3-D Envelope of Proton/Neutron

3-D Envelope Implementation

(Proton & Neutron numeric validation)


1 Domain & Discretisation

Item Choice
Simulation box Cube [5,5] fm³
Boundary Absorbing outer faces (B0)
Grid Δx=0.05 fm (200³ nodes)
Unknowns per node ρ,θa(a=18)

Sheets appear as steep but continuous θa ramps over ~0.05 fm.


2 Initial seed


3 Minimisation loop

  1. Compute anchoring costC=ρ2[αTr(DiUDiU)+β]d3x.
  2. Gradient-flow update on ρ and θa.
  3. Re-solve coherence field (α2β)B=J.
  4. Iterate until ΔC/C<106.

(Any FEM or FFT lattice engine suffices.)


4 Diagnostics

Check Criterion
Colour neutrality ρ2θad3x=0
Total cost 938 MeV (proton)
Loop holonomy 6π phase change across each sheet
Observables rE,rM,g,αs within 1 % of Structure-page targets

5 Expected numeric outputs

All match analytic estimates once second-order kernels are included.


6 Refinement path

  1. Self-consistent second/third-order kernel.
  2. Saturation term λρ4 to sharpen confinement edge.
  3. Spin-½ test: rotate coordinates by 2π → envelope sign flips, by 4π → returns.
  4. Hyperons: move one sheet to a radial node and re-minimise (predict Λ,Σ,Δ masses).

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