RE: What is Symmetry Breaking?
June 13, 2017 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2017 at 10:01 am by Alex K.)
(June 13, 2017 at 9:09 am)Rhondazvous Wrote:(June 13, 2017 at 8:27 am)Alex K Wrote: @Rhonda,
That's hard to say because atoms are very much quantum objects in the real world. So what is the difference between those realms in your universe?
The Quantum Realm is where you have your loose fermions and bosons. As I said, these fermions and bosons go through a nanotube to Atomidon where they are processed into atoms. Now that I think about it, I guess turning an electron into a neutrino would happen in the Quantum Realm. But is there some form of symmetry breaking involved when fermions come together to form atoms?
Yes. Not so much the capturing of electrons, but the quarks first gather into protons and neutrons, and those are held together by pairs of quarks who by virtue of the so-called chiral symmetry breaking can travel between the protons and neutrons in the form of mesons. The chiral symmetry breaking enables them to travel lightly in pairs as messengers of the nuclear force.
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