The Simple Universe
A physics model from first principles
What are we ?
Introduction to the model
The Simple Universe is a physics model that starts with a mechanism for gravity, and then builds the model around that mechanism
The model contains gravity, mass, electric charge, electric fields and atoms
The reason for starting with gravity, is that there might be only a few mechanisms that can produce gravity
If that is the case, then there is a chance that the model's chosen mechanism for gravity, might be the actual mechanism
Chirality is when an object has a left-handed form that is spatially different to its right-handed form
Such as our left and right hands
By custom, we shake hands with our right hands
Although the handshake would work just as well,
if we were to use our left hands
However, a handshake where one person uses their left hand
and the other uses their right hand
Is not the same kind of handshake
Another example of chirality is a helix
A left-handed helix is spatially different to a right-handed helix
In the model, all the particles have an underlying helix structure - they are all chiral particles
It is the chiral nature of the particles, that gives rise to gravity in the model - link to the model's detailed discussion on gravity
The following animation shows how left-handed and right-handed helix structures have a slightly better contact, than the contact of left-handed and left-handed helix structures, and the contact of right-handed and right-handed helix structures, the button shows the small difference between the interactions, when the helix structures are tightly wound, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Gravity
The model's four base particles are constructed using an elementary strand shaped particle, a particle that has a shape and a size, and moves continuously at a single constant speed, in three dimensional space
Being built from the elementary strand shaped particle, the base particles also have a shape and a size
The following animation shows a simple sequence of the elementary strand shaped particle, tagged one behind the other, building the model's four base particles: the neutrino, positron, electron and 'neutral' particle; the button steps through the process, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Building The Four Base Particles
Instead of constructing the proton as two up quarks and one down quark, the proton is constructed as a positron sandwiched between two 'neutral' particles
And the neutron is constructed as a proton with an electron embedded into the side of the proton
The following animation shows the shapes and structures of the model's subatomic particles, the button steps through the particles, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
The Subatomic Particles
Three dimensional pictures are used to explain how the model works
For example, how an electric field makes an electron move
The following animation shows the model's electron, positron, 'neutral' particle, neutrino and particle of light, interacting with the short and long electric field particles, the button steps through the interactions, the 01 input box lists the interactions for direct selection, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Electric Fields
Explanations in the Simple Universe model, are based on three dimensional pictures and words
In comparison, modern physics uses equations and diagrams
An example of modern physics explaining why an electron moves towards a proton, using equations and diagrams
Image produced by Wikipedia user Geek3
Next pages: Preparation
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Thank you
Bob Pike
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili asks, can quantum behaviour be explained with common sense and logic
The model suggests, yes...
And just to be clear, it is the shape and structure of the subatomic particles, that provides the explanations for quantum behaviour
And it is the physics engine for the strand shaped particle, that provides the mathematics
Angela Collier
So there's this quote from Einstein that says...
"If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, then you don't really understand it yourself"
And I just think that's really silly, because six-year-olds are very young, they don't have a lot of life experience - they don't know differential equations !
What do you mean, if you can't explain it to them, then you don't understand it - isn't it on them?
I would like to give you an example today of something you can't explain in a 30 minute YouTube video, by doing a 30 minute YouTube video on why you can't explain the thing
Angela's YouTube video
Why you can't explain quantum chromodynamics in 30 minutes
Could it be, that the explanation for the structure and bonding of protons and neutrons, is now so complex
That it would be absurd for there to be a simple solution?
And yet...
The following animation shows protons and neutrons, in the model, bonding together to form the atomic nuclei of hydrogen through to carbon, with decay sequences included for the unstable isotopes, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Atomic Nuclei
The following is an interactive animation, that lets you build the atomic nuclei, from hydrogen through to iron in the model, the button steps through prepared atomic nuclei configurations, the Filter input box lists the prepared atomic nuclei configurations for direct selection, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Atomic Nuclei Builder
The Simple Universe model has not pre‑programmed its elementary particle with behaviour related to atomic nuclei
And yet... the elementary particle is able to produce structures that correlate with atomic nuclei stability and decay...
Plot of experimentally determined atomic nuclei stability and decay
Image produced by Wikimedia user Sjlegg
In the model, atomic nuclei have a flat structure
Which is different to the spherical structure that is often used to depict an atomic nucleus
Image produced by Wikipedia user Marekich
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