Posted on 09/08/2024 8:54:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“We proved that the Einstein field equation from general relativity is actually a relativistic quantum mechanical equation,” the researchers note in their study.
In simple words, this new framework connects the science that governs the macroscopic world with that of the microscopic world.
Therefore, it has the potential to explain every physical phenomenon known to humanity ranging from the mysterious dark matter in space to the photons emitted by your phone’s flashlight.
“To date, no globally accepted theory has been proposed to explain all physical observations,” the researchers added. They claim that their theory can challenge the foundations of physics and change our understanding of the universe.
General relativity works well for large-scale objects, while quantum physics accurately describes microscopic phenomena, but what’s the need to unite them? Well, there are two big reasons for that. First, combining these would provide a complete understanding of the universe across all scales.
This is important because many concepts such as black holes or the Big Bang are probably results of the conditions where both quantum physics and general relativity played a role. Understanding them requires a theory that integrates both.
Second, one can not fully understand the science behind quantum gravity, Hawking radiation, string theory, and various other phenomena without connecting the dots between the theory of general relativity and quantum physics.
To link them, the researchers developed a mathematical framework that “Redefined the mass and charge of leptons (fundamental particles) in terms of the interactions between the energy of the field and the curvature of the spacetime.”
“The obtained equation is covariant in space-time and invariant with respect to any Planck scale. Therefore, the constants of the universe can be reduced to only two quantities: Planck length and Planck time,” the researchers note.
(Excerpt) Read more at interestingengineering.com ...
Gravity is the next big field in physics.
This paper was authored by Thai and Chinese researchers.
We’ll see how it holds up.
I had a C average in my physics and math courses at MIT, in contrast to my A’s in biology, chemistry, and humanities. All these grades were honorably won. I even used physics and math for a small piece of my molecular biology PhD thesis at Harvard.
But between my C average and how long ago I took physics, my ability to understand this material is pretty low.
Supposedly, we cannot theoretically measure or conceive of anything smaller than the Planck scale”. That doesn’t mean that a smaller than Plancks scale doesn’t exist. If a smaller scale exists, the physicists may have to reformulate the whole set of equations. Which raises a question...will we ever understand the universe on our own terms?
Is knowledge asymptotic? Ever learning but never coming to the truth?
Any significance that one of the authors of the paper is Ying Yan? Heavy.
Didn’t help that the string theory mafia killed physics for 40 years with nothing to show for it.
I've learned to live with not knowing.-- Richard Feynman, the Omni interview
Having extra physical dimensions seemed plausible enough. I would not call it a waste. It has faded in popularity over time because the amount of possible universes that the theory opens up became to daunting a task to overcome.
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I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics yet I can't confirm this paper as valid.( Matrix math bored me to death, too bad, it made the Google founders into billionaires).
I can say from a quick look it looks very promising. They use their conjecture to predict lots of items that have been a mystery. The most surprising prediction is that values considered as constants change as the universe expands.
Plank's constant is one of those things that make you say 'Where the Hell did that come from?'. It is something that nobody saw coming (as far as I know) but was confirmed by experiments. Its eventual acceptance can be explained by another conjecture from Plank:
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ... An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning: another instance of the fact that the future lies with the youth. — Max Planck, Scientific autobiography, 1950, p. 33, 97 Colloquially, this is often paraphrased as "Science progresses one funeral at a time".
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All models are wrong at some level. Someone that thinks linking wrong models together is important has a complete misunderstanding of how tools are used. That’s like welding a hammer to a screw driver, and declaring yourself brilliant.
Nice try, no fungus cigar.
that could otherwise put you in the hospital — too much humidity.
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