Hidden Supersymmetry of Electrostatic Fields
Juan D. García-Muñoz, A Raya
A hidden supersymmetry of electrostatic fields is evidenced. Proposing an ansatz for the electrostatic potential as the natural logarithm of a nodeless function, it is demonstrated that the electrostatic fields fulfil the Bernoulli equation associated to a second-order confluent supersymmetric transformation. By using the so-called confluent algorithm, it is possible, through the appropriate choice of a charge density, to find the ground state of the corresponding supersymmetric initial potential. Furthermore, the associated electrostatic field profile of a Schr{ö}dinger-like solvable potentials can be determined
read more at https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.01248.pdf
New and surprising duality found in theoretical particle physics
On the left side, we have a scattering process involving two gluons (green/yellow and blue/cyan) interacting to produce a gluon (red/magenta) and a Higgs particle (white). The more complex scattering process to the right is mirrored by the simpler one on the left, but here we have a scattering process of two gluons (green/yellow and blue/cyan) interacting to produce four gluons (red/magenta, red/yellow, blue/magenta and green/cyan). The black color symbolizes the fact that in the collision itself, many different elementary interactions can occur, and we have to sum over all possibilities. According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, we cannot know what possibility exactly occurred – so it’s a “black box”. Drawing: Søren J. Granat
Read more at https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-and-surprising-duality-found-in-theoretical–particle-physics/
How Friedmann Shod Einstein
Vladimir O. Soloviev
Exactly one hundred years ago, Alexander Friedmann discovered that General Relativity (GR) predicts non-stationary Universe. His equation describing the evolution of the Universe is now named after him. In this paper we briefly recall the human and scientific aspects of this revolutionary change in our picture of the world. We also recall that immediately after finishing his seminal paper Friedmann wrote a book on GR for a wide audience. In that book he presented an impressive picture of the expanding Universe created from nothing…
Read more at https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.10650.pdf
What We’ve Learned from New Kind of Science Chapter 9: Fundamental Physics
In this episode of “What We’ve Learned from NKS”, Stephen Wolfram is counting down to the 20th anniversary of A New Kind of Science with [another] chapter retrospective. Read all of NKS here: https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/
00:00 Stream Begins 2:28 Stephen begins talking 6:16 Section 1: The Problems of Physics 8:18 Section 2: The Notion of Reversibility 14:58 Section 3: Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 30:15 Notes 42:33 Section 4: Conserved Quantities and Continuum Phenomena 50:09 Section 5: Ultimate Models for the Universe 53:15 Section 6: The Nature of Space 54:00 Section 7: Space as a Network 57:54 Section 8: The Relationship of Space and Time 1:01:40 Section 9: Time and Causal Networks 1:06:08 Section 10: The Sequencing of Events in the Universe 1:09:00 Section 11: Uniqueness and Branching in Time 1:12:50 Section 12: Evolution of Networks 1:17:47 Section 13: Space, Time and Relativity 1:20:54 Section 14: Elementary Particles 1:22:16 Notes 1:34:06 Section 15: The Phenomenon of Gravity 1:43:22 Section 16: Quantum Phenomena 1:50:54 Wrap up of Chapter 9 1:56:30 Is measurement a time irreversible process? Is it the case that in order to gain information about a system the system must have an arrow of time? Or is the flow of time itself the generation of information? 1:57:12 Does this mean the universe is perhaps on a trajectory to reverse to it’s initial state or will the rule expand randomly forever. if the former will time run backwards or will everything that “exists” be organically destroyed in the reversal? 1:57:45 Is there a network defined by a few simple rules, implying that the monster group and the 6 pariah groups give rise to the Standard Model with 6 basic quarks? 1:58:30 Has anyone ever run two rules in a combined computational space, could the rules “procreate” in this instance at connecting points to combine and create new rules? 1:58:46 Is there any evidence of higher complexity classes of connections in regions of branchial space that are contained in finite spaces of physical space? E.g, planets 1:59:33 It seems like half integer spin particles are only observed because the universe is 3 dimensional. If your model implies that the universe is not exactly 3 dimensional, does this mean that we can observe fractional spin particles? 2:01:30 Farewell Remarks
History of Solar Neutrino Observations
Masayuki Nakahata
The first solar neutrino experiment led by Raymond Davis Jr. showed a deficit of neutrinos relative to the solar model prediction, referred to as the “solar neutrino problem” since the 1970s. The Kamiokande experiment led by Masatoshi Koshiba successfully observed solar neutrinos, as first reported in 1989. The observed flux of solar neutrinos was almost half the prediction and confirmed the solar neutrino problem. This problem was not resolved for some time due to possible uncertainties in the solar model. In 2001, it was discovered that the solar neutrino problem is due to neutrino oscillations by comparing the Super-Kamiokande and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory results, which was the first model-independent comparison. Detailed studies of solar neutrino oscillations have since been performed, and the results of solar neutrino experiments are consistent with solar model predictions when the effect of neutrino oscillations are taken into account. In this article, the history of solar neutrino observations is reviewed with the contributions of Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande detailed…. read more at
The Genesis of the No-Boundary Wave Function of the Universe
James Hartle
Brief recollections by the author about how he and Stephen Hawking arrived at the theory of the No Boundary Quantum State of the Universe. Read more at
Steven Weinberg and his legacy
The Galileo Galilei Institute celebrates Steven Weinberg, a founding father of the theory of fundamental interactions and one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the last century. His work has been a source of inspiration and guidance for generations of physicists and is at the heart of current front-line research. This special GGI Tea Breaks’ event is dedicated to the research of Steven Weinberg, its impact and legacy in theoretical physics. The programme includes four talks, each focused on a particular broad area of research where the work of Weinberg led to breakthrough progress. His contribution will be put into historical context and its relevance for present-day research will be discussed https://www.ggi.infn.it/teaBreakSpecial.html
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