Galu, you must have been watching Dr. Harry Cliff. You can't see a Beauty Quark, because it doesn't hang around for long. But you might spot its footprints.
Beyond the Higgs: What's Next for the LHC? - with Harry Cliff - YouTube
So have lost the reference. So many crackpot theories. We just need to go back to school and understand the basics. But what is your answer?
Many theories of particles. I think Algebraicists see this in a different way from Geometers. Me, I wonder if they are both wrong.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-a-particle-20201112/
Beyond the Higgs: What's Next for the LHC? - with Harry Cliff - YouTube
I was reading something about this today, but when it comes to String Theory and Parallel Multiverses, I just lose interest. 😱
So have lost the reference. So many crackpot theories. We just need to go back to school and understand the basics. But what is your answer?
Many theories of particles. I think Algebraicists see this in a different way from Geometers. Me, I wonder if they are both wrong.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-a-particle-20201112/
Pete, you shouldn't think that the particles in Particle Physics (High Energy Physics) are really solid objects.
You're still looking for a picture, and one doesn't exist!
In current understanding, the elementary particles are excitations of the quantum fields that also govern their interactions.
Particle physics - Wikipedia
There's a feeble attempt at an answer in the link I gave: What Is Quantum Computing? - Business Insider
It's really a clickbait question! 😉
A splendid statement of our current Physics from Galu, IMO. All is uncertain.
Actually, in the case of the electromagnetic Photon, there is no rest mass at all. 😕
It carries a constant spin-momentum 1/2, and a variable linear momentum depending on its velocity. But, IMO, has a mass of sorts.
Only two things are really knowable about the Photon. Spin up or Spin down. The energy is Relative.
I was interested in this article about Information Theory. Part Einstein, part Landauer - Big Think
Apparently Information might have Mass. Black Holes seem to preserve this idea. It takes Energy to wipe your Computer memory to Zero. Which is strange. But frankly, the mass equation doesn't add up here, IMO.
I think the lovely Sabine Hossenfelder is playing Witchcraft. All those distracting background Stars. I think she and her charming German mispronunciations is distracting us!
The five most promising ways to quantize gravity - YouTube
Questions arise. Is she wearing contact lenses or just a bit myopic in her videos. 😎
Actually, in the case of the electromagnetic Photon, there is no rest mass at all. 😕
It carries a constant spin-momentum 1/2, and a variable linear momentum depending on its velocity. But, IMO, has a mass of sorts.
Only two things are really knowable about the Photon. Spin up or Spin down. The energy is Relative.
I was interested in this article about Information Theory. Part Einstein, part Landauer - Big Think
Apparently Information might have Mass. Black Holes seem to preserve this idea. It takes Energy to wipe your Computer memory to Zero. Which is strange. But frankly, the mass equation doesn't add up here, IMO.
I think the lovely Sabine Hossenfelder is playing Witchcraft. All those distracting background Stars. I think she and her charming German mispronunciations is distracting us!
The five most promising ways to quantize gravity - YouTube
Questions arise. Is she wearing contact lenses or just a bit myopic in her videos. 😎
I didn't delve into the deep matters of which I have little understanding since I typically acquiesce to those of higher google standing. OTOH, my BS meter is a finely honed instrument.
But you haven't responded to "measurable mass"
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Perhaps Netta Engelhardt could shine a light on the black hole information paradox.
Netta Engelhardt - MIT Physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-black-hole-information-paradox-comes-to-an-end-20201029/
Yikes! I don't recall seeing a person with as much gum as teeth. Is she Dutch? 🙂
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Doesn't work Pete. There is no way for you to grasp the matter being discussed if you do not have sufficient foundation. You will keep thinking others are pulling your legs.
The black hole singularity.
Seen as a mathematical point, so with no size and a mass, hence infinite density. Infinity cannot exist in physics.
They play on words, I was tricked, I solved this paradox.
Actually we do not known what is beyond the event horizon. All we know from the outside of the BH is the effect of its mass.
We know nothing of what is inside the BH, I am not even sure "inside" makes sense.
All we know is, there is a mass beyond the event horizon.
We can imagine it is all in a mathematical point, or in a sphere of Rs radius with constant density.
We can even imagine it is a cube or stuff of whatever shape and non constant density.
All this has a center of gravity and we observe the same effect from outside the event horizon.
Now let's imagine the inside is filled with matter of constant density. What happens to a guy dropped to the black hole ? He is not only stretched by the tidal force, he crashes on the event horizon.
My point of view about the "singularity" is simple, not paradoxical and far from sensational journalistic presentations.
Seen as a mathematical point, so with no size and a mass, hence infinite density. Infinity cannot exist in physics.
They play on words, I was tricked, I solved this paradox.
Actually we do not known what is beyond the event horizon. All we know from the outside of the BH is the effect of its mass.
We know nothing of what is inside the BH, I am not even sure "inside" makes sense.
All we know is, there is a mass beyond the event horizon.
We can imagine it is all in a mathematical point, or in a sphere of Rs radius with constant density.
We can even imagine it is a cube or stuff of whatever shape and non constant density.
All this has a center of gravity and we observe the same effect from outside the event horizon.
Now let's imagine the inside is filled with matter of constant density. What happens to a guy dropped to the black hole ? He is not only stretched by the tidal force, he crashes on the event horizon.
My point of view about the "singularity" is simple, not paradoxical and far from sensational journalistic presentations.
Of course you're correct to a point, the one that for me is further along than for you or most others participating in this thread. I'm here to learn and have some fun, mostly. 🙂
A lot of "we believes" attached to explanations I'm finding online. Direct contradictions also like firstly it's the smallest fundamental particle but decays into smaller ones (my BS meter needle begins to vibrate right about here). It seems discovery is led by the need to explain/legitimize other theories that have gained acceptance/consensus among the scientific world.
Let's see, hmm, we have particles we claim exist but they must have mass to confirm as evidence so what to do...hmm, I got it! We need a medium within which to assign them their identifying masses. We shall call it the Higgs field, after all, I Peter Higgs came up with the idea
Well, pat me on the back eh, problem solved!
NEXT!
He probably came up with it plopping a sugar cube into his tea and stirring; in the morning of course. That's when your at yer sharpest. 😉
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Back when I saw this video, it feels like it take the long way around to explain things, but the last third or so looks like a really good explanation.
The Higgs Boson Explained - YouTube
The Higgs Boson Explained - YouTube
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