Rest masses of elementary particles as basic information of Gibbs-Falkian thermodynamics

As developed by G. Falk (Following J.W. Gibbs), methods of modern thermodyn amics allow by means of the Einstein mechanics to describe as well energy-m omentum transports (EMT) which occur under vacuum conditions. Such EMT rela tions are proved to manifest a set of elementary particles which in its ent irety determines real state changes of fluids on the macro-level. EMT diffe r from each other by their masses at rest (m(#)) resulting as integration c onstant each. In order to identify m(#), Seelig has established a new theor y whose physical background is de Broglie's mechanics of matter waves. Seel ig's results stand out without exception by their excellent agreement with a lot of measured m(#) values of elementary particles. Strikingly, the stru cture of the Seelig equation even permits for an extension upon particles h jtherto outside Seelig's approach. This new semi-empirical mass formula agr ees with the experimental m(#) values of all known stabile elementary parti cles better than 0.085 % on weighted average. The formula has some outstand ing properties leading to some remarkable conclusions on Higgs particles an d allowing predictions of particles hitherto unknown. Thus, a new key to a uniform understanding of real processes in physics, e.g., in thermal scienc es, is now at hand. matter is realized on the micro-level by a finite numbe r of particle classes which are subject to well-posed constraints holding o n macro-level for the physical system in question. (C) 2000 Editions scient ifiques et medicates Elsevier SAS.