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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Particle physics

Particle Physics is the branch of that describes the properties and interactions of subatomic particles. The generally accepted model in particle physics is known as the Standard Model. While the Standard Model has been quit successful it does not quite describe everything.

The Standard Model was developed by scientists from all over the world in the mid 20th century. The model has a total of 30 fundamental particles including 17 particles and 13 anti-particles for. These particles make up all of the observable matter of the universe but only 3 of them make up most of that matter. All fundamental particles are one of two types: fermions and bosons and the Fermions are further subdivided into quarks and leptons. This the basic concept in particle physics.

All particles except some Bosons have a corresponding ant-particle that usually has the opposite charge and spin of the other particle. The anti-particles of the particles that make up ordinary matter are known collectively as anti-matter because. Anti-atoms and anti-molecules are made of antiprotons, antineutrons, and positrons (ant-electrons). When antimatter and ordinary matter meat they annihilate each other with 100% mass to energy conversion.

Particle physics does not tells us about the conditions that would have existed in the early stages of the Big Bang if it did occur. Because of this particle physics actually causes a major problem for the Big Bang cosmology. It turns out that all of the observable Universe is made of ordinary matter, with antimatter being nearly totally absent however the Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter but we see no evidence of the antimatter.

In particle physics the production of a particle of matter from vacuum energy it also produces the equivalent particle of antimatter. This is what would have occurred in the Big Bang since all that would have exited is vacuum energy.

The first proposed explanation id based on the fact that an object made of antimatter would look the same as one made of matter it has been proposed that distant parts of the universe could be composed of antimatter and it would look the same. However there are two major problems with this idea.

When matter and anti-matter meet they annihilate each other in a burst of radiation. Since such annihilation would be continually occurring where regions of matter and antimatter meet and the resulting radiation should be detectable but it has never been observed. In addition because the fundamental particles of ordinary matter are charged and the equivalent antimatter particles have the opposite charge once produced matter – antimatter particle pairs would be attracted to each other where they would be annihilated. Preventing this from happening requires an unknown field that would pull mater and antimatter apart, other wise they would form a homogeneous mixture of matter and antimatter.

Immediately after the Big Bang there would be a massive amount of production and annihilation of matter and antimatter. Once the expanding universe cooled below the point where production would stop but the annihilation would continue. This process would continue until there was nothing left or that which was left was too thinly spread out to interact and such conditions could not produce the universe we live in.

Proponents of the Big Bang cosmology understand the problem and have proposed three possible ways around the problem.

That antimatter particles decay faster the their matter counterparts.
Some how there was an over production of matter over antimatter.
Some antimatter particles turned into matter particles.

The claim that antimatter particles decay faster than their matter counterparts is contrary to evidence since in all known cases particles and their anti particles have the same mean lifetime. Furthermore even if the particles that make up normal matter like protons and electrons decay at all their mean lifetime is so long that this idea could probably never be tested.

The claim that some how there was an over production of matter over antimatter is also contrary to evidence since in all known cases matter and antimatter particles are produced together.

The claim that some antimatter particles turned into matter particles is totally contrary to evidence. The closest to this that has been observed are neutrinos becoming different types of neutrinos but not anti neutrinos.

All of the proposed solutions to this problem with the Big Bang are totally speculative and not one is based on observable fact. Perhaps the best solution is that the Big Bang is not how the Universe really began.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Information Universe and Particle Physics

This is part nine of the Information Universe series. See the link for part one.

http://scienceray.com/physics/the-information-universe/

Particle Physics is one of many areas where the Information Universe shows it self to be an excellent theory. Since the information system of the universe is just below the fundamental particle level and it readily explains how they behave including their strange quantum properties. The Information easily explains virtual particles. In particularly it explains how they are able to pop in and out of existence all the time. In fact in an information based universe they only need to exist as mathematical entities long enough to either transmit forces between particles or to support the existence of a field.

The Information Universe is particularly good at explaining how particles can interact as they do. If they were just balls of matter they would not interact frequently enough to do much of any thing. However in the Information Universe the positions interacting particles are calculated from their quantum waves so that they do interact when needed.

The Information Universe also readily explains the particle wave duality because the exact information on the location of a particle is not needed until it is actually observed in some manner. In an information based universe is would not be necessary to calculate the exact location of every particle unless it actually being observed by those living in that reality and in fact it would be a waste of calculating resources to do so. Until an exact state of a particle is actually needed it is only necessary to keep track of the probable states of a particle.

So the Information Universe not only works well with particle physics but it is in fact the best way to explain it. Further more is was particle physics in the form of the famous double slit experiment that has lead to the Information Universe idea. Furthermore it is the act of trying to determine which slit in the double slit experiment a particle goes through that shows that we have to live in an information based universe. In particular it is the quantum erasure aspect of the double slit experiment that eliminates all other possible explanations and so proving that we do in fact live in an information based universe.

------ Charles Creager Jr.

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Information Universe and Relativity

This is part eight of the Information Universe series. See the link for part one.

http://scienceray.com/physics/the-information-universe/

The Information Universe works well with both Special Relativity, and General Relativity since the calculations done by the Universes information system are done to provide a reality for conscious observers observer then we would expect a given observer frame of reference to be calculated for his perspective, as such every observer frame of reference equally valid and thus no preferred frame of reference. This affect is seen in video games where what is on the screen is calculated to produce the perspective and frame of reference of the player. In multiplayer games each player has his own perspective and frame of reference so that none is special. Even if the program has a standard frame of reference for general calculations it may not be relevant or even noticeable to the players. The same thing goes for the conscious observers living in our universe.

It is also not unexpected that each conscious observer could have their own time that may or may not agree with that of others. All this is not only possible in the Information Universe but it makes a lot of sense from a programming perspective. Furthermore the differences it length observed in Special Relativity also makes sense in the Information Universe since space is just a coordinate system is the Universes information system it too could and would naturally be unique to each conscious observer. This also explains the stretchability of space seen in General Relativity since a virtual coordinate system can be stretched, bent and other wise manipulated by the computing system since it is just numbers.

The really big achievement of the Information Universe in relation to Relativity theory is the reconciliation between General Relativity and Quantum mechanics by quantizing space and time into pixels. This has the further affect of eliminating any need to deal the infinite gravity that would occur at zero radiuses. Even the singularity of a black hole would have a not zero radius (1/2 Planck Length) as would a11 fundamental particles.

So the Information Universe works quite well with Relativity. Not only does it explain how it all works but it also reconciles General Relativity with Quantum mechanics thus unifying physics.

------ Charles Creager Jr.

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Mars Rock, Named "Jake Matijevic" Most Unique on Mars

What makes Jake Matijevic unique is the fact that its concentrations of elements such as sodium, aluminum and potassium, higher and its concentrations of magnesium, iron and nickel lower, than other rocks studied on Mars. The standard model for how such a rock was formed by slow cooling such that minerals separate based on melting temperature. However this rock was crashed here after being ejected from a volcano meaning that it had to have cooled and solidified in flight which had to have happened in just a few minutes. The reason why this rock had to have be ejected from an erupting volcano was that it is broken off on one side and fractured at the bottom. showing that it hit the ground and hard. The nearest volcano is Albor Tholus being just 11°W and 20°N of Gale Crater and probably on the outer edge of where it could eject a rock this size.

This leave two possible way that is could have formed both of which are consistent with the Catastrophic Model of Martian Geology and a relatively short time span. One is that the rock bellow Albor Tholus was a ready differentiated and thus it composition has nothing to do with its cooking. The other possibility is that it was rotating as it shot through the air at a fast enough rate that a lot of unsolidified minerals were ejected as it flew. The most likely case is that it is a combination of both at work.

------ Charles Creager Jr.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Information Universe and Quantum Mechanics

This is part six of the Information Universe series. See the link for part one.

http://scienceray.com/physics/the-information-universe/

The Information Universe came about as a way of explaining the strange results of Quantum Mechanics. In particular it was the famous; some would say infamous Double Slit Experiment that has lead has shown that the universe is fundamentally an information system. Furthermore it is the quantum erasure aspect of the Double Slit Experiment that eliminates all other possible explanations for the results of Quantum Mechanics.

http://scienceray.com/physics/the-double-slit-experiment-and-the-information-universe/

Not only is the Information Universe model a natural consequence of Quantum Mechanics but it is the best way to explain all of the strange results that come from it. Furthermore making a space pixilated information based coordinate system it makes it possible to reconcile Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity a task few theories have even come close to succeeding at.

------ Charles Creager Jr.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Information Universe basics

This is part five of the Information Universe series. See the link for part one.

http://scienceray.com/physics/the-information-universe/

There are a number of basic concepts that come from the Information Universe when it is applied to know principles of physics. These basic concepts not only provide a starting point to a formal Information Universe but they actually salve some problems that have plagued physics for many years. Among other things these basic concepts provide a manner of unifying quantum mechanics and General Relativity.

The first is that rather than being a continual coordinate system that it is actually quantized forming pixels. This pixilation has the side affect of unifying Quantum mechanics and General Relativity. While it does not produce a graviton it does divide space into discrete units and since General Relativity depicts gravity as a warping of space-time around a mass this would provide a way of bringing gravity into the quantum world.

The second the two most basic concepts that come from the Information Universe is that time is also quantized forming what could be considered a pixel of time.

These two basic concepts come from the fact that if the universe is indeed a calculating information system then such pixilation would be expected since there would have to be a level below that of both space and time at which the calculations take place.

The fourth basic concept is that since speed of light is one Planck length per Planck time it is the fastest speed that an object can travel that covers every point in space.

The fourth basic concept is that fundamental particles such as electrons and photons occupy one Planck length pixel for any given Planck time.

These basic concepts are the starting point of an Information Universe model. From here a full Information Universe model can be produced as mention in the article on developing an Information Universe Model. They are also critical to understanding how our universe can be based on information rather than material stuff.

------ Charles Creager Jr.