Six-Dimensional Space with Symmetric Signature and Some Properties of Elementary Particles

Abstract

The six-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space E3,3 with signature (3,3) is proposed as a model of real physical space at the subparticle scale. The conserved quantum characteristics of elementary particles, such as spin, isospin, electric and baryon charges, and hypercharge, are expressed through the symmetries of this space. The symmetries are brought out by the various representation of the metric in E3,3 with the aid of spinors and hyperbolic complex numbers. The properties of the metric allow predicting the number of quarks equal to 18. The violation of strong conservation laws in weak interactions is treated through compactifying the three-dimensional temporal subspace at the subparticle scale into single-dimensional time at bigger scales, which reduces symmetry from the spherical to axial type.