“Before the particles that we observe today materialized, all matter in the early universe must have gone through this stage of a… — Henning Genz Matter Copy Share Image
“The orthodox interpretation offers no explanation as to why everyday objects never assume quantum mechanical states that do not allow a classical… — Henning Genz Interpretation Copy Share Image
“In physics terms, the reason for symmetry breaking is the instability of the symmetric state.” — Henning Genz Instability Copy Share Image
“Light is an excitation of empty space proper, of the vacuum. It is no more and no less.” — Henning Genz Empty space Copy Share Image
“Particle-antiparticle pairs fluctuating in the vacuum also permit the fusion of two real photons into a single one, in the presence of… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“All in all, we come to the conclusion that no more than 1 percent of all matter in the universe falls in… — Henning Genz Matter Copy Share Image
“If all of the presently observable universe pooled its matter to create one giant black hole, its radius measured in light-years would… — Henning Genz Black hole Copy Share Image
“Charges induce properties in the space surrounding them which can be observed experimentally. If we enter a test charge into an electric… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“Newton, whose thinking we will discuss in the next chapter, considers the universe as infinite in extent. Gravitation would have all masses… — Henning Genz Next chapter Copy Share Image
“The quantity that physicists call the specific heat of a substance is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“In general, the removal of energy from gravitationally bound systems accelerates the movement of their components. This also goes for systems whose… — Henning Genz Energy Copy Share Image
“But for all practical purposes the formation of ice breaks the continuous symmetries of water non-deterministically. This non-deterministic symmetry breaking is called… — Henning Genz Spontaneous Symmetry Copy Share Image
“At the end of inflation, just as after the hot Big Bang, the universe is hot. It is, we might say, self-created… — Henning Genz Big bang Copy Share Image
“If the universe as we know it is nothing but a vacuum fluctuation with a purloined total energy that is not much… — Henning Genz Fluctuation Copy Share Image
“The quarks were originally introduced as mathematical symbols-the carriers of certain properties that would facilitate mathematical understanding of elementary particles. This very… — Henning Genz Learning Copy Share Image
“The gravitational field of Earth will determine the direction of the rock that you drop from your hand. Aristotle concluded, from the… — Henning Genz Gravitational Copy Share Image
“Just as photons are scattered off the charged particle-antiparticle pairs fluctuating in the vacuum, electrical charges will interact with the virtual photons… — Henning Genz First place Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as an indestructible material object. Every particle that meets its antiparticle gives up its identity and becomes… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“The hotter a substance, the faster and the less ordered its molecular motion, and the larger the momentum with which molecules collide.… — Henning Genz Water Molecules Copy Share Image
“What really transcends our understanding is the mechanism that permits these oscillations of abstract field quantities to carry energy. We know this… — Henning Genz Empty space Copy Share Image
“But it forms the backdrop for Thales' idea that the world arose from the waters. This ur-ocean however to him is not… — Henning Genz Ocean God Copy Share Image
“Considering the energy balance, the reduction in size and the rise in temperature of the black hole form a feedback mechanism that… — Henning Genz Black hole Copy Share Image
“Protons and neutrons interact strongly with each other because their building blocks do so. The exchange particles of the strong color interaction… — Henning Genz Building blocks Copy Share Image
“At a temperature of 10^10 degrees, the energy of the photons of the electromagnetic/thermal radiation becomes that needed for the creations of… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“We don't really know whether there are black holes that emit observable amounts of Hawking radiation. Nevertheless, there is no way to… — Henning Genz Black hole Copy Share Image
“The interpretation of apparent long-distance action by means of continuously propagating effects was vigorously asserted by Isaac Newton. In his wake, the… — Henning Genz Right now Copy Share Image
“If they were as we described them, the existence of black holes would contradict the principles of thermodynamics. One of these principles… — Henning Genz Black hole Copy Share Image
“By reversing the steps that we took to advance from the concept of substance to that of Materia Prima, we can imagine… — Henning Genz Empty space Copy Share Image
“Recall our discussion of the pendulum. Its position at a given instant does not fix its subsequent behavior. Suppose a photograph shows… — Henning Genz Habits Copy Share Image
“SYMMETRY BREAKING The preferential direction fixed by this spontaneous symmetry breaking will now determine which among the elementary particles will share in… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“The energy that was hidden in the false vacuum is liberated in the course of this phase transition of the universe into… — Henning Genz Big bang Copy Share Image
“Experiments with the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite, which was launched in 1989, showed in 1990 with overwhelming precision what was already… — Henning Genz Milky way Copy Share Image
“Small regions of empty space will see large energies appear in the form of these fluctuations. they may be energetic electromagnetic waves.… — Henning Genz Electromagnetic waves Copy Share Image
“To gain any intuitive understanding of the breakdown of this ultimate symmetry through vacuum effects at the critical 10^-44 seconds after the… — Henning Genz Big bang Copy Share Image
“Just as with sound waves, light waves emitted by a moving source show the Doppler effect. What we observe instead of the… — Henning Genz Light waves Copy Share Image
“Among Plato's successors, the most remarkable thinker to pick up this strain of argument is Plotinus. He offers little to those who… — Henning Genz Fitness Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to bring a substance down to a temperature of absolute zero; there cannot be a blackbody without radiation because… — Henning Genz Empty space Copy Share Image
“To date we know only two real media that offer almost no resistance to moving bodies. One such medium was discovered in… — Henning Genz Theory Copy Share Image
“In the process, we might remember that the ground state, the vacuum state of our world, doesn't display all the symmetries of… — Henning Genz Nature Copy Share Image
“When we cause two of one kind of particle- say, an electron and a positron-to collide, the final products might be totally… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
