In chemistry and physics, an atom (Greek ?τομος or átomos meaning "the smallest indivisible particle of matter, i.e. something that cannot be divided") is the smallest particle still characterizing a chemical element.
The atom in the Reciprocal System is different from conventional physics in that it is composed solely of a single, compound motion, not protons and neutrons lumped together into a nucleus and electron cloud.
Atomic properties are not solely due to the compound motion of the atom. The counterspatial fields generated by atomic motion allow the capture of other particles, such as electrons and neutrinos, which account for much of the currently observed behavior of conventional physics (though technically not part of the atom, itself).
The mass of the RS atom is twice its atomic number. Isotopes of that mass occur through the capture of material electron neutrinos, adding 1 AMU per capture.
RS atoms have no electrons as part of their atomic motion. They do have a 1-dimensional rotational component that has "electron" properties. Also, electrons can be captured by the atomic rotations under certain conditions, which result in electron orbitals.
Atomic valences (oxidation states) are just the speeds of the motions making up the atom. These speeds can be 2-dimensional (magnetic) or 1-dimensional (electric).
In order to account for isotopes, the RS has the concept of a “gravitational charge”. The way it works is this: a magnetically charged, electron neutrino (which are abundant) is captured by an atom. The magnetic charge is transferred to the atom as a rotational vibration, and without the charge, the neutrino flies off into space, leaving the atom with an additional rotational vibration (magnetic), which is identified as a “gravitational charge”, having the equivalent mass of 1 AMU.
In Basic Properties of Matter, p. 262, Larson writes: “When the neutrino and the atom subsequently separate, there is a finite probability that the charge will stay with the atom.”
Some things to note, regarding the electron neutrino [M ½-½-(1)]:
This brings into question whether Larson’s analysis is correct, concerning both the nature of the magnetic charge, and its transference to a host atom as a “gravitational charge”:
In RS2, we discovered that the electric charge was due to the capture of a photon by the electron, with the photon’s harmonic motion providing the vibrational component of the electric charge. If we carry this one step further, then the “magnetic charge” proposed by Larson must be the capture of some type of vibratory motion also. So how does the electron neutrino get its magnetic charge, while keeping the muon neutrino immune to it?
The electron neutrino is of the material type, having its magnetic displacement in time [M ½-½-(1)], and its electric displacement [M ½-½-(1)] in space. The muon neutrino has no electric displacement. Therefore, it is logical to conclude that the captured particle must either have a net spatial displacement, or be a cosmic particle. Since we cannot capture a particle with more motion than the existing neutrino motion, that limits the possibilities back to the photon group. In RS2, the photon group includes LF and HF photons, positrons and electrons (c-positrons).
It is observed that the electron neutrino breaks down into the muon neutrino [M ½-½-(0)] plus electron [C 0-0-(1)] (which is why it is called the “electron” neutrino). The carrier of electric charge is the photon, which can be carried only by the electron or positron. In RS2, the electron is actually a cosmic positron, not a material particle. That reduces the choice of the magnetic charge carrier to one: the electron.
The sequence of events to create a charged, electron neutrino work like this:
Some other logical consequences of this compound, electron neutrino structure are:
With this understanding of how isotopes work thru the “gravitational charge” created by the presence of captured, electron neutrinos, we can also compute a viable isotopic range.
The lower end of the range is the “neutrino-free” environment, which is composed of the atomic motions only, being the atomic number x 2.
The upper end of the range occurs when sufficient neutrinos are captured, that the net temporal rotation of the neutrinos adds up to more than the net atomic rotation. For example, the proton is the “basic” atomic rotation, and it can capture 1 neutrino, creating the aggregate motion we call “Hydrogen.” Should another neutrino be captured, the net temporal displacement of the neutrinos present becomes 2, which equals the proton [M 1-1-(1)], and neutralizes that motion, causing the atom to become radioactive to emit the excess motion.
Since it takes 2 electron neutrinos to neutralize 1 atomic rotation, the upper zone of atomic viability would therefore be the basic, atomic mass of 2×Z plus 2×Z-1 number of neutrinos: 2Z+(2Z-1) = 4Z-1.
Some conclusions from the isotopic range:
(When dealing with radioactive decay, as in Tritium, one must include the effects of magnetic ionization, as Larson described. But that is another topic.)