Elementary particles are the persistent perturbations of space quantum systems, but are more than the sum of these perturbations
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Elementary particles as phenomena There are a whole lot of observations which lead us to conclude that elementary particles exist, that all the elementary particles that exist conform to the Standard Model, and that the energetic universe is composed entirely of elementary particles. These particles have mass, charge, spin and a rate of decay. |
Particles are produced by space quantum systems
We are accustomed to regarding elementary particles as the 'real' things out there, the stuff of which the universe is made. Space, on the other hand, we regard as an illusion, not really anything at all. QO challenges this view. Space is real, and has the potential to generate particles. Indeed, by virtue of the Heisenberg uncertainty principal, space quantum systems must generate pairs of elementary particles. These pairs of particles persist if they interact with the environment of the parent space quantum systems so as to result in a higher entropy. They thenceforth exist in their own right, because something is necessary in order to maintain the physical coherence of a particle. The quantum potentiality of an elementary particle - its room to exist – concerns other properties than that of a space quantum systems: momentum and position, spin etc. This potentiality is typically not confined to a single space quantum system. For example, the electron of a hydrogen atom manifests itself across the entire universe.
Symmetry is ontic
A space quantum system can only resonate in defined ways, producing the varieties of elementary particle, as described by the Standard Model. They betray their common derivation from the notion of an elementary particle (see the-origins-of-symmetry). In both QO and mainstream science, the Standard Model has the same theoretical basis: symmetry. The difference is that in QO the symmetry is broken in the ontic realm and is translated into consequences for already existing particles, whereas in mainstream science the symmetry is broken when particles lose so much energy that they cannot maintain all of their symmetry.
Properties of particles
Particles move as a wave, in which space quantum systems pass excitations on to neighbouring space quantum systems. The amount of energy required for this is proportional to the mass and the square of the velocity of the particle. The velocity is limited by the speed of light, which is the maximum speed at which space quantum systems can pass on excitations. This speed is affected by the gravitational forces on the space quantum system (see gravity).
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Credibility: This explanation requires the assumption that concepts are quanta which affect their instantiations. This assumption is operationally credible. However, we cannot demonstrate that this explanation is the only possible account of elementary particles which follows from the assumption. Therefore the explanation is tentatively credible. As the Standard Model has no explanation as to how elementary particles know how to behave, it must be regarded as not credible. |