Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2005 Ohio Sections of the APS and AAPT Joint Fall Meeting
Friday–Saturday, October 14–15, 2005; Cleveland, OH
Session D6: Theory |
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Chair: Jacqueline Vitali Room: Cleveland State University 1 |
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:00AM - 11:12AM |
D6.00001: Specific Examples of Negative Mass Edmond Miksch A simple thought experiment shows that the gravitational field has negative mass. The negative mass density of a gravitational field is proportional to the square of the gravitational field strength. A simple thought experiment shows that the Coriolis field has negative mass. The negative mass density of a Coriolis field is proportional to the square of the Coriolis field strength. A simple thought experiment shows that gravitational radiation has negative mass. A gravitational radiator gains mass as it radiates negative mass.\href{http://www.negative-mass.com/}{http://www.negative-mass.com/} [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:12AM - 11:24AM |
D6.00002: Introducing the Unified Physical Field Theory N. Glenn Gratke With the physical medium of space (now called the `Cosmic Continuum') supporting Einstein's `Total Field', we can develop a `Field String Model' of particle formation. `Cosmic Continuum Mutable Solitons' (to be called `Cosmutons') form the elementary particles within our single universe of three spacial dimensions. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:24AM - 11:36AM |
D6.00003: Complexity in Quantum Field Theory and physics beyond the Standard Model Ervin Goldfain Complex Quantum Field Theory (abbreviated c-QFT) is introduced in this paper as an alternative framework for the description of physics beyond the energy range of the Standard Model. The mathematics of c-QFT is based on fractal differential operators that generalize the momentum operators of conventional quantum field theory (QFT). The underlying premise of our approach is that c-QFT contains the right analytical tools for dealing with the asymptotic regime of QFT. Canonical quantization of c-QFT leads to the following conclusions i) the Fock space of c-QFT includes \textit{fractional numbers} of particles and antiparticles per state, ii) c-QFT represents a generalization of Chern-Simons field theory and iii) classical limit of c-QFT is equivalent to field theory in \textit{curved space-time}. According to this picture, c-QFT may be regarded as a natural bridge between General Relativity and QFT. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:36AM - 11:48AM |
D6.00004: From Complexity to Quantum Mechanics: Nonlinearities Underlying Quantum Mechanics Wm. C. McHarris Many of the apparent paradoxes resulting from the (linear) Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics can be resolved through parallel constructs from nonlinear dynamics/chaos. Had the founders of quantum mechanics had access to modern chaos theory, quantum mechanics could well have developed along different lines. Indeed, many of those who objected to the Copenhagen interpretation (especially de Broglie and Bohm) toyed with concepts that are close to those found in chaos theory. I shall delve into just two of these, demonstrating that exponential decay laws can be derived by iterating unimodal maps in their chaotic regimes (extreme sensitivity to initial conditions) and that the so-called classical (or hidden variables) side of Bell's inequality can be made to overlap with the quantum mechanical (entangled) side if one considers statistics of nonlinear systems, e.g., using Tsallis' nonextensive entropy. All of this has implications concerning the viability of quantum computing. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:48AM - 12:00PM |
D6.00005: Matrix Models, String Theory, Field Theory, ... and the Big Bang? Jeremy Michelson In String Theory, there are many examples in which non-gravitational (field) theories are equivalent to gravitational theories, in a manner sometimes referred to as holography. Under certain circumstances, the non-gravitational theory is better suited for calculations of phenomena in the equivalent gravitational theory. Since it can be notoriously difficult to calculate in gravitational theories, the mapping to the simple(r) quantum mechanical matrix model is very important. I will discuss one interesting class of gravitational theories and the corresponding quantum mechanical results. This class includes theories which model the big bang singularity, and for which the corresponding quantum mechanics is under good control at the time of the big bang. [Preview Abstract] |
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