Let me have a suggestion: before anyone tries to formulate any concept
regarding antimatter, one must study - I mean study - thermodynamics.
One must go through all basic laws and, for instance, try to seak some
way of integrating the laws of entropy and the concept of big bang.
All other approch is just to further mystify physics, as it has been
been done in the last one hundred years...
LGM
Quoting Akram Khan <[email protected]>:
It is not with a little trepidation that I make my first posting;
during the past few weeks I have found these thought-provoking
discussions, at times, floating over my scientific head.
As a particle physicist my professional career has been all about a
constant iterative process of formulating fundamental questions so
that they are most amenable to being solved: Of what is the universe
made? How did it all begin? What’ll be its ultimate fate?
In my opinion here are some of the most critical questions which if
answered will lead to a complete transformation of our
understanding of what we are and of our place in the universe.
1) If the Universe began with the Big Bang – what happened to the
antimatter that ought to have been there? .i.e. what is the matter
with antimatter? Through an asymmetry in the early universe the laws
of nature were biased towards matter, which is why we are here at
all but why?
2) What are the ultimate constituents of matter? We start off with
rainbows, molecules, atoms, electrons, neutrons and protons. The
protons and neutrons as made of “quarks”, two different types. So,
the smallest experimentally observed entities of matter are:
electrons; muons, taus , neutrinos and the six quarks [plus their
antimatter partners]. This begs the question, is there another
deeper, more fundamental level of reality not yet seen? And the
answer is maybe! Instead of thinking about particles being the DNA
or fundamental building blocks of our universe, might these not be
oscillating fundamental strings, where each harmonic of the string
corresponds to a particular known particle; with each of us being a
very symphony of such notes.
3) What is the nature of mass? And it is here that the hypothetical
Higgs particle steps into the limelight.
4) Do we live in a multidimensional universe of which we only see
the four dimensions of spacetime?
5) Is ours but one of many worlds or ‘membranes’ floating through
the ‘Bulk’?
6) What is the basic nature of time?
There are many more questions still but I fear this contribution is
in imminent danger of morphing beyond manageable bounds...and the
intention was but to provoke some dialogue. Please feel free to
choose any topic that you’d like us to start exploring...... further
thoughts I will post anon...
best wishes
akram
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