Based on the photon cage theory of the unified light-origin field, free protons and free electrons follow completely unified rules of microscopic construction. The essence of all fundamental particles is steady-state photon clusters formed by photons via a self-locking binding mechanism. As heavy-particle steady-state structures confined by high-density high-energy photons, protons are mainly stacked with high-energy gamma photons internally, possessing far higher energy storage density and structural binding strength than electrons. Consistent with all photon-cage particle systems, free protons have a strict energy survival range, including an upper critical threshold for saturation dissociation and a lower critical threshold for energy dissipation collapse. Within the stable energy range, the self-locking structure of protons maintains a steady state. When externally supplied resonant photons of matching frequency continuously raise internal energy storage beyond the upper threshold, the overall photon-cage structure of protons dissociates. If internal energy dissipates continuously without external energy supply and falls below the lower threshold, the proton binding structure collapses spontaneously. Referring to the unified physical laws of critical thresholds for free electrons, this paper establishes a high-energy photon-cage theoretical model for free protons, and defines the stable energy range, saturation dissociation upper limit and energy dissipation lower limit of free protons through pure theoretical deduction and thought experiment design. This paper only carries out fundamental theoretical research, excluding engineering implementation and industrial verification. This study completes the dissociation system of heavy-particle photon cages, verifies that all physical particles such as electrons and protons share a unified cosmic underlying law of photon binding, energy storage and dissociation beyond threshold, and provides core fundamental theoretical support for the theory of high-power mass-energy release of heavy particles.
Jiaqing Yan (Mon,) studied this question.