The special relativity theory concerns the fundamentals namely
space, time, energy, and matter which nature has puzzled people for thousands
of years.
With the advance of the
relativity theory, the space and time were unified into a four-dimensional
entity called the spacetime while the energy and matter into a single immaterial
energy substance from which matter was derived, as expressed in Einstein famous
equation E = mc2. The theory just stopped there and people are now
happy with the universe consisting of two distinct fundamentals, i.e. the
spacetime and energy.
Most people consider
that spacetime and energy are separate entities in that the spacetime is like a
sort of container and energy something that fills it. However, we see the
spacetime and energy are inseparable just as the spherical form and water
substance of a water drop to be. The spacetime is just the geometrical aspect of energy.
As a geometrical quality
of energy, the spacetime has no existence on its own. Energy is primordial,
neither can be destroyed nor created, from which everything else is derived.
The dimensionality and
polarity of energy
The dimensionality of
the spacetime is just the reflection of the degree of freedom and the potency
of energy as a whole. The higher the energy potency, the more significant the
number of the spacetime's dimensions to be. It is a fact behind the existence
of higher dimensional worlds which some advanced physical theories revealed.
Definitely, with their extra-dimensions well extended not curling up into small
sizes, they are like what most physicists hypothesized.
Under the special
relativity, the energy as a whole is much more like a 4-dimensional ocean. What
we know about energy in our daily life is only superficial, not the whole thing.
From this perspective, energy seems to have no existence on its own. It is only
as a sort of an abstraction which indirectly known from its functional
relationship to other physical variables or coordinates.
Another important
principle that the special relativity theory reveals is the polarity of the
energy. The energy as a whole consists of positive and negative energies as
expressed in the relativity energy equation E2 = m2c4+p2c2.
Surprisingly, nobody has paid enough attention to this energy polarity, which
in reality is the necessary prerequisite of the creation of the universe.
Creation by Separation
The energy as a whole
tends to separate into its positive and negative components. As they segregate
from each other, a 3-interface (space) is created in between the two; analogous
to the interface which exists between oil and water that we can observe in our
daily life.
How do the two opposing
energies split? The split is taking place gradually like a crack propagating
across a glass sphere. As such the 3-interface is stretching out; the universe
is expanding. The repulsive force of the opposite energies that stretches out
the 3-interface (space) is the [external] energy that we call the dark energy.
It is the creation theory that we put forward as an alternative against the
Big-Bang theory.
Ephemeral Particles,
Probabilistic and Non-Locality Features of Nature
The interplay between
the positive and negative energies gives rise to quantum fields piercing
through and igniting quantum-sparks ("quarks") at the 3-interface
analogous to the pixels appearing and disappearing at a gigantic plasma TV
screen. It is the reality of the quanta, the ephemeral fundamental particles.
Fundamental particles
are created and annihilated to and fro the energy following the energy equation
E=mc2. No persistent fundamental particle exists in nature. What we
perceive as a persistent particle in the macro realm is, in reality, the
appearance of a series of different particles subsequently created and
annihilated one after another. It is analogous to the flame of a candle which
is never being the same entity at any different instant.
As such, there could be
no continuity and deterministic feature of nature. Instead, the discontinuity
and probabilistic are the typical features of nature which are the fundamental
characteristic of quantum mechanics. Another feature of the quantum mechanics,
the non-locality, is nothing but the manifestation of the perpetual particles'
creations which are taking place simultaneously.
The Instant of Time, the
Wave Motion of Particles, Rotating Universe
The perpetual creations
and annihilations of particles give us the impression that time is running by.
The rate of perpetual creation and annihilation is the underlying of the speed
of light. The non-reversibility of the process determines the direction of
time.
The act of creation and
annihilation does not take place in time but builds up time. Had the
fundamental particles been created permanently, there would be no instant of
time. It is the mystery about the nature of time that puzzled humankind since
the dawn of history.
What we perceived as a
permanent particle moving forward is, in fact, a series of different particles
subsequently appear and disappear, analogous to water wave motion in which
individual water molecule does not move forward but is only moving up and down.
We may call this water "eter” (energy-water) in place of ether, the
classical primordial substance.
The 3-dimensional
interface between the two energies is dynamic. The repulsive opposite energies
rotate the interface in the normal direction to its plane, the fourth
dimension.
This interface, the
universal now, is not necessarily flat but curving here and there representing
the different local times. This space perpetually appears and disappears
concurrently with the ephemeral particles which build up space.
References:
1.
Einstein, Albert et
al.:” The Principle of Relativity Theory,” Dover Publication, Inc, New York,
1952
2.
Einstein, Albert:” The
Meaning of Relativity,” Princeton Science Library, New Jersey, edition 1988,
3.
Greene, Brian:” The
Fabric of The Cosmos,” Knopf, New York, 2004
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