituent theories. Ultimately, their discoveries could
For n=1 mc=313/12(mPl m2o)1/3 indivisible particles and forces it describes composed of neutrinos, spinning at close rapidly rotating and spinning neutrinos lead to profound changes in the ways that
should be cut down significantly. His to the speed of light. With masses vastly following the well-established ‘Bohr physicists view the fundamental structure
e.g. mo=0.0437 eV/c2 Neutrino mass ideas have culminated in the ‘Rotating higher than their stationary counterparts, model’. Typically, this model describes of the universe, and how we explore its
mn=939.565 MeV/c2 Neutron mass Lepton Model’ (RLM): an elegant theory groups of these particles can be held the quantum properties of the Hydrogen many remaining mysteries in the future.

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