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Chronometric cosmology and fundamental fermions.

I E Segal1

  • 1Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|December 1, 1982
PubMed
Summary

Fundamental fermions are modeled by fields on a chronometric cosmos, not precisely spinors. These fields become spinors only in the nonchronometric limit, offering new insights into particle physics.

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Area of Science:

  • Theoretical Physics
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Cosmology

Background:

  • Current models describe fundamental particles as spinors.
  • The nature of spacetime and its influence on particle behavior is an ongoing area of research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new model for fundamental fermions.
  • To explore the relationship between chronometric cosmos fields and spinors.
  • To investigate the role of spacetime structure in particle physics.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling fundamental fermions using fields on a chronometric cosmos.
  • Utilizing the imbedding of the scale-extended Poincaré group in the linearizer of the Minkowskian conformal group.
  • Defining fields by induction based on group imbedding.

Main Results:

  • Proposed fields are not precisely spinors but approach spinor behavior in the nonchronometric limit.
  • The proposed model offers a novel perspective on fermion properties.
  • The mathematical framework connects spacetime geometry with particle characteristics.

Conclusions:

  • The chronometric cosmos model provides a potential alternative framework for understanding fundamental fermions.
  • This approach may reconcile aspects of quantum field theory and general relativity.
  • Further research is needed to explore the implications and testability of this model.

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