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Richard Feynman, 1918-1988
Welcome back
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Summary of last lecture:
• Atomic physics
• Nuclear physics
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122 n
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1875 nm
1282 nm
1094 nm Paschen series (infrared)
n = 5
n = 4
n = 3
n = 2
n = 1
n = 6
Lyman series (ultraviolet)
Balmer series (visible)
Figure by MIT OCW.
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E big -> λ small
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MIT Course 8.033, Fall 2006, Lecture 13Max Tegmark
Today’s topics:• Particle physics
• The greatest unsolved problems in physics
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Particlephysics
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CERN particle accelerator
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How derive curvature radius of particle tracks?
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Figure by MIT OCW.
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WHY?
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The Standard Model Lagrangian
(From T.D. Gutierrez)
L=
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Cmbgg OmOl
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Cmbgg OmOl
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More energy
Less energy
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α β γ
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Over 22.6 meters, the gravitational redshift is only 5x10-15, but the Mössbauer effectwith the 14.4 keVgγ−ray from iron-57has a high enough resolution to detect that difference.
Harvard Tower Experiment(Pound & Rebka 1960)
Gamma photons launched upward
Gamma photons dropped
57Fe Source
57Fe Source
57Fe Detector
57Fe Detector
22.6 m 22.6 m
Figure by MIT OCW.
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More energy
Less energy
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UNSOLVED
PROBLEMS
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• Where do the “constants” come from? Why 3+1 dimensions?
• Is there a quantum gravity TOE? (M-theory? Black hole evaporation?)
• Proton decay?
• SUSY?
• Higgs?
• Neutrino properties?
• Dark energy?
• Dark matter?
• Inflation?
UNSOLVED PROBLEMS:
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PREDICTINGPARAMETERS
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It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Yogi Berra
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Mass of Earth 5.9742×1024 kg
Semimajor axis of Earth’s orbit
149,597,870,691 m
Mass of electron 9.10938188×10-31
kgBohr Radius of Hydrogen atom
5.29177x10-11 m
Parameter status?
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Mass of Earth 5.9742×1024 kg
Semimajor axis of Earth’s orbit
149,597,870,691 m
Mass of electron 9.10938188×10-31
kgBohr Radius of Hydrogen atom
5.29177x10-11 m
Parameter status?
EnvironmentalEnvironmental
Fundamental?
Fundamental?
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Kepler, Newton
Classical Physics
Landscape + Inflation
Level IV Multiverse?
Effective Laws ("Bylaws", "Initial conditions")
Planets are sphericalOrbits are circular
Initial matter distribution (Aµ, Jµ, ψ, ....)
SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) symmetryDimensionality of spaceConstants (α, ρ , ...)V
TOE equations
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS
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What are the 4 multiverse levels like?
1) Same effective laws of physics, different initial conditions
2) Same fundamental laws of physics, different effective laws
3) Nothing qualitatively new
4) Different fundamental laws of physics
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Three little numbers:
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R~ 1/mpαβ
M~ mp
Weisskopf 1975Carr & Rees 1979
Atom
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AsteroidR~ 1/α1/2β1/2mp
2
M~ α3/2β3/2 /mp2
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The Earth
R~1/mp2α1/2β
M~ α3/2 /mp2
Weisskopf 1975Carr & Rees 1979
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R~ 1/mp3/2α3/4β
M~ α3/4 /mp1/2
Carr & Rees 1979
Mt. Fuji
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M~ 1/mp2
Weisskopf 1975Carr & Rees 1979
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R~ α3β /mp3β3/2
M~ α5 /mp3β1/2
Carr & Rees 1979
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R~ 1/mp5
M~ 1/mp5
Carr & Rees 1979
The known universe
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Fine-tuning? NO!
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Figure 4 from Tegmark, “Is `the theory of everything' merely the ultimate ensemble theory?”http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9704009
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Most spectacular fine tunings known:
•Dark energy density
•Higgs VEV
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Effect of Higgs VEV v=246 GeV:
Courtesy of Physics Review Letters. Used with permission.
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α+ α →8Be8Be+ α →12C12C+ α →16O
Figure 1 from Oberhummer, Csoto & Schlattl, “Stellar production rates of carbon and its abundance in the universe.” http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007178
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4 effective spatial dimensions: no stable orbits, no stable atoms(Ehrenfest 1917; Tangherlini 1963)
Figure 6 from Tegmark, “Is `the theory of everything' merely the ultimate ensemble theory?”http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702052
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Figure 7 from Tegmark, “Is `the theory of everything' merely the ultimate ensemble theory?”http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702052