![]() ![]() Supersymmetry suggests each particle has a “super partner” with the same mass, but opposite spin. To bridge these, an extension called “ supersymmetry”, suggesting particles are connected through a deep relationship, has been proposed. While the standard model explains most of what we see in particle physics experiments, there are a few gaps. The standard model describes three out of the four fundamental forces in the universe – electromagnetism, and the “strong” and “weak” forces which govern the atomic nucleus – excluding gravity. Together, these form a framework called “quantum field theory”, which is the basis for the Standard Model of Particle Physics – our best framework for describing the most basic building blocks of the universe. Physicists have already managed to unite quantum theory with Einstein’s other big theory: special relativity (explaining how speed affects mass, time and space). “Quantum physics is actually all about algebra.” ![]() It’s how space is curved and how space-time – this unified entity that contains three dimensions of space and one dimension of time – is itself also curved,” explains Vlatko Vedral, a professor of physics at Oxford University in the UK. ![]() “General relativity is all about geometry. ![]()
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