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Originally Posted by Felix Schrodinger

THE STRONG FORCE
According to the standard model, the strong force is mediated by little particles called 'gluons' which fly back and forth between a proton and its partner neutron to stop them flying apart. My model does not require gluons at all. The proton and neutron are held together as they consist of three strings (quarks) emitted by the masons. The central section of the string is held by the mason so there is, in fact, no force to explain.

THE WEAK FORCE

This is the so called 'force' which is responsible for radioactive decay of over-heavy particles. It requires the interchange of W and Z particles which have been observed in experiments in particle colliders though how they work is another question.

My model argues that this 'force' is, like all of the others, a simple effect. It is the result of over-heavy particles exhibiting a probability function that is very much larger than normal. Thus only the presence of a strong chronon outside of the normal area of collapse is necessary for a sub particle to escape witout the need for a second interacting particle. The need for a chronon infers the time dependency of radioactive decay (half life). …

I am not fond of lots of features. I prefer warping of space/aether. If the “Y” shaped “pothole” in the aether goes deep and narrow, then anything which fell into the pothole would appear more massive as it went down the “neck”. Further, it would be forced tightly together (strong force). Only as it emerges at the top of the “Y” would it lose mass and attraction (weak force). Also, as it went down the neck, it would appear to be a particle instead of a tightly spinning (angular motion) feature of the stuff that photons are made of. Lastly, this would account for any slight tilt toward the center of a galaxy. The “massive” galaxy center would create a very slight grade out to its edges and account for “lensing”, a well-known phenomena of astrophysics. Thus, gravity becomes a non-force, a mirage caused by the angular motion (spin) while falling into a "Y-pothole" - Einstein's concept. Perhaps “whirlpool” galaxies are telling us something about the smallest scale of matter, too.

Additionally, if a positron and electron collide and create 2 photons, then the conservation of energy says that they are equivalent. Whatever the particles are made of is the same stuff and the same amount as in the 2 photons. (To declare that other factors are involved requires more features and more complexity to resolve it. Ugly.) So, if the amount of “stuff” is the same in 2 particles as in 2 photons, then the difference must relate to spin (angular momentum). A crazy notion might be that a photon has a yin/yang configuration. And if 2 photons collide, 2 yins might spin off together in one direction and 2 yangs might spin off in another direction giving a doubling effect of spin for each particle (positron & electron). With a preference for a yin/yang configuration, when a positron and electron collide, they quickly reconfigure into the yin/yang configuration, thus, creating 2 photons. Whether we call it “yin/yang”, “salt and pepper”, or "Laurel & Hardy" doesn’t matter. The concept is the key aspect.

As a visual model, if you take a "spring", and look at it sideways, it has two ends. If energy travels along the wire, it will appear to have direction and waves (a photon). If, on the other hand, you look down the “barrel” of the spring, then any energy following the wire would appear to be circling in one location (a particle).

I believe that the depth of the “Y” shaped pothole is related to “time”. Perhaps things become more massive as they fall out of the present.

Also, I am suspicious of the results of colliders. When you slam one particle into another, what gets examined afterwards is the debris field. If you throw a hand-grenade into a pile of springs, the debris may leave springs clipped into the shape of “C” or “O” or “S” and many other pieces. To name every shape of debris found after a collision may not be useful.

I would prefer to eliminate features of the universe in order to find a key feature which explains virtually everything. Aether, angular momentum, and “Y-potholes in time” seem to explain much.

Originally Posted by Felix Schrodinger

… all of the forces of nature can be described in simpler ways without the need to invent these 'messengers'. …

I wholeheartedly agree.