The Simple Universe
a physics model from first principles
The Model
The model's four base particles
The model's subatomic particles
Explaining the model with pictures
The Model and Gravity
The Simple Universe is a physics model that starts with a mechanism for gravity, and then builds the model around that mechanism
The model contains gravity, mass, electric charge, electric fields and atoms
The reason for starting with gravity, is that there might be only a few mechanisms that can produce gravity
If that is the case, then there is a chance that the model's chosen mechanism for gravity, might be the actual mechanism
Chirality is when an object has a left-handed form that is spatially different to its right-handed form
Such as our left and right hands
By custom, we shake hands with our right hands
Although the handshake would work just as well,
if we were to use our left hands
However, a handshake where one person uses their left hand
and the other uses their right hand
- is not the same kind of handshake
If the mechanism of electric charge were to be chiral in nature
Then the above suggests that the electric charge attractive force might not equal the electric charge repulsive force
A group of chiral electrical particles that are overall electrically neutral
Might have an overall attraction towards each other
Or might have an overall repulsion away from each other
Another example of chirality is the helix
A left-handed helix is spatially different to a right-handed helix
The following animation shows how left-handed and right-handed helix structures, have a slightly better contact, than the contact of left-handed and left-handed helix structures, and the contact of right-handed and right-handed helix structures, the button shows the small difference between the interactions, when the helix structures are tightly wound, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Gravity
In the model, all the particles have an underlying helix structure - they are all chiral particles
It is the chiral nature of the particles, that gives rise to gravity in the model - link to the model's detailed discussion on gravity
The Model's Four Base Particles
The model's four base particles are constructed using an elementary particle, a particle that has a size and a shape - a strand shape, and which moves continuously at a single constant speed, in three dimensional space
Being built from the elementary strand shaped particle, the base particles also have a shape and a size
The following animation shows a simple sequence of the elementary strand shaped particle, tagged one behind the other, building the model's four base particles: the neutrino, positron, electron and 'neutral' particle; the button steps through the process, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Building The Four Base Particles
The Model's Subatomic Particles
Instead of constructing the proton as two up quarks and one down quark, the proton is constructed as a positron sandwiched between two 'neutral' particles
And the neutron is constructed as a proton with an electron embedded into the side of the proton
The following animation shows the shapes and structures of the model's subatomic particles, the button steps through the particles, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
The Subatomic Particles
Explaining the Model with Pictures
One way to explain how something works
Is to use words and three dimensional pictures
For example... a video that uses words and three dimensional pictures to explain how a Torsen differential works
The model uses words and three dimensional pictures to explain how the model works
For example... how an electric field in the model makes an electron move
The following animation shows the model's electron, positron, 'neutral' particle, neutrino and particle of light, interacting with the short and long electric field particles, the button steps through the interactions, the 01 input box lists the interactions for direct selection, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Electric Fields
An alternative method
Is to use equations and diagrams
For example... the following equations and diagrams apply to an electron in an electric field
Image from Wikiversity page Maxwell's Equations
Image produced by Wikipedia user Geek3
The Model uses Ordinary Particles
Ordinary particles are used to model the atom
The same ordinary particles are used to model the double-slit experiment and the variation in the reflection of light
The mechanism that is used to model the Stern-Gerlach experiment, is the constant speed of the elementary strand shaped particle
Professor Jim Al-Khalili asks...
"Can quantum behaviour be explained with common sense and logic?"
The model suggests, yes...
To be clear, it is the ordinary shape and structure of the subatomic particles, that provides the explanations for the quantum bechaviour in the model
And it is the physics engine for the elementary strand shaped particle, that provides the mathematics for the quantum bechaviour in the model
The Model's Atomic Nuclei
Angela Collier discusses atomic nuclei...
So there's this quote from Einstein that says
"If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, then you don't really understand it yourself"
And I just think that's really silly, because six-year-olds are very young, they don't have a lot of life experience - they don't know differential equations !
What do you mean, if you can't explain it to them, then you don't understand it - isn't it on them?
I would like to give you an example today, of something you can't explain in a 30 minute YouTube video - by doing a 30 minute YouTube video, on why you can't explain the thing
Why you can't explain atomic nuclei in 30 minutes
A spherical structure is often used to depict an atomic nucleus
Image produced by Wikipedia user Marekich
In the model, atomic nuclei have a flat structure
In the model, atomic nuclei are built by using the electron that is embedded in the side of the neutron
To also embed into the side of a proton, joining the proton and neutron together
In the model, the adjacent 'neutral' particles in the nucleus, have the same edge spin, and their touching edges hold the protons and neutrons together
While the embedded electrons, align the protons and neutrons into a flat grid
The following is an interactive animation, that lets you build the atomic nuclei, from hydrogen through to iron in the model, the button steps through prepared atomic nuclei configurations, the Element Filter input box lists the prepared atomic nuclei configurations for direct selection, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Atomic Nuclei Builder
The following animation shows protons and neutrons, in the model, bonding together to form the atomic nuclei of hydrogen through to carbon, with decay sequences included for the unstable isotopes, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Atomic Nuclei
Site Map
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Contact Details
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Thank you
Bob Pike
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