Essay Abstract

The most recent preliminary discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4th 2012 should add urgency to reexamining the old Greek atomic, and aether assumptions by using today's knowledge of the universe to formulate a simpler example of how our universe formed. In the early 1900's the scientific community threw out a perfectly good Greek assumption, the aether, and replaced it with what they thought was a perfectly good geometric assumption because of Albert Einstein's work. "Because of the same mathematical formalism it is not possible to distinguish between, Lorentz Ether Theory, LET and SR by experiment but if their equations were correct, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity could generate the same mathematics without referring to an aether at all. This led most physicists to conclude that the classical notion of aether was not a useful concept" Later on in the same century the discovery of the effects caused by something called dark energy and dark matter should have made us rethink this downgraded aether assumption. It is now estimated that dark matter and dark energy makes up about 96 percent of all the mass-energy in our universe, yet we still cling to the idea of the aether as not worthy of further analysis. The aether assumption was held as one of the cornerstones of physics for over 2,300 years before its downgrade. I hope to show you that the aether can coexist with science today, in fact now that the Higgs boson has been found it is time to reexamine our outdated assumptions that condemned it to fringe science. I start programming our universe with the gluons, a boson that I think is Greek philosopher Democritus atom, "the smallest indivisible bodies from which everything else is composed" and hopefully convince you of a simpler explanation for everything.

Author Bio

I studied Physics in engineering science's over the years receiving three associate degrees, Mechanic Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering. Of all of the sciences I studied I have a deepest interest in Physics. I worked at Boeing in Portland Oregon for 24 years, currently working for Honeywell Aerospace. As a Boeing CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) QC programmer in the 1990's my job helped shaped my perspective of what I'm about to share with you. In 1996 while working for Boeing I started developing this controversial paradigm shifting idea "The Indivisible Atom - A Unified Field Theory."

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Dear Ronald,

The statement "..in fact now that the Higgs boson has been found.." is most definitely incorrect according to this latest report of a distinct possibility of an exotic Higgs particle: CERN may have found exotic Higgs 'impostor' particle.

Sorry, but I'm convinced of the exotic matter hypothesis.

    Alan

    What information I got out of the July 4th 2012 news conference on the findings from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, is that the Higgs boson was found within 5 sigma degree of accuracy from several independent scientific groups. They are not done confirming their findings yet, they want to be even more sure of what they found but at 125 GeV/e² it was within the predicted range they were looking at for the Higgs.

    Let add to what I just said above. The Higg's boson may appear to be a little more exotic than they realize because as I said in my essay it is a boson, in a Bose Einstein Condensate, BEC, bosons can occupy the same state.

    Ronald,

    What does Lawrence Krauss's A Universe from Nothing, do to your concept. For example, he describes empty space as "a boiling brew of virtual particles that pop in and out of existence in a time so short we cannot see them directly."

    Jim

    Hi James

    Virtual particle do pop in and out of space as you described, particle physicist known this for years. According to what has been currently known it is described by Zero point energy where vacuum energy is the zero-point energy of all the fields in space. This zero-point energy in my believe may be caused by the bosons Bose Einstein Condensate field.

    Ron

    Hi Jim

    Let me add to what was said above in how I think virtual particles pop in and out of space. If you look at the diagram here; see image here here is the link in case this doesn't work https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D7yH3aaw5Og/UBXY6bb6pGI/AAAAAAAADfs/W7y87zD4BpM/standard-model-19.5.jpg you will see my interpretation of a higgs boson.

    For example the higgs field which is claimed to exist everywhere may have a higgs boson in it but the field responsible for the effect we call the BEC is composed of all bosons that can occupy the same state but made mostly of gluons and the proposed axions, gluons are mass-less Democritus indivisible atom, axions are suspected of being dark matter. In the core of the higgs boson, the dense gluon field we call the strong force, I propose is a - lepton and a quark which add up to 0 charge as a result it has a 0 spin. If you break everything down to the smallest particle most quantum physicist will say that is a gluon.

    What the great science educator, Carl Sagan once said "we are all made of star stuff," but if we look at it from Democritus indivisible atom point of view then we should say that we are all made of gluon stuff.

    Ron

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    Bravo Ronald

    Any mention of an aether makes peoples skin crawl, but if you say higgs field or dark matter or dark energy you get a different response. You provided an excellent way to attack this forsaken old Greek assumption.

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      Thanks

      You would think that some credit should be given to Plato, Aristotle and Democritus for their future visionary work that describes the aether - higgs field and dark matter. Yes after 2400 years some of what they said is considered primitive by today's standards but these assumptions they made back then is still being debated today, just like what some of classic physics and relativity will be considered primitive 2400 years from now.

      Dear Ronald

      You engineers may yet save physics - Dirac's practical training in engineering may have helped him in his thought processes. Physicists can get too imaginative, for example in the business of Einstein's problematic banishing of the aether, and a more down-to-Earth approach is now sorely needed. I enjoyed reading your essay and found it refreshing for several reasons. Never mind that I found your insistence to bring in Plato et al into the picture nice but unnecessary, and that I do not agree with your use of the photon-as-particle concept.

      What I liked are 1-That you find a universal aether model acceptable and necessary 2- That you advocate a smallest-aether particle, your a-particle as the uilding block of everything (am I right here? I got lost a bit in the discussions of standard model particles) 3- That you explain dark matter and energy in terms of this a-particle.

      If you read my fqxi essay Fix Physics! and Beautiful Universe Theory you will understand why I liked your approach. I need to have my (BU) theory simulated - any suggestions or help is welcome. My programming skills do not go beyond BASIC, but since you mention the Strong Force, here is a simulation I made trying to get a grip on its attractive-repulsive nature in terms of magnetic (BU) universal ether nodes. Three Magnetic Dipoles Provide A Physically Realistic Simulation of the Repulsive Attractive Nature of the Strong Force and of the Cabibbo Angle.

      Cheers

      Vladimir

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        Thanks for the kind words Vladimir

        In answer to your question - "your a-particle as the building block of everything (am I right here? I got lost a bit in the discussions of standard model particles."

        Yes I am a strong believer in this, just as we can derive complex computer programs from binary numbers which is 0 and 1's, which incidentally a Bose Einstein Condensate can occupy the same state 0 and 1, we are building quantum computers that use this same Form, idea. The gluon being a mass-less bosonic particle fits that bill. With no mass the gluon by itself doesn't have to obey the laws of thermal dynamics, therefore as Aristotle said "was neither hot, cold, wet, or dry, was incapable of change (with the exception of change of place)."

        About the gluon making all things and why I included the proton and neutron.

        "A proton is composed of two up quarks and one down quark, with the rest mass of the quarks thought to contribute only about 1% of the proton's mass. The remainder of the proton mass is due to the kinetic energy of the quarks and to the energy of the gluon fields that bind them together."

        Well that is where I included that progression of all the particles at it approached light speed in the illustration beginning with the gluon, the important thing about this is even though the gluon has a 0 charge it can still have two opposite charges occupying the same state which add up to 0. Notice 99 percent of the Protons mass is "due to the kinetic energy of the quarks and to the energy of the gluon fields that bind them together," (strong force). All the particles you see in that illustration are symmetrical, meaning for every - charge particle created there is an charge particle, matter and antimatter. It is no coincidence of the symmetry of the universe is this occurs because of the separation of the charges and gaining of mass as that particle is accelerated towards the speed of light. That gaining of mass is from the collapse of the bosonic condensate as that particle with mass is accelerated towards the speed of light against its will.

        I might being over emphasizing Plato's contribution to modern science but it fit my thought patterns when I wrote this.

        Vladimir I haven't read your essay yet but I will and leave you a post after I do.

        In answer to getting some of your work animated a good way to do that is to approach an Engineering student at your local collage that had extensive 3D AutoCAD training. A good way to do that is contact a mechanical engineering instructor who gives there students problems to solve in a project engineering class. That instructor may assign or ask any of their students if they would like an assignment for one of their projects creating an animation for you. My instructor was open to that.

        Note there are several other different programs other than AutoCAD that someone can make an animation for you, especially the gaming students.

        Hopefully this helped.

        New LHC Results: We Were Sure We Found the Higgs Boson, and Now We're Even Surer

        A nearly 6-sigma result says we are now surer than sure that the God particle is real

        Researchers at CERN and the world over were already sure they had found the Higgs Boson--five-sigma sure--but in case there were any lingering doubts a new round of results coming out of Geneva further backs the earlier findings. One team there now reports a 5.9 sigma level of certainty that the Higgs exists. That equates to a one-in-550 million chance that the results are incorrect reflections of statistical errors.

        Higgs

          Ronald,

          Peter Higgs must cringe every time he hears the phrase "God particle." :-)

          I've only just scanned your essay, though I will come back for a thoughtful read, because I find it interesting that one would take this upside-down approach from the Greeks, basing fundamental physics on an indivisible particle while most physicists (including Higgs) pursue field theories.

          At any rate, good luck in the contest. (I also have an entry.)

          Tom

          I agree for once Tom :), you know Tom , the sciences community seems loosing its foundamental road .

          I ask me why ? perhaps that it is just due to business team around fearing to loose investments. So perhaps even that people invent false results.

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          I'm neutral on the choice of approach, Steve. I don't think there is virtue in preferring one over another. There is virtue, however, in trying to understand others' thinking, even if one thinks they are "false results."

          Tom

            Indeed Tom , but apparently a lot of scientists do not really love the critics. Tom, could you help me to be accepted in an university in USA? I d like have my doctorate in physics. I could imrpove my works.I d like also learn engeniering and computing. I do not know all you know Tom, I have never said that I knew all.I am arrogant indeed but you know I am just a young searcher wanting to be recognized for his researchs and wanting to learn more in the good universities with the good mentors and professors. I have found an improtant thing Tom, you know it, I d like learn more and I d like test my models and inventions with good partners. Belgium is frustrating. Ihave already had a business angel from Paris, I must admit that I am a little parano.

            I d like find the good university. I have always dreamed to learn in an american university.Like I have already explained, I was in geology at the FNDP of Namur Belgium. But I have had neurological probelms.It was difficult you know after.I have learned by myself. I have always this dream you know.

            Regards

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            Steve, this is not an appropriate place to discuss such things. It would be stealing space from Ronald. I will give you a reply in my own essay forum, if you want to take it up there.

            Tom

            Tom

            If you look in the book of the guy that coined the name "The God Particle" Leon Lederman you can see where I got my inspiration from. He has a moment at the beginning of the book where he imagines talking to Democritus about his "Atomic Theory" the indivisible atom. See even Nobel prize winning Leaderman believed there must be a simple reason why everything behaves like it does starting with the smallest indivisible atom but he couldn't put it all together. That is what I am trying to do.

            Now there is nothing wrong with field studies, however what is in that Higgs field but bosons, Higgs bosons, -w bosons, +w bosons, z bosons, gluons bosons and maybe the yet to be detected axion boson, what some think is dark matter.

            Thanks for the reply good luck in your entry, I will check it out.

            Ron

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            Ron,

            Oh yes, I know. I loved Lederman's book. I'll have to read your essay honestly, though, before I can make an intelligent comment on the technical content.

            Best,

            Tom