Quantum Physics: the universe is based on Quanta (General)

by David Turell , Monday, May 28, 2018, 01:14 (2370 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: The second quote suggests the precise opposite to what you have claimed, David. Maybe quantum reality is not the basis of the universe at all.

David That is not the sense of what I get from all the reading I've done. The basis of all the particles that form matter is quantum mechanics.

I just discovered an article which will prove my point. New ion electron colliders will poke into how matter is made by studying gluons.

http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/the-electron-ion-collider-will-unravel-some-of-science...

"Where does 99% of an atom’s mass come from? This is one of the most compelling mysteries in quantum mechanics today. Finding out however, is going to take an incredible amount of energy and resources, not to mention some really precise equipment. That’s where the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) comes in. This facility, two actually—which are currently being constructed, are likely to deepen our understanding of the universe in ways that we can’t predict nor fathom. Moreover, the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is expected to birth technological capabilities heretofore unimagined.

"Nuclear physicist and chair of the NSAC Donald Geesaman, told Nature, “Until we have the EIC, there are huge areas of nuclear physics that we are not going to make progress in.” Each collider will contribute to the study of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). THis is the theory of how quarks and gluons comprise the nuclei of protons and neutrons. Gluons are the “glue” that hold quarks in place. What's remarkable is that through this act, gluons then hold all of the visible matter of the universe together. Perplexingly, the force exerted by gluons only accounts for 1% of the total mass of any object.

"Two of the main goals of the project include: precision imaging of quarks and gluons to find out their spin, “flavor,” and spatial structure, and “definitive study of the universal nature of strong gluon fields in nuclei.” Experiments at each EIC may also help explain the spin of protons, a quantum mechanical mystery three decades old. The essential question is, what accounts for two-thirds of a proton’s spin? Only a third can be explained by the quarks held within it. Researchers will also investigate a rare state of matter containing only gluons."

Comment: Note above. The universe is made of gluons-plus. It is quantum chromodynamics. The basis of the universe is quantum mechanics! The rest of the article is technical description of how the colliders work.