Particle Physics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND
Research in high energy particle physics has identified over 200 subatomic particles.
The particles are mapped and organized into groups much like the periodic table
of elements. As a result, the symmetry of the system illuminates the expected existence
of a particle, which can then be found in the experimental of high energy particle
collisions. Such predictive power is a hallmark of a successful theory that reflects
the nature of the universe. And, while strongly suggestive of a fundamental theory,
accuracy in prediction does not prove that the symbols used were in fact the fundamental
patterns of creation.
The quark theory is a collection of rules of interaction which describe the phenomenon
and patterns observed (e.g. conservation of lepton number). The quark theory does
an excellent job of predicting the allowable nuclear particle configurations, but
it has little applicability in helping us deeply understand quantum mechanics, field
theory, or relativity.
The Standard Model of particle physics gives quarks, leptons, neutrinos, and exchange
forces the status of fundamental particles. In comparison, the Theory of Absolutes
postulates that electrons and positrons are the only fundamental particles. Likewise,
the Theory postulates that forces are mediated by fields which instruct and inform
particles how to move. The fields are themselves conscious entities, generated each
moment by each particle. The fields modify themselves each moment as they radiate
spherically to reflect their diminished force at greater distances.
An important assumption of the Theory of Absolutes is that the particles of the Subatomic
Zoo & Standard Model are complex assemblies of electrons and positrons. This assumption
of an electron and positron substructure appears to contradict the Standard model’s
assumption of the quark, neutrino, lepton, and exchange forces being the fundamental
particles. But, throughout the body of this Theory we will the use this assumption,
and continue to show how it produces a picture of explanatory consistency with the
phenomenon.
The Standard Model was postulated as an organizational system, similar to the Periodic
Table of Elements, in order to give order to the Subatomic Zoo, which was being populated
by a growing number of particles that were detected in the bubble chambers of the
high energy particle physics labs. The first particle accelerators were relatively
low energy and accelerated protons or electrons into a metallic target such as a
gold foil, which produced lower energy subatomic particles as collision byproducts.
But, as higher energy accelerators were built, protons (or other charged particles)
were accelerated into an opposing beam of anti-particles at ever higher energies.
Such innovative experiments were successful in producing more energetic collision
byproducts, and as a result the population of detected and identified particles has
continued to grow and fill out the expected population of the Standard Model.
In the Theory of Absolutes, we hypothesize that this phenomenon of creating ever
more energetic subatomic particles. This postulate is rationalized by the following
hypothetical assumptions:
- The colliding particles (e.g. protons, neutrons, muons, pions, etc.) are comprised
of electrons and positrons in rotating configurations;
- The internal rotational energy of the colliding particles can be redistributed during
collision into particles of higher and/or lower kinetic or rotational energy.
- The high kinetic energy of the colliding particles is stored in the surrounding Dipole
Sea as Electrical and Magnetic Fields associated with the constituent electrons and
positrons;
- The kinetic energy stored in the Dipole Sea around the colliding particles is available
to convert the electrons and positrons in the Dipole Sea into real particles.
· This is a previously unrecognized type of Pair Production (normally seen associated
with a high energy ã ray next to a heavy nucleus).
· Pair Production requires 1.022 MeV per electron-positron pair, thus higher kinetic
energy particles will have more energy available to create more pairs, and thus particles
with greater mass.
- The electron-positron pairs produced during collision may be incorporated into subatomic
particles of different configurations.
- The kinetic energy of the colliding particles can be converted into electron-positron
pairs, as well as provide enough rotational energy to maintain a separation (centrifugal
force) to prevent these pair from falling back together and annihilating.
- These rotating electron-positron pairs are formed in such a way by an appropriately
glancing collision so as to produce a rotating ball of multiple electron-positron
pairs, which in turn aggregate into a subatomic particle of varying degrees of stability.
Thus, collisions between high energy protons and anti-protons can momentarily generate
large assemblies of electrons and positrons. The most particles created can be a
simple pion, low energy quark, high energy quark, up to the Higgs Vector Boson, which
is believed to be the most highly energetic and complex particle. Physicists have
speculated that these more complex and high energy particles may have existed in
the primal universe when the energy density of the universe was much higher.
The Particle Physicists and philosophers have attempted to understand the fundamental
processes involved in assembling the particles of the Subatomic Zoo. The Standard
Model embodies the current accepted theory which attempts to explain the underlying
structure of the particles of the Subatomic Zoo. The Standard Model hypothesizes
that the quark is the fundamental particulate unit which constitutes the subatomic
particle’s substructure.
The Standard Model, with its Up/Down, Strange/Charm, Top/Bottom quarks and anti-quarks
produces a very symmetric organization of particles, and as a result provides the
possibility of predicting the existence, or non-allowed existence, of the rest of
the particles that will be found by experiment. But, the question we must continue
to ask as seekers of truth is whether the quark truly is the fundamental unit of
construction of the universe. The quark can be imbued with the same consciousness
and ability to perform to a set of God-given rules, rule-oriented compliance. Thus,
if the quark theory ultimately proves to be Truth, it will not disturb the basic
assumptions of the Theory of Absolutes that God created conscious particles that
obey rules. But, we are driven to know if the quark theory is an artifact of a more
basic set of interactions associated with a more fundamental conscious particle.
We long to understand the true nature of reality, and this desire drives us on to
determine that most foundational set of rules and particles that constitute the creation.
The limitations of the Standard Model are well elaborated in a 2004 issue of Scientific
American. The inability of the Standard Model to answer fundamental questions leads
us to believe that it is probably a subset of a more general or fundamental theory.
Thus, physicists continue to search for the holy grail of a Grand Unified Theory,
or Theory of Everything that allows us to live in a more predictable and understandable
universe. Quantum mechanics has given us an appreciation of the inherent complexity
and uncertainty of the underlying processes of the physical universe, but it has
also left us open to a spiritualization of this mysterious phenomenon. As a result,
the physicists have been exalted to the role of high priests in our secular humanist
society. A subculture of interlocking scientific priesthoods has formed to attempt
to validate the thesis of evolution and the self-generating nature of the universe.
And, if such a theory of life were true, we should simply accept it, and order our
lives accordingly. But, if it is untrue, we should likewise ignore these alternate
constructions of reality. We all long for the sense of solid ground provided by
actually understanding the universe as it is. Such a map provides us with a proper
guide to direct our future research, it helps us engineer the practical machines
of life, and gives us a pattern by which to organize our social interactions.
Thus, in the spirit of searching for the truth the Theory of Absolutes is proffered
for examination as a map which may provide an initial examination for how the physical
world is ordered on its most fundamental level. Noting how the quark theory provides
an excellent predictive capability for allowed and disallowed particles, we can assume
that there is some fundamental structure involved which truly is involved in ordering
the assemblage of subatomic particles. But, we are not required to assume that the
quark is the fundamental particle; only that it is a useful accounting tool. In
other words, the quark may be an assembly of electrons and positrons. It may be
that this subunit corresponds to a fundamental unit of subatomic particle construction.
Thus, the Standard Model could be interpreted as a subset of a theory where the quarks
were comprised of electrons and positrons. We could then interpret the elemental
particles of the Standard Model as natural units that help us categorize the Subatomic
Zoo in ways that reflect the allowable aggregations of quarks and antiquarks. This
conceptualization has obvious benefits in terms of providing an overall simplicity
and unification to the disparate fields of Modern Physics if the rules governing
subatomic particles apply seamlessly to the equally thorny problems of Relativity,
Quantum Mechanics, and Field Theory.
Occam’s razor dictates the choice of the simpler organizational model as the system
more likely to correctly reflect reality. Still, shortcut methods for prediction,
such as the quark-based Standard Model, are valuable. We must resist the temptation
to give excessive generality to a useful algorithm, since utility does not prove
that the symbols used to organize the predictive relationships are actually fundamental
physical entities.
