The Nature of Material Particles as Non-Internal-Structure Objects Formed by Strong-Force Self-Locking of Photons

Mainstream particle physics holds that material particles such as protons and neutrons contain discrete internal components including quarks, gluons, virtual mesons and Y-shaped gluon junctions, treating them as composite systems assembled from sub-elementary particles. This paper establishes a core axiom: the property of light-speed propagation is an inherent and permanent attribute of photons. Whether travelling freely or confined inside protons, neutrons or electrons via strong-force self-locking, photons always move at the speed of light, with no rest state, deceleration or velocity change. Material particles can only be formed through strong-force self-locking. Mass and electric charge are holistic emergent effects manifested externally by self-locked photon ensembles; mass gives rise to gravitational interaction, while electric charge gives rise to electromagnetic interaction. On this basis, this paper proposes that fundamental material particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons are holistic objects with no internal sub-structure, formed by gamma-ray photons through strong-force self-locking. Any object possessing discrete internal sub-structures shall not be regarded as a fundamental material particle. Quarks and gluons cannot exist in free, independent form and are merely theoretical fitting constructs rather than real elementary particles observable in isolation. Transient particles such as pions and electrons are not intrinsic built-in components of nucleons; they are newly generated products formed by secondary strong-force self-locking after the disintegration of systems and cooling of photon fluids. Combined with high-energy heavy-ion collision experiments and physical phenomena of nuclear explosions, this paper revises conventional interpretations for relevant experimental observations.