| Paradigms
Philosophy
Spirituality
Contents
Home
|
Unresolved Conundrums
Now I focus on the evidence that currently confounds the accepted theories
of physics. With respect to theoretical principles, I have covered some
conceptual challenges, particularly for quantum physics, previously. Here I
focus on observations that currently cannot be explained.
I should expound on the last statement: theorists will claim that any one of
these observations supports one or another formulation of particle theory.
However, in every case the theories predict additional phenomena that have yet
to be revealed. One of the tributes to the ingenuity of particle physicists as
a whole is the facility with which they qualify their theories in order to
accommodate confounding evidence. Given this cleverness, I stand on principle
that no theory should be taken as irrefutably proven by experiment until all of
its axioms have been demonstrated through experiment.
- Solar neutrino flux. Based upon our current understanding of fusion
reaction rates, it appears that only 70% of the neutrinos emitted by the sun
make it here to earth.
- Origins of particle mass. The twelve fermions appear to have masses without
any rational relationship. (I include the neutrinos because mass-mixing is the
preferred explanation for the solar neutrino deficit.) In fact, the masses
would appear to satisfy most standards for randomness. The standard model
proposes a mechanism for generation of fermion masses (the Higgs boson), but
this theory has neither explanatory nor predictive power. It contains enough
parameters - and them some - to fit all of the known data.
- Galactic velocity profiles. Looking at spectra for elliptical galaxies
visible in profile from the Earth, we can get an impression of the speed of
stars versus radial distance from the center of the galaxy. It appears that the
stars at the periphery are moving rapidly enough that they should be moving
away from the center. In the big bang theory, galaxies are formed in an inward
spiraling of matter to a central point.
- Active galactic nuclei. Many galaxies appear to have an extremely massive
object at their core. Detailed analysis of the intensity of radiation emitted
from the AGN at the Milky Way's core appears to support the contention that it
is an extremely large black hole. Calculations show that these objects have
masses from many millions of stellar masses, all the way up to many billions.
The formation of these objects is not easily reconciled with the bubbles in the
Deep Field distribution.
- Deep Field Distribution. Under the assumption that galaxies have been
losing speed since the Expansive Cool, we can presume that more heavily
red-shifted light comes from more distant galaxies. Using this insight, we can
plot the depth distribution of galaxies in every direction of the sky. These
polar plots indicate that the observable matter lies on the surface of
enormously large empty voids.
|