Physics

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope says a look into the heart of the Perseus galaxy has provided evidence that galaxies are embedded in halos of dark matter.   Small galaxies have remained intact while larger galaxies around them are being ripped apart by the gravitational tug of other galaxies. The explanation?   The undisturbed galaxies are enshrouded by a "cushion" of dark matter that protects them. Dark matter is a theoretical invisible form of matter that accounts for most of the Universe's mass. Astronomers have deduced the existence of dark matter by gravitational influences…

There's no question that employees at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have watched with some concern as the LHC got all the press about being the future of physics despite the fact it hadn't actually produced anything.    They have also quietly continued setting world records and are once again reminding people that Fermilab's Tevatron, currently the world's most powerful operating particle accelerator, is actually ahead, even in the race to find the as-yet undefined "Higgs particle." Now scientists of the CDF and DZero collaborations have observed particle collisions that…

This blog is based on my efforts toward defining a 3-Dimensional Electron that exists in real space that I hope will replace the theoretical "point particle", that has been in existence since the 1920's and, very unfortunately, is still widely accepted and used for nearly all theoretical work.  At this stage of my proposal, I would like the reader to remember that theoreticians define the electron as a "point particle", which, by definition, can not exist in real space because a "point particle", by mathematical and physics-based definitions, does not have any real size in real space…

Nanomaterials like carbon possess unique properties, which have led to first applications in novel electronic devices and sensors. These materials are based on ordered, atomically thin layers of carbon atoms, for example in the form of a single layer as so-called “graphene”, or rolled-up in carbon nanotubes. The electronic properties of such structures are closely related to those of graphite, which consists of a stack of graphene sheets. Despite intensive research in the past, the fundamental behavior of electrons in this material are not fully understood and still controversially debated.…

    George Ellery Hale was an early and important pioneer of Solar Research.  In the early 19th Century, in Pasadena,  coincidently, the present  location of NASA`s   JPL  ( Jet Propulsion Laboratory )  Hale  constructed,    one of the most advanced Solar Telescopes of the time,  on the San Gabriel  Mountains.    Hale equipped it with the latest spectrographic  detectors and equipment,  and proceeded to  isolate the spectrographic signatures of the element  present in the Solar…

This first video is where I explain Hilbert Space Tensor Products. I explained Hilbert spaces and operators in a previous video. The sound is not stellar so turn up the volume to the max, and you should be able to hear it. This is the last in my series of video's on Quantum Theory. This is where I discuss quantum entanglement in a non mathematical way. The series is now complete. The only subject I did not go into which I intended to go into was measurement. Measurement in quantum theory is basically the application of a hermitian operator O to a state / Which gives you the value of the…

The Solar core is truly dynamic.  It has been jetting twin jets, which are possitioned diametrically opposite each other,  since it formed  some billions of years ago.  These jets are  positioned on the " Solar core equator ". The core  is far removed from the generally accepted  structure, that resembles, a snooker or pool ball, positioned in the centre of a soccer ball,  or nutmeg inside a grapefruit, a;beit thre is a partial resemblance.    The core morphed into  its present form, following a triple triangular collision, of three…

A few months ago I did a bit of thinking about gravity from a different angle.  I asked the question... How would the equations of classical General Relativity look if Planck Units were used.  Let me make it clear I am not not talking about the Planck Scale.. just the use of it's units at the classical scale.  Of course anywhere near Planck Scale Quantum effects dominate.  I have already written a book about that.  "Quantum Space-Time Dynamics" by Hontas Farmer .         This came to me after writing the book and finalizing…

The rotating black hole has been described as one of nature's most perfect objects.  As described by the Kerr solution of Einstein's gravitational field equations, its spacetime geometry is completely characterized by only two numbers — mass and spin — and is sometimes described by the aphorism "black holes have no hair.'' A particle orbiting a rotating black hole always conserves its energy and angular momentum, but otherwise traces a complicated twisting rosette pattern with no discernible regularity. But in 1968, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Brandon Carter showed that the…