International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 2005
We consider a successful Kerr-Newman formulation of elementary particles and deduce a mass-indepe... more We consider a successful Kerr-Newman formulation of elementary particles and deduce a mass-independent but spin-dependent short-range force and point out that exactly such an inexplicable force has been experimentally detected.
We show a strong parallel between the Hawking, Beckenstein black hole Thermodynamics and electrom... more We show a strong parallel between the Hawking, Beckenstein black hole Thermodynamics and electromagnetism: When the gravitational coupling constant transform into the electromagnetic coupling constant, the Schwarzchild radius, the Beckenstein temperature, the Beckenstein decay time and the Planck mass transform to respectively the Compton wavelength, the Hagedorn temperature, the Compton time and a typical elementary particle mass. The reasons underlying this parallalism are then discussed in detail.
In this note we start with the Planck scale or the quantum of area which is of importance in rece... more In this note we start with the Planck scale or the quantum of area which is of importance in recent quantum gravity approaches. We then deduce the gravitational constant from the theory. It turns out that gravitation has the Sakharov character of being an "excess" of energy. In the process we obtain an elegant rationale for the quantum of area and an alternative expression for the Bekenstein radiation time. All results are in agreement with observation (in the order of magnitude sense).
We present a rewiew and also new possible applications of p-adic numbers to pre-spacetime physics... more We present a rewiew and also new possible applications of p-adic numbers to pre-spacetime physics. It is shown that instead of the extension IR n → Qp n , which is usually implied in padic quantum field theory, it is possible to build a model based on the IR n → Qp, where p=n+2 extension and get rid of loop divergences. It is also shown that the concept of mass naturally arises in p-adic models as inverse transition probability with a dimensional constant of proportionality.
In recent papers it was shown that stochastic processes in the universe as a whole lead to discre... more In recent papers it was shown that stochastic processes in the universe as a whole lead to discrete space time at Compton scales as also non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics. In this paper, we deduce the Dirac equation and thence a unified formulation of quarks and leptons. In the process several puzzling empirical results and coincidences are shown to be a consequence of the theory. These include the discreteness of the charge, handedness of quarks, their fractional charge, confinement and masses and the handedness of neutrinos, the so called accidental relation that the classical Kerr-Newman metric describes, the field of an electron including the purely quantum mechanical gyromagnetic ratio g = 2, as also the many large number coincidences made famous by Dirac and Weinberg's mysterious empirical formula that relates the pion mass to the Hubble Constant. A cosmology based on fluctuations related to the above stochastic spacetime discretization, consistent with latest observations is also seen to follow.
We argue that it is a fluctuational underpinning of the Quantum vacuum which on the one hand give... more We argue that it is a fluctuational underpinning of the Quantum vacuum which on the one hand gives a stochastic character to the conservation laws, and on the other is required for explaining the recently observed acceleration of the universe. This also provides us with the arrow of time, in a consistent cosmology.
International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 2005
We consider a successful Kerr-Newman formulation of elementary particles and deduce a mass-indepe... more We consider a successful Kerr-Newman formulation of elementary particles and deduce a mass-independent but spin-dependent short-range force and point out that exactly such an inexplicable force has been experimentally detected.
We show a strong parallel between the Hawking, Beckenstein black hole Thermodynamics and electrom... more We show a strong parallel between the Hawking, Beckenstein black hole Thermodynamics and electromagnetism: When the gravitational coupling constant transform into the electromagnetic coupling constant, the Schwarzchild radius, the Beckenstein temperature, the Beckenstein decay time and the Planck mass transform to respectively the Compton wavelength, the Hagedorn temperature, the Compton time and a typical elementary particle mass. The reasons underlying this parallalism are then discussed in detail.
In this note we start with the Planck scale or the quantum of area which is of importance in rece... more In this note we start with the Planck scale or the quantum of area which is of importance in recent quantum gravity approaches. We then deduce the gravitational constant from the theory. It turns out that gravitation has the Sakharov character of being an "excess" of energy. In the process we obtain an elegant rationale for the quantum of area and an alternative expression for the Bekenstein radiation time. All results are in agreement with observation (in the order of magnitude sense).
We present a rewiew and also new possible applications of p-adic numbers to pre-spacetime physics... more We present a rewiew and also new possible applications of p-adic numbers to pre-spacetime physics. It is shown that instead of the extension IR n → Qp n , which is usually implied in padic quantum field theory, it is possible to build a model based on the IR n → Qp, where p=n+2 extension and get rid of loop divergences. It is also shown that the concept of mass naturally arises in p-adic models as inverse transition probability with a dimensional constant of proportionality.
In recent papers it was shown that stochastic processes in the universe as a whole lead to discre... more In recent papers it was shown that stochastic processes in the universe as a whole lead to discrete space time at Compton scales as also non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics. In this paper, we deduce the Dirac equation and thence a unified formulation of quarks and leptons. In the process several puzzling empirical results and coincidences are shown to be a consequence of the theory. These include the discreteness of the charge, handedness of quarks, their fractional charge, confinement and masses and the handedness of neutrinos, the so called accidental relation that the classical Kerr-Newman metric describes, the field of an electron including the purely quantum mechanical gyromagnetic ratio g = 2, as also the many large number coincidences made famous by Dirac and Weinberg's mysterious empirical formula that relates the pion mass to the Hubble Constant. A cosmology based on fluctuations related to the above stochastic spacetime discretization, consistent with latest observations is also seen to follow.
We argue that it is a fluctuational underpinning of the Quantum vacuum which on the one hand give... more We argue that it is a fluctuational underpinning of the Quantum vacuum which on the one hand gives a stochastic character to the conservation laws, and on the other is required for explaining the recently observed acceleration of the universe. This also provides us with the arrow of time, in a consistent cosmology.
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