Cosmology: Is a unified theory coming soon? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, November 05, 2010, 13:56 (4921 days ago) @ BBella

"Toms has shown that quantum gravity causes asymptotic freedom in all the gauge couplings. This is handy if you want to show that all forces unify in a single (very weak) force at very high energies." 
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> David, What does this mean, every force is unified into ONE force, altho weak, at very high energies? What is a force and what is very high energy? Speaking in layman's terms of course to the best of your understanding.-This is a discussion of very complex higher cosmologic math in particle physics. The theory is that at the highest (electrical) energies all the 'forces' become one, and eventually that should include gravity, the weakest force. Forces: 'strong' holds the nucleus together; 'weak' allows decay of an element that is radioactive, i.e., carbon 14. Electromagnetism is another force, and Weinberg, et. al. showed years ago that it joins with the weak at higher energies, for the Nobel prize. Gravity is the last 'force' and,so far, mathematically, it won't behave in the equations to prove unification of forces, as was present in the plasma just after the Big Bang. Tom has advanced the math!