Polaritons change the nature of light.

axil

That's great stuff!

Do you have a clue/explaination/theory how these massless photons can gain mass? Interaction with the Higgs field?

And what is the binding force, holding the triplet together? Gravity?

Thank you in advance!

axil

Thank you!
You have choosen the right knowledge level of explanation An analogy to "spinning/moving "balls". No complex formula.

(I failed my grade in Differential Math and later, of course, in Infinitesimal Math

So, photons can join together, although, "normally" they don't care about the photon neighborhood...

It's caused by the Higgs field, the chirality and the "strangeness" of the weak force, having this charged and non-charged "preferences"-character.
The weak force is still a mystery for me, because the W and Z bosons have huge mass. (Eich)-Bosons should not have mass.
But nobody listens too me

I'm aware of the fact, that at the atomic and subatomic level, there is interference/superposition/probability of waves and other "nasty" things, the math behind that, is far beyond my abilities.

Another question, regarding quarks:

Do you have an explanation/link for this one:

Up and down quarks form protons and neutrons, held together by gluon bosons.

Nature provide/particle accelerators provide more than this two kind of quarks.

Where are the other 4 kind of quarks "used" for?

Again, thanks in advance.

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Do you have a clue/explaination/theory how these massless photons can gain mass? Interaction with the Higgs field?

To acquire gravitational mass the particle "charge/mass density funtion" must make at least two rotations. Whether two photons can be combined that way is an interesting /unsolved question.

Wyttenbach

What do you think about the Higgs field and it's relation to gravity?

Assumptions:

- Mass/energy do bend spacetime.

- Bending spacetime causes the effect of gravity

- Mass (of particles) is an effect of interacting with the Higgs field/giving subatomic particles mass

When there is a possibility to "manipulate" the Higgs field, e.g. "shielding matter from the Higgs field", what will that do to a proton?

Will the proton loose it's "you-can-not-move-with-speed-of-light-because-you-have-mass"- bounding and will start moving WITH the speed of light instead? (Protons are made of up/down quarks (with mass) and gluons (bosons without mass)

Take/challange this questionary like a child asking why, why and why all the time you make an answer... don't get me wrong

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The strange quark was required to explain why some sub atomic particles decay took longer than predicted... the muon and the kaon.

The beauty quark was needed to pair with the strange quark.

The top and bottom quark was needed to make the math work.

"The top and bottom quark was needed to make the math work."

Thats's an intelligent answer!

Feynman would be proud of you!

Thanks!

Not enough cages in the zoo, they need more and more and more ...

Ockham comes into my mind!

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What do you think about the Higgs field and it's relation to gravity?

Assumptions:

- Mass/energy do bend spacetime.

- Bending spacetime causes the effect of gravity

In dense space (nucleus) there is no such thing as (a free parameter) time. All dimension are homogenous. At least until now the math looks that way.

From a logical point of view it is absurd to think that gravity (an extereemly weak force) should be able to curve the space, where nuclear mass stays in...

Thus any standard model theory based on space-time is a kind of fringe science if it is used at nuclear level.

Further on the mathematical space for dense space is SO(4). This is a group most physicists are not used to. Until now the fit with experimental data is excellent, the modell is tricky and fairly new stuff... Just wait...

I have an off topic thought (question?) for anyone one this forum better versed in gravity maths. A black hole results from the collapse of a star to the point that the concentration of matter creates a gravitational field so strong that "light cannot escape."

Consider this thought experiment. As an object is accelerated closer and closer to the speed of light, its mass (rest mass + energy mass) increases. At some point then, quite close to, but still below, the speed of light would it not also become a "black hole?" If this is "possible" it would also be inevitable. What effect would this have on the object inside (space traveller)? Could this induce tunneling? If an em-drive propulsion device was used to accelerate to this threshold, could it not reverse thrust and thus stop being a black hole? Thanks for your thoughts, and apologies to the moderators for this abuse of the blog.

Regards and thanks for the thoughts. I am interested in the external POV, not internal. Obviously the spaceman would notice no change re. Einstein. Regardless of how "flat" it would be a non zero thickness at Black Hole advent. From an OUTSIDE observer, the object, at some point would have sufficient mass to result in Black Hole gravity. This is NOT an easy problem. To an "inside" observer, you never arrive at the event threshold in a conventional Black Hole either - time slows to a standstill and you never quite make it. In the high velocity "Black Hole" to an external observer, BEFORE the speed of light is reached, the object becomes a black hole, does it not?