Friday, December 7, 2007

The Particle Universe, Part III


To better strengthen my point I would like to examine the atomic structure. Just so we are clear, the image we all think of regarding an atom is a theory. We can't actually witness a nucleus with electrons revolving around it in different orbitals and with different spins. This model is just theory based on our universe's physical model to help us better understand and bring order to the atomic system. As a result, our accepted atomic structure basically looks very much like the structure of our solar system; a large central star with many spinning planets in varying circling orbits. This is a result of using our universe's physical model to understand the structure and function of something in another universe which is perhaps using a different physical model. The fundamental differences being that the solar system is governed by gravity and the atomic system is governed by magnetic charge.
Not knowing what the actual physical laws of the particle universe are I have still theorized a new atomic model, just based on speculation. So imagine there is still the primary nucleus making up some of the mass, but instead of many electrons there is only one, with a specific size and speed. Quick note: at the top of the periodic table we have hydrogen which only has one electron and then the cascade of elements continues with an increased number of electrons. My theoretical structure would be that there is only one electron around every one of these elements however its particular size and speed results in its different attributes making it a different element. This model would still result in our current observations, not fully understanding the way particles act in their universe however, perhaps having a different size and moving at different speeds results in what appears to be different orbitals, up spins and down spins.
Honestly we just don't know enough about how particles are to invest fully in the current model. The current model is good enough to explain (in our universe) what is happening at the atomic level. What I'm worried about is what if we are missing something by not allowing the possibility that particles function under different physical laws. Ultimately we are keeping the blinders on by trying to fit everything we observe into the physical model of our universe.

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