Topological Bootstrap Prediction of Three-"Colored," Eight-Flavored Quarks
Geoffrey F. Chew, Valentin Poénaru · Physical Review Letters · 1980
This Letter describes a topological bootstrap theory of strong interactions that generates baryon number, three topological "colors," and spin-\textonehalf{} confined "quarks" with eight flavors. Extension to electromagnetism allows the topological objects called "quarks" to be associated with leptons, so that eight leptons are predicted.