Index
Absolute units
Accelerators. See Large Electron-Positron Collider; Large Hadron Collider
Amplitude, probability
Anderson, Carl
Antielectron. See Positron
Antimatter
Antiparticles
Antiquark
canceling quarks
core process
flavors and colors
proton interiors
soft and hard radiation
See also Quark; Quark-antiquark pairs
Antiscreening. See also Asymptotic freedom
Aristotle
Asymptotic freedom
calculating energy and momentum in jets
core process
naming
parton model and quark model of interaction
Atomic model
Atomic nuclei
changes in weak interaction
neutrons
strong force
structure of
Atomic spectroscopy
Atoms
building blocks of matter
gravity, electromagnetic force and
importance of electron mass
spectrum of
See also specific particles
Augustine (Saint)
Axion
Baryons
Bentley, Richard
Berra, Yogi
Bjorken, James
Black holes
Blackbody radiation
Bohr, Niels
Boost symmetry
constant density
local color symmetry and
relativity and
supersymmetry
universal measure units
See also Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction
Bosons
Bottom quark
Brookhaven National Laboratory
CERN laboratory. See Large Hadron Collider
Chadwick, James
Chaos theory
Charge. See Color charge; Electric charge
Charge Account
Charm quark
Chekhov, Anton
Chemical reactions
Chiral symmetry-breaking condensate
Chirality of particles
Chromodynamics. See Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
Classical mechanics
Coleman, Sidney
Color charge
asymptotic freedom and
changing
Charge Account
conservation of
Core symmetry
flavors and
gluon disturbance increasing with distance
Grid superconductivity
increasing strength with distance
local symmetry
metric field
proton mass
QED, QCD, and
Color gluon. See Gluon
Color singlet
Color-flavor locked superconductor
Complexity
Computation
LHC data
mapping quark and gluon fields
portrait of a proton
Condensates
Confessions (Augustine)
Conservation of color charge
Conservation of energy
Conservation of mass
conservation of energy and
Einstein’s first equation and
Lavoisier’s verification of
missing mass problems
Newton’s zeroth law
Conservation of momentum
Core theory
Charge Account
dark matter
gauge bosons
gravitational force
neutrino masses
particles and interactions in the Core
structure and activity in the Grid
symmetry and the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces
weak interaction
Cosmic mass density
Cosmic pressure
Cosmological constant
Cosmological term
Cosmology
Coupling parameter
Curvature of space-time
Dark energy
Dark matter
Data compression and decompression
Density
cosmological constant
dark matter
Grid density
universal density
Descartes, René
Dimopoulos, Savas
Dirac, Paul
Down quark
Einstein, Albert
blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect
conservation of mass
constant density
development of special relativity
ether and relativity
gravity bending light
quark model of a hadron
second law and origin of mass
theory of gravity
Einstein’s second law
Electric charge
Core theory
parton model and quark model
protons and neutrons
QED, QCD, and
virtual particles
Electric fields changing magnetic fields
Electromagnetic force
blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect
Core theory unifying electromagnetic and weak forces
Core theory’s symmetry failure
feebleness of gravity and
hypercharge
Maxwell’s equations
Meissner effect
metric field
QED and
relativity theory of
SO(10) transformation
special relativity
strength of
strong force, weak force, and
unification incorporating
Electrons
atomic structure
core process
importance of mass
photographing proton interiors
quarks and
Electroweak theory
Empty space. See Grid
Energy
conservation of
dark energy
Einstein’s second law and the origins of mass
Einstein’s second law and the Planck-Einstein-Schrödinger equation
of quark-antiquark pairs
origins of proton mass
parton analysis
photographing proton interiors
quantum state
supersymmetry and gravity
EPR (Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen) paradox
Equation of the Universe
Ether
blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect
condensates
Einstein’s difficulties in discarding
history of
Maxwell’s advancements on
world-stuff characteristics
Expansion of the universe, acceleration of
Falsifiability of a theory
Faraday, Michael
Feigning hypotheses
Fermi, Enrico
Feynman, Richard
constant density problem
construction of matter
difficulties with fields
Equation of the Universe
examining proton interiors
hand-waving explanations
Feynman, Richard (continued)
partons
the cosmological constant
Fields
Einstein’s difficulty over
Einstein’s field-based theory of gravity
Maxwell’s advancements on
Meissner effect
special relativity and
supersymmetry revealing new particles and fields
world-stuff characteristics
Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction
Flavors, quark
Force
classical mechanics
effect of the metric field
massless quantities
Newtonian planetary motion
quark model of hadrons
strong force
See also Electromagnetic force; Gravity; Strong force; Weak force
Fourier transforms
Friedman, Jerome
Friedman-Kendall-Taylor experiments
Fundamental spin
Future, predicting
Galilei, Galileo
Gauge bosons
Gell-Mann, Murray
General relativity
constant density problem
curved space-time and gravity
ether and
universal measure units
See also Gravity
Geodesics
Glashow, Sheldon
Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
Global symmetry
Gluon
as embodied ideas
core process
gluon disturbance increasing with distance
local symmetry
metric field
origins of mass
partons
profound simplicity
proton interiors
QED and QCD
strong force affecting
symmetry among
God
Googol
Gravity
Cartesian framework of the natural world
constant density problem
Core theory
cosmological constant
curved space-time
Einstein’s field-based theory
feebleness of
increasing rate of the expansion of the universe
massless quantities
measuring the magnitude of
Newton’s gravitational discrepancies
origin of mass
supersymmetry
unification incorporating
universality of
world-stuff characteristics
Grid
density
gluons and
manifestation of matter
material Grid
metric field
pandemonium
special relativity
structure and activity
Grooks (Hein)
Gross, David
Hadrons . See also Gluon; Quark
Handedness of particles
Hand-waving explanations
Hard radiation
Harmony
Hein, Piet
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Henry, Joseph
Hertz, Heinrich Hertz
Higgs, Peter
Higgs condensate
Higgs particle
Holmes, Sherlock
Hubble, Edwin
Hubs
Hypercharge
Hypothesis non fingo
Idealist view of matter
Interactions
color gluons and photons
dark matter and dark energy’s lack of
distance and
Newtonian planetary motion
particle activity responsible for physical forces
particles and interactions in a unified theory
QCD and strongly interacting particles
Its from Bits
Jesuit Credo
Jets
Kendall, Henry
Kepler, Johannes
Kinetic energy
King, Alan
Lagrange, Joseph
Lamb, Willis
Laplace, Pierre-Simon
Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP)
Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Lavoisier, Antoine
Le Verrier, Urbain
Lee, T. D.
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van
Length: Planck unit
Leptons
Core theory unifying electromagnetic and weak forces
particles and interactions in a unified theory
particles and interactions in the Core
SO(10) transformation
Light
dark matter and dark energy
gravity bending
light quanta
matter and
Maxwell’s equations reconciling electric and magnetic fields
metric field and
spectrum of an atom
Limiting velocity
Local symmetry
Lorentz, Hendrik
Lorentz transformations
Lucretius
Luminiferous ether
Magnetic field
changing electric fields
Meissner effect
See also Electromagnetic force
Malley, James
Maps
Mass
atomic nuclei
centrality of
conservation of
dark energy
Einstein’s second law and the origins of
Grid density
importance of electron and quark mass
massless quantities
Music of the Grid
neutrino masses and Core theory
Newton’s zeroth law
normal matter
origins of
Planck unit
supersymmetry affecting
universality of gravity
W and Z bosons
Mass without Mass
Massless particles
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Newton)
Matter
atomic model of
Cartesian primary qualities
conservation of mass
dark matter
deconstructing
Grid characteristics
metaphorical use of
normal matter
world-stuff characteristics
Maxwell, James Clerk
ambition and curiosity
electromagnetic effect
expansion of the electromagnetic spectrum
field view of empty space
QED
Mechanics, relativity theory of
Meissner, Walther
Meissner effect
Mesons
Metric field
Mills, Robert
Minkowski, Hermann
Missing mass problem
Mistakes
Momentum
conservation of
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
parton analysis
Motion
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Muons
Music
Music of the Grid
Music of the Spheres
Natural world, searching for meaning in
Neutrinos
Neutrons
Newton, Isaac
constant density problem
curved space-time and gravity
feigning hypotheses
gravitation discrepancies portending discovery
gravitational constant
on discovery
planetary motion and
special relativity and
universality of gravity
zeroth law
Newton’s laws of motion
Nobel prize
Einstein
Feynman
Friedman-Kendall-Taylor
Glasgow-Salam-Weinberg
Gross-Politzer-Wilczek
Lamb
Lee-Yang
Nordstrom, Gunnar
Normal matter. See also Matter
Nuclear forces. See also Strong force; Weak force
Ochsenfeld, Robert
Old Regime, Newton’s
“On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” (Einstein)
Opticks (Newton)
Orbits
Parity violation
Particle theory
Particles - 189. See also Virtual particles; specific particles
Partons
Past, reconstructing
Patterns
Peccei, Roberto
Perfection
Periodic motion
Philosophy
Photoelectric effect
Photon
as building block
conservation of mass and energy
core process
photographing proton interiors
Planck-Einstein-Schrödinger equation
QED and QCD
special relativity
superconductivity and mass
Planck, Max
Planck units
Planck-Einstein-Schrödinger equation
Planck’s constant
Planetary motion
Poincaré, Henri
Politzer, David
Popper, Karl
Positron
Potential energy
Pressure
Primary qualities of the natural world
Principle of Confinement
Probability amplitude
Proton
conservation of energy and mass
gravity’s feebleness and
measuring nuclear forces
neutrons and
origins of mass
partons
photographing interiors of
QCD computation of the portrait of
studying decay of
Pythagoras
Quantity of matter
Quantum activity, world-stuff and
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
computing the portrait of a photon
dark matter
massless mass
metric field
profound simplicity of
QED and
quark flavors and colors
supersymmetry and gravity
vacuum polarization
weak force
Quantum electrodynamics (QED)
Quantum mechanics
asymptotic freedom
blackbody radiation and the photoelectric effect
energy of quantum states
fluctuations in the metric field
local symmetry
origins of mass
origins of proton mass
parton analysis
proton interiors
quarks
See also Quantum theory
Quantum reality, modeling
Quantum theory
Einstein’s refusal to accept
Planck-Einstein-Schrödinger equation
predicting the future
rethinking matter and light
universal measure units
See also Quantum mechanics
Quark
condensate formation
Core theory unifying electromagnetic and weak forces
distance and interaction
flavors and colors
importance of mass
isolated
local symmetry
origins of mass
particles and interactions in a unified theory
partons
properties of
proton interiors
SO(10) transformation
soft and hard radiation
Quark model
Quark-antiquark pairs
Qubit
Quinn, Helen
Raby, Stuart
Radiation
Realist view of matter
Reality
Relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC)
Relativistic quantum field theories
Religion
Rotation transformation
Salam, Abdus
Salieri, Antonio
Schrödinger, Erwin
Science of Mechanics (Newton)
Scientific Revolution
Screening
Seed charge
Senses
Sideways-pointing spin
Simplicity
Singularity points
SO(10) transformation
Soft radiation
Space-time
Special relativity
boost symmetry
cosmological term
ether, blackbody radiation, and the photoelectric effect
fields
Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction
Grid model
metric field
Schrödinger’s electron equation
symmetry and
universal measure units
Spectrum of an atom
Speed of light (c)
Spin
measuring nuclear forces
quantum reality model
quark flavors and colors
supersymmetry affecting
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Standard model . See also Core theory
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC)
Strange quark
Strong force
Core theory
Core theory’s symmetry failure
Lagrangian form
nuclear forces
Planck scale
SO(10) transformation
supersymmetry and gravity
unification incorporating
Superconductivity
Core theory and massless particles
electroweak theory
Meissner effect
photon behavior
postulating cosmic superconductivity
Supernovae
Superstring theory
Supersymmetry
dark matter
gravity and
LHC data
revealing new particles and fields
symmetry expansion
Symmetry
Charge Account
color symmetry
Core theory
distinction without a difference
perfection and
QCD and QED
quarks and gluons
relativity theories of mechanics and electromagnetism
spontaneous symmetry breaking
strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces
universal measure units
See also Boost symmetry
Tau leptons
Taylor, Richard
Theology
Time: Planck unit
Time dilation
Top quark
Tractability
Treiman, Sam
Triangle world
Truth
Turing, Alan
Unification theories
Universal constants
Universal measures
Up quark
Updike, John
Vacuum polarization
Velocity
Virtual particles
Voltaire
W bosons
Watson, Dr.
Wave functions
Wavicles
Weak force
Core theory
Core theory’s symmetry failure
electroweak theory
LHC data
parton model and quark model
SO(10) transformation
supersymmetry and gravity
theory of
unification incorporating
Weinberg, Steven
Well-tempered equation
Weyl, Hermann
Wheeler, John
Wilczek, Frank
World-models
World-stuff, properties and characteristics of
Yang, Chen Ning
Yang-Mills equations
Z bosons
Zeroth law, Newton’s
Zweig, George
Zwicky, Fritz