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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on the theme of the all-pervasive cosmic magnetism. This force pervades all things everywhere and helps structure the universe we live in, and at its most powerful probably causes local laws of physics to deviate from their assigned stations. https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

DEDUCTION. “The idea of electric-magnetic charge symmetry would suggest that the magnetic charge g is just equal to the electric charge e and the masses of the magnetic particles should equal their electric counterparts, etc.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

CHARGE SYMMETRY. “If then we entertain the idea that the universe is symmetric in particles and anti-particles, we are philosophically obliged to consider the possibility that the universe is symmetric in electric charges and magnetic charges.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

UNKNOWNS. “Even with a full analysis of what general relativity would specify for the quantum interactions (if compatible) most of the quantum features would still be undetermined.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

DEFINING STRUCTURE. “The difference that non-fluctuations remain present, retain their properties and ought to have a set total interaction rate relative to the surroundings, so that they define the structure rather than carry it.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

ORIGINS OF SPACE-TIME. “Another aspect of the quantum particle scheme is that quantum fluctuations and particles (separate from the vacuum by a longer lifetime) are put on an equal footing in terms of upholding the interactions giving rise to space-time.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn

Soporific unidentified species of wasp (?) caught by a cold night, waiting to warm up, was transported from the dangerous road to the nearby shrubbery to recover. View in LinkedIn

AT LAST WE ARE SAYING THIS! “Life could have begun as little as 300 million years after Earth formed. In geological terms, this is quick—about one spin of the Sun around the galaxy. These findings have implications for the possibility of extraterrestrial life. If life is relatively quick to emerge, given the right conditions, this increases the chance that life exists on other planets.” https://lnkd.in/eidfc4kV View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this second and last weekend on cosmic magnetism. This twist on the usually dull classroom physics of magnetism electrifies the topic into an extraordinarily fascinating theme, with more questions than answers, and highlights that our earth-bound glimpses of this beast are not related to its true nature in the unruly cosmos. https://lnkd.in/eU4GzKqE View in LinkedIn

FUTURE WORK. “More thorough analyses of quantum effects, and curvature, are necessary to determine whether the hypothesis is realistic or not.” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)140.pdf View in LinkedIn