
Originally Posted by
AntonioLao
Atomic numbers specify the number of protons inside the nucleus of neutral atoms, which is the same as the number of electrons in the surrounding orbitals. On the other hand, mass numbers are almost equal (due to mass differences of isotopes) to the sum of protons and neutrons. In other contexts these are respectively known as proton numbers and nucleon numbers.
The next lower dimensional LOE needs four quantum numbers (1) principal, (2) orbital, (3) magnetic, and (4) spin to describe various structures and energy levels of atomic bound electrons. Nevertheless, at the sub-nuclear levels of quarks and gluons, vacuum isomers become more and more important for initiating a new energy source directly from the vacuum.
What are vacuum isomers? They are the quantum states of combined matter and energy. In this perspective and in contrast to supersymmetry, the electron, the positron, and the photon have the same group number, which are 8s. Only particles with the same group numbers can interact giving the conservation of baryon numbers and lepton numbers as well as strangeness number.
Starting with the group number of neutrinos, which is 2, the next group number is 4 for down, strange, and bottom quark. Next group number is 6, for up, charm, and top quark, finally, the group number 8 for electron, muon, tau, positron, and photon. The mass differences of particles with the same group number stemmed from differences in the dimensional LOEs.