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Hadronic Electrons? (1975) |
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A new form of high energy electron-hadron coupling is examined with reference to the experimental data. The
electron is taken to have a neutral vector gluon cloud with a radius 
. This is shown to be consistent with measurements on 
and 
. At low energies, only photons
couple to the gluons, but at higher energies `evaporation' then `boiling' of 
and 
occurs, allowing strong
interactions. The model yields accurate predictions for the form of the rise in 
. Arguments are given for the order of magnitude of 
and for the lack of a permanent meson cloud in leptons. Strong interaction selection
rules forbid a contribution to 
, and interference with the one-photon
channel produces minimal scaling violation in eN processes at present energies. The constant value of 
is correctly predicted and evidence from high energy 
interactions is also cited. The 
particles are interpreted as 
resonances in the evaporation region,
and their properties are generated correctly. Predictions are given for the behaviour of 
at high energies.
