The resonance approach to the formation and structure of atoms and molecules

As shown recently, the set of electronic configurations of all chemical elements in the subshell partitioning has a four-dimensional structure. Hence, all elements can be subdivided into cycles and supercycles rather than into periods of the conventional Periodic Table. Moreover, in the plane of the principal and orbital quantum numbers there is an obvious symmetry between the hydrogen-atom spectrum (one-electron problem) and the electronic configurations of all atoms (multi-electron problem). In order to explain these phenomena, it is hypothesized that between shell electrons and nuclei protons there exists a reversible quantum-field interaction (electron + proton ↔ neutron + neutrino resonance). Even if this interaction were a rare event, it can explain the existence of 4D symmetries mentioned above. However, the model considered here is based on frequent epn interactions, taking place more often than 10 15 times per second. In this case, epn resonance and resonance between such resonances are supposed to underlie the structure of all atoms and molecules. In particular, the functioning of all biological molecules, including electron transfer and enzymatic activity, is determined by resonance, resonance between resonances, hierarchy of resonances, and networks of resonances. © Nauka/Interperiodica 2007.