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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17222383 |
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- <p><span lang="EN-US">We propose that the Rydberg constant, typically associated with the hydrogen spectrum, functions in a deeper theoretical framework as a universal mass–entropy coupling constant — analogous to gauge coupling constants — converting combinatorial microstate counts into physical rest masses. In this view, each bound system (electromagnetic, strong, gravitational) carries its own “Rydberg-like” constant proportional to the square of its interaction coupling. The hydrogen Rydberg is then simply the U(1) case where the electron’s coupling and reduced mass set the scale. Within a diagrammatic Hilbert-space framework, this reinterpretation arises naturally: particle masses map to partition functions via a universal proportionality constant, and different force sectors generate analogous constants via their loop entropies. This offers a unified origin for coupling and mass constants, merging microscopic combinatorics, entropic reasoning, and known spectra.</span></p>