5Comments
- Theories of systems (atoms, etc...) having a finite number of particles were made in the 1920s by Heisenberg Schrodinger and Dirac.
- In quantum theory, the ground state of a pendulum is not just sitting at the lowest energy point (pointing straight down)
- The highter the frequency of the pendulum or wave the higher the energy of the ground state.
- There are different forms of symmetries; one was discovered in the 1970s.
- Supersymmetry was first considered for removing infinities
4Questions
- Why did people find difficutly extending quantum ideas to the Maxwell field?
- How can people think of Maxwell's field of different wavelengths?
- How exactly does energy density of ground fuluctuate between plates?
- What did the author mean when he said that the cosmological constant seems very ad hoc?
3Vocabulary
- Singularity: he quality or condition of being singular.
- Momentum: Impetus of a physical object in motion.
- Oscillate: To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.
2Literary Devices
1Summarizing Sentence
- This section is about connecting wave lengths and symmetries to time, space and "cosmological constant".