There are therefore Agents in Nature able to make the Particles of Bodies stick together by very strong Attractions. And it is the Business of experimental Philosophy to find them out. Now the smallest Particles of Matter may cohere by the strongest Attractions, and compose bigger Particles of weaker Virtue; and many of these may cohere and compose bigger Particles whose Virtue is still weaker, and so on for divers Successions, until the Progression end in the biggest Particles on which the Operations in Chymistry, and the Colours of natural Bodies depend, and which by cohering compose Bodies of a sensible Magnitude." ISAAC NEWTON, Opticks(1704)
Recently the author has proposed a new quantum field theory of matter which predicts the existence of an as yet experimentally unconfirmed set of highly charged subnuclear particles. Previously only the mathematical foundation of the theory has been discussed. Here the more directly physical aspects of the theory are presented. In particular, the identification of nuclear particles as bound states of subnuclear particles is made. Conservation laws are also treated. The structure of the weak interactions implied by the new theory is derived. Possible experimental evidence of highly charged subnuclear particles is pointed out. Characteristic sizes of bound subnucleonic structures are discussed. Finally, comparison is made with conventional theory, and various distinguishing features are pointed out.