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Single Idea 20633
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 5. Unified Models / a. Electro-weak unity
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Full Idea
In 2012 it was confirmed that we are immersed in an electroweak plasma - the Higgs field. We curently have no knowledge of what this stuff might consist of.
Gist of Idea
The Higgs field is an electroweak plasma - but we don't know what stuff it consists of
Source
Frank Close (Theories of Everything [2017], 4 'Higgs')
Book Ref
Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.78
A Reaction
The second sentence has my full attention. So we don't understand a field properly until we understand the 'stuff' it is made of? So what are all the familiar fields made of? Tell me more!
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20626
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Modern theories of matter are grounded in heat, work and energy
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20629
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Electro-magnetic waves travel at light speed - so light is electromagnetism!
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20632
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In QED, electro-magnetism exists in quantum states, emitting and absorbing electrons
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20627
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Electric fields have four basic laws (two by Gauss, one by Ampère, one by Faraday)
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20630
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Light isn't just emitted in quanta called photons - light is photons
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20628
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The electric and magnetic are tightly linked, and viewed according to your own motion
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20631
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Dirac showed how electrons conform to special relativity
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20622
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All motions are relative and ambiguous, but acceleration is the same in all inertial frames
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20623
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First Law: energy can change form, but is conserved overall
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20624
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Work degrades into heat, but not vice versa
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20633
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The Higgs field is an electroweak plasma - but we don't know what stuff it consists of
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20635
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The general relativity equations relate curvature in space-time to density of energy-momentum
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20637
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In general relativity the energy and momentum of photons subjects them to gravity
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20641
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Electrons get their mass by interaction with the Higgs field
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20640
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Space-time is indeterminate foam over short distances
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20639
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Quantum fields contain continual rapid creation and disappearance
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20642
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Photon exchange drives the electro-magnetic force
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