According to the Aether Physics Model, the strong force mediates by a second type of charge, which we properly call electromagnetic charge.  The electromagnetic charge is quantifiably different from electrostatic charge in geometry, spin, and magnitude.  When protons and neutrons bind, the toroidal geometry alters to a spherical geometry, thus invoking the Coulomb constant as the force mediator constant.  The strong charge, although capable of variations in force magnitude, always maintains a constant mass to electromagnetic charge ratio.  From these newly discovered physics principles, the Aether Physics Model properly computes the relative strengths of the forces.

Acknowledgement

We thank Dr. G. Hooper of Leicester UK for encouraging us to write the paper, which led to this web site.  We also thank Dr. Phil Risby of DES Group for his suggestions.

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