m_p / m_e
Proton-to-electron mass ratio
Mechanism
The proton-to-electron mass ratio is forced by the spectral structure of the 600-cell adjacency Laplacian. The tree-level term \(z \cdot 153\) comes from the Casimir spectral identity \(\Sigma_{C\cdot d} = 154 = 2\cdot 7\cdot 11\) on the polytope (an exact integer; see DCT-SPI-01) multiplied by the vertex coordination \(z = 12\), with the −1 from second-order subtraction on the McKay-extended sector. The 1-loop correction \(1/\varphi^4\) comes from the golden-ratio eigenvalue closure of the binary icosahedral group; the 2-loop correction \(1/z^2\) is the second-order spectral correction.
Derivation
From the canonical action and the 600-cell topological inputs, the proton mass scale is written as a power series in the Laplacian spectrum:
$$ \frac{m_p}{m_e} \;=\; z\,(\Sigma_{C\cdot d} - 1) \;+\; \frac{1}{\varphi^4} \;+\; \frac{1}{z^2} $$with \(z = 12\), \(f_v = 20\), \(\Sigma_{C\cdot d} = 154\) (the second Casimir spectral integer on the 600-cell), and \(\varphi = (1+\sqrt 5)/2\). Numerically:
- Tree level: \(z \cdot 153 = 12 \cdot 153 = 1836\)
- 1-loop: \(1/\varphi^4 = (3 - \sqrt 5)^2 / 4 = 0.145898\ldots\)
- 2-loop: \(1/z^2 = 1/144 = 0.006944\ldots\)
- Total: \(1836 + 0.145898 + 0.006944 = 1836.152842\)
Method
The DCT prediction is computed from the polytope and group-theoretic inputs (canonical action, 600-cell topology, McKay correspondence; see /theory/). The measured value is taken from the published source cited above; the residual is the dimensionless difference relative to the measured value with its 1σ uncertainty.
The Python script below recomputes both sides from first principles plus the published measurement and prints the residual. It runs in standard Python 3 with no external dependencies beyond the Python standard library (math).
Python verification
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
DCT prediction for the proton-to-electron mass ratio.
Polytope inputs:
z = 12 (600-cell vertex coordination)
f_v = 20 (icosahedral vertex-figure face count)
phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 (golden ratio)
DCT formula (DCT-SM-01):
m_p / m_e = z * 153 + 1/phi**4 + 1/z**2
Casimir spectral identity gives Sigma_{C*d} = 154 = 2*7*11 exactly on the 600-cell;
the tree-level term is z * (Sigma_{C*d} - 1) = z * 153 = 1836.
Loop-level corrections: 1/phi**4 from golden-ratio eigenvalue closure, 1/z**2
from the second-order spectral correction on the icosahedral substructure.
"""
import math
z = 12
phi = (1 + math.sqrt(5)) / 2
sigma_Cd = 154
tree = z * (sigma_Cd - 1)
loop1 = 1 / phi**4
loop2 = 1 / z**2
dct_value = tree + loop1 + loop2
codata = 1836.152734 # CODATA 2018 m_p / m_e
residual = abs(dct_value - codata) / codata
print(f"DCT prediction: m_p/m_e = {dct_value:.6f}")
print(f"CODATA 2018: m_p/m_e = {codata:.6f}")
print(f"Residual: |dct - codata| / codata = {residual:.3e}")
print(f"Equivalent: {residual*100:.2e} %")
Save as m-p-m-e.py and run with python3 m-p-m-e.py.
Chart
m_p / m_e — prediction vs measurement
Tree-level + 1-loop + 2-loop spectral corrections from the 600-cell + 2I, against CODATA 2018.
Filled marker: DCT closed-form prediction. Open marker with whiskers: CODATA 2018 measurement with 1σ uncertainty (visually exaggerated for readability). Residual: 9.2×10⁻⁸.
Sources: DCT-SM-01; CODATA 2018.
References
- CODATA 2018 fundamental constants. physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/
- DCT-SM-01: Standard-model gauge structure from McKay 2I → E₈. 10.5281/zenodo.20032825
- DCT-SPI-01: Spectral and structural identities on the 600-cell. 10.5281/zenodo.20032750
- McKay 1980; Slodowy 1980 — McKay correspondence.
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