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| ''' Matter ''' is anything that has ] and occupies ]. One contemporary view on matter takes it as all scientifically observable entities whatsoever. Matter can more acurately be defined as the energy that has a low vibratory rate, a compressed energy state. Commonly, the definition is limited to such entities explored by ]. | |||
| <center>'''Matter''' ('''and Energy and Space''')</center> | |||
| *The subject of Matter is unique in the realm of knowledge, being inseparable from the subject of Energy (and of Space). There are several definitions of these transcendental entities. I’ve been especially interested in these themes, and now, precisely when the amazing reality of Misplaced Pages is becoming universal in scope, some relevant ideas have been drawn to my mind. My intention is not to supplant the extant article on Matter, so that it remains intact, following this new one. I am proceeding quite unconventionally, because my project is offering a core understanding of a singular and baffling subject. An article meant to clarify or simplify the comprehension of a reality presupposes a healthy dose of basic knowledge on the part of the reader. What follows, accordingly, is the highly schematic, albeit nonfictional suggestion that Primal Electromagnetic Fields gave being to Primal Matter, from which secondary material structures derive. On the same vein, it will be posited that Primal Energy is actually kinetic energy which is instantaneously supplied by Space to freed Primal Electromagnetic Fields of Matter quanta. The overarching role of Space will be specially stressed. | |||
| The definition pursued here is of '''matter''' as whatever the smallest, most fundamental entities in ] seem to be. | |||
| 1.- I start by proposing that an electron is the minimal amount of unstructured Matter, while structured Matter starts at the level of the elements called atoms, the simplest being hydrogen. Electrons are made of a large bunch of primal electromagnetic fields (PEMF). Each one of these fields is, therefore, a quantum of unstructured Matter. Since an electromagnetic field (EMF) refers to the associacion of an electric field surrounding a charged particle with the magnetic field resulting when such particle moves, the EMF is the partnership of both fields. I am hereby positing that the neologism PEMF qualifies a heretofore unknown Primal EMF as being the originator of Matter. Although one PEMF has no measurable mass as determined by a gravity field, it can be considered as being the minimal amount of mass existing, therefore joining motion in the generation of kinetic energy. Well-informed readers might prefer to find either intellectual confort in a proposed massless “pure kinetic energy,” or else an heuristic stimulus in the posited Higgs Field that supposedly is synonymous with Space. | |||
| Thus matter can be seen as material consisting of particles which are ]s and therefore obey the ], which states that no two fermions can be in the same ]. Because of this principle, the particles which comprise matter do not all end up in their lowest energy state, and hence it is possible to create stable structures out of fermions. In addition, the Pauli exclusion principle insures that two pieces of matter will not occupy the same | |||
| location at the same time, and therefore two pieces of matter in which most energy states are filled will tend to collide with each other rather than passing through each other as with energy fields such as ]. | |||
| The matter that we observe most commonly takes the form of ]s, ]s, ]s, or pure ]s. | |||
| 2.- At the beginning of the Universe, protons also appeared, which are much more massive than electrons, and which schematically I will consider as fundamentally being composed of electrons and positrons, one of the latter being present in surplus. Single electrons and protons are mutually attracted, forming atoms of hydrogen, which are the only atoms not generated in stars, and actually being their creators. The proton’s surplus positron balances the electrical charge of the corresponding orbiting electron. | |||
| In response to different thermodynamic conditions such as ] and ], matter can exist in different "]s", the most familar of which are ], ], and ]. Others include ], ], and ]. When matter changes from one phase to another, it undergoes what is known as a ], a phenomenon studied in the field of ]. | |||
| 3.- The third constituent of the Universe is Space which will be proposed as playing vaster roles than the ones envisioned by others. | |||
| "Matter" is also, apparently, used in contrast to ], in the sense of content. | |||
| 4.- Certain stimuli acting on certain electrons of certain atoms cause one of the constituent PEMFs to exit the electron. Once thus isolated, it is submitted to a continuous repelling action exerted by Space, which forces the PEMF to move constantly in one direction. At such an instant, the PEMF has converted into a photon. Depending on the nature of the originating stimulus, photons will be propelled at different enormous speeds; however, Space limits their lineal progress to c, the speed of light. Consequently, PEMFs are forced to travel in a sinusoidal trail, therefore constituting waves, with their characteristic physical properties. The energy of each photon is precisely determined by its nonlineal speed, and each photon is a quantum of that Energy. Thus, Primal Energy is the kinetic energy of a PEMF that has exited an atom. The electromagnetic field of such PEMF contributes the primordial mass, while the constant propulsion by Space contributes the speed. To understand the logic for proposing Space as the source of the photons’ speed, it should be recalled that after being momentarily slowed while traversing a medium or by a strong magnetic field, photons resume their original speed. It is most mysterious that physicists have not been troubled by this mysterious and yet so telling property of photons. A new step further is positing that Space also supplies the PEMFs. If true, then Primordial Matter and Energy would be not so drastically apart. After all, most of the destructive effects of nuclear weapons result from the blast caused by the sudden –thus powerful-- expansion of the intensely heated atmospheric gases. This thermonuclear heat, being effected by the kinetic energy of the photons, would actually be provided by Space at the instant of the nuclear reaction. Kabbala might draw inspiration from Genesis, where immediately after the act of Creation, the first specifically defined kinetic act is described, to wit, “…and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” | |||
| ''See also:'' ]; ]; ]'', which provides a bit of historical background'' | |||
| 5.- When a photon hits an electron that can incorporate it, the kinetic energy (Energy proper) is dissipated into an appropriate target, while the PEMF returns to its nature of quantum of unstructured Matter, i.e., it forms part of the recipient electron. Once liberated from the parent PEMF, such primal photonic Energy becomes the freely available energy of the Newtonian world. It will manifest itself in the macro-kinetic and the various micro-kinetic responses of the different electrons through which energy dissipates, without the participation of primal electromagnetic fields. The resulting disturbances of the electromagnetic fields between these electrons and the corresponding positrons in the atomic nuclei give rise to various tertiary effects, which are the end-point manifestations of energy. Frictional heat, as a way of example, is a tertiary effect of energy that alternately deforms atoms by pressing their peripheral electrons, even to the point of ionization, which represents static electricity. | |||
| 6.- When an electron and its antimatter, the positron, interreact, they annihilate mutually, and two gamma rays are emitted. Since such a meager result is observed instead of the relatively large amount of Energy, i.e., photons, to be expected according to classic theory, I posit that annihilation is not the conversion of matter and antimatter into Energy, but their almost absolute return to their source, which I have posited as being Space. | |||
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Revision as of 20:24, 24 August 2004
Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. One contemporary view on matter takes it as all scientifically observable entities whatsoever. Matter can more acurately be defined as the energy that has a low vibratory rate, a compressed energy state. Commonly, the definition is limited to such entities explored by physics.
The definition pursued here is of matter as whatever the smallest, most fundamental entities in physics seem to be. Thus matter can be seen as material consisting of particles which are fermions and therefore obey the Pauli exclusion principle, which states that no two fermions can be in the same quantum state. Because of this principle, the particles which comprise matter do not all end up in their lowest energy state, and hence it is possible to create stable structures out of fermions. In addition, the Pauli exclusion principle insures that two pieces of matter will not occupy the same location at the same time, and therefore two pieces of matter in which most energy states are filled will tend to collide with each other rather than passing through each other as with energy fields such as light.
The matter that we observe most commonly takes the form of compounds, polymers, alloys, or pure elements.
In response to different thermodynamic conditions such as temperature and pressure, matter can exist in different "phases", the most familar of which are solid, liquid, and gas. Others include plasma, superfluid, and Bose-Einstein condensate. When matter changes from one phase to another, it undergoes what is known as a phase transition, a phenomenon studied in the field of thermodynamics.
"Matter" is also, apparently, used in contrast to form, in the sense of content.
See also: Antimatter; Phases of matter; Particle physics, which provides a bit of historical background