Cloning Barnum & Bailey
So what brings the electron and nucleus together?
Spring-And-Loop Theory says it is exactly the same force that
brings planets and the Sun "together". Gravity.
Gravity "warps" space. Curving it. Causing a circular orbit
to be the "straightest" distance between two points.
Newton's laws are wrong in the world of atoms because things
on a small scale behave nothing like things on a large scale.
- Richard Feynman
Not an exact copy
Spring-And-Loop Theory says gravity holds things together at the
atomic scale as well.
As an analogy, think of the atomic nucleus as the Sun, and the
electron like the planet Mercury, or maybe a comet.
Where the analogy breaks down is when it comes to contact.
House rules: no rough stuff
A comet can hit the Sun but an electron can't hit the nucleus.
Why the difference?
Scale is the key to conceptualizing this.
At the Solar System scale, Planck-scale springs are vanishingly
small. Other than being part of (spring-loop) bent space,
they have little to no effect on planets.
When we say that we understand a group of natural
phenomena, we mean that we have found a constructive
theory that embraces them. - Albert Einstein
Nuclear battlefield
At the Planck scale of the nucleus, springs are a more
substantial influence.
Springs not bound to a loop are still mainly space-benders.
But they are also more noticeable randomizers; causing
those "quantum jitters". Though Spring-And-Loop Theory prefers
to think of them as cement vibrators.
As evidenced by the "less than one part in 100,000" variance
of the cosmic microwave background, spring energy is highly
uniform. Not random, just
independent and on an
extremely small scale.
Springs bound to loops (i.e. "sub atomic particles") are
like Abrams tanks on the battlefield. Rough riding, but
rarely dismembered.
Tank ballet
Spring-loop systems are tightly bound -- high test steel.
Spring-loop systems have springs on their outer layer that
are partially bound -- repulsive armor.
Spring-loop systems are self-contained -- quantum tanks.
Spring-loop systems are "pseudo random, with a common purpose" --
autonomous units, within a galactic fighting force.
When two theories are available and both are compatible with
the facts, then there are no other criteria to prefer one
over the other except the intuition of the researcher. So
one can understand why intelligent scientists, cognizant
both of theories and of facts, can still be passionate
adherents of opposing theories.
- Albert Einstein
The rest of the squadron
In comparing the known properties of protons and neutrons,
Spring-And-Loop Theory imagines that a proton simply does
a better job of attracting an electron.
Possibly by being less repulsive.
Given that a neutron decays to a proton plus an electron**,
Rutherford's intuition
that a neutron was
"a neutral double consisting of an electron orbiting a proton"
is similar to what Spring-And-Loop Theory thinks as well.
The difference between them probably comes down to how the springs
interact with the loops. Two different ways to knot a rope, or
alternate hand holds on a merry-go-round. [More]
Stability is harmony
Atomic stability can also be surmised.
There are regions of the Solar System where things are
stable enough to support a planet, and others where things
are not.
Classically defined as the electron
degeneracy pressure, the Standard Model decrees that electron
(or in general fermion) spin sets a limit.
Spring-And-Loop Theory says it more simply: sub-atomic particles
don't like to be crowded, and some more so than others.
In living through this "great epoch", it is difficult to
reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad,
degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I
wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who
are wise and of good will! In such a place even I should
be an ardent patriot! - Albert Einstein
Politics already has enough spin
Rather than a property of "spin", it is more a matter of how
springs interact with loops.
Like the difference between a
neutron and a proton, different sub-atomic particles have:
- different quantities of loops (i.e. relative sizes),
- different ratios of springs to loops (i.e. relative stability),
- and different degrees of attachment of the outer layers of springs
(i.e. relative degrees of reactivity).
In the lowest electron orbital -- 1s
-- the nucleus-electron system is only happy with two electrons. A third one doesn't
enter because (a) increased electron-electron interaction
immediately drives one of them away or (b) the degree
of spring curvature prevents a third from entering 1s in the
first place.
Diminishing effects
As the atomic orbitals increase, their distance from the nucleus
grows. Low Earth orbit supports a smaller number of satellites than
Geostationary orbit does. But at some point, the orbits are
so distant that edge effects easily break up the party.
Where the Earth-Moon system is a single "atom", most materials
contain atoms numbering in the trillions, or quintillions.
Springs are both ultra energetic and ever present, and are
attached to each atom. At the highest orbital levels, the
jostling with other atoms can easily drive electrons
away. With the outer electrons gone, the stability of the
nucleus is affected, and it splits into two or more smaller
sizes.
Quantity does not make up for quality.
- Albert Einstein
Quantity of LHC collisions recorded does not make up for
the lack of quality in the Standard Model, or quantum
mechanical, theory.
Turning away the talent
The Standard Model endlessly accumulates particles, in families,
sorted by properties. It also endlessly accumulates conundrums.
Spring-And-Loop Theory continues to discard unneeded parts.
Simplifying...and unifying.
But not to worry. Those parts are not truly gone.
They'll be CGI'd into place at a later date.
When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends
up making a hole in a sock. So I stopped wearing socks. - Albert Einstein
Finish work is for subtrades
Spring-And-Loop Theory is just a framework.
A model. A notion. A thought.
It is not trying for a famous equation, nor ingratiation.
Just simplicity, and something that doesn't break.
I still struggle with the same
problems as ten years ago.
- Albert Einstein
Ode to freedom
The building won't rise quickly.
It'll take twenty years or more.
Young bodies, if not young minds,
will be needed to build each floor.
Older people who have scarcely anything to lose ought to be
willing to speak out on behalf of those who are young and
who are subject to much greater restraint. - Albert Einstein
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Footnote:
* - More from Edward Speyer's "Six Roads From Newton":
"Quantum mechanics exists in at least four different formalisms:
- Schrodinger's wave equations,
- Heisenberg's matrices,
- Dirac's postulational approach using complex vectors,
- Feynman's path integrals (least action).
In each of these quite different formulations, h is introduced
arbitrarily, empirically. Planck's constant enters into almost
every quantum calculation.
Sometimes it cancels out, and remains
hidden, but it is always lurking nearby. Quantum electrodynamics
(QED) centers on incorporating h into formulation of Maxwell's
equations.
If the value of h is taken as zero, the equations of
classical physics appear; that is, quantum phenomena approach
classical cases as h is reduced in value.
This proposition is
called the Correspondence principle of quantum theory.
But the ultimate significance of h, or whether it even has such
a significance, remains a mystery.
Many physicists think such
speculation is a waste of time. h is there; use it, don't ask
foolish questions.
But some of us insist: predictions without
explanations are not enough; there must be more."
pp. 147-149 [green emphasis added]
** - A neutron decays to a proton plus an electron plus an electron antineutrino.
Neutrinos continue to challenge Spring-And-Loop Theory.
Best guestimate?
The various neutrinos are spring-dominated systems.
Wildest guestimate?
Neutrino liberation is one of, if not the, direct cause
of the expansion of the Universe.
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