Week 5 Physics: CP violation and connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics
Okay, I'm going to give this a shot! But this subject was particularly hard!
The CP Variant
C stands for charge conjugation - as in the conversion of an electric charge in an equation.
P stands for parity change - left goes to right, a system that can be reflected in a mirror.
T stands for Time inversion - what happens when time is run backwards is the same as forwards.
Parity is measured by the decay rate of a kaon, a kaon is this sneaky short lived meson (mesons are particles in the nucleus, such as a proton and neutron (pion)). The kaon breaks down differently in its matter and anti-matter forms. It is not 50-50. The break down is asymmetrical. Because of this, we infer that this is why our universe is not 50-50 matter and anti-matter. If you held a mirror up to the universe, I guess part of the universe is not reflected in the mirror. Where does it all go? Great question!
What does this mean? If the CPT Theorem is correct and kaons really are up to some funny business by not abiding by the laws of conversion, then our universe is not a symmetrical place.
It leads me to wonder if the action of the kaon is an assertion of matter and its own agency. Matter seems to thwart our equations and our rational minds. Then I wonder if matter has its own intention. This is a big question in the art world as some theorists say that art is emergent and humans are only part of a work's coming into being. After all, the materials were already there. Art is not 100% man made, but art is made apparent by the actions of humans. Does physics require the same shift in perspective? And what would such a shift look like? Maybe knowing the universe would be a more participatory process in which we reflect more on our own gaze, the gaze of the star-gazers! And how the Universe chooses to become apparent to us.
That brings me to Sacred Geometry and Physics!
I think a key connection between these two is not just the overlap in their findings, such as irrational numbers represented in fractals allowing us to the see the complex organization of the galaxy, a black hole, an embryo, a sunflower ... but also the overlapping intentions in the pursuit of both Sacred Geometry and Physics.
I appreciated a classmates point-blank question last week: are physicists searching for god? Great question, thank you! Because deep down I think I was wondering this too. I think those who created or who meditated upon sacred geometry in the form of the I-Ching, mandalas, or Kabala for example had a deep sense of something "beyond" whether that was internally (which perhaps we can liken to quantum mechanics - the subatomic world) and externally (the theory of relativity and how that explains time/space). The sacred geometrists of the past tried to reach higher states of consciousness to grasp something beyond what is readily seen. The same can be said for mathematicians such as Benoit Mandelbrot who helped create chaos theory by engaging with irrational numbers to find that on a macro scale these numbers actually had a deep order exposing the complexity of human life, biological life, the life of the cosmos! Something not readily apparent was 'seen' by both, some awareness of a deep order perhaps was seen by both.
The CP Variant
C stands for charge conjugation - as in the conversion of an electric charge in an equation.
P stands for parity change - left goes to right, a system that can be reflected in a mirror.
T stands for Time inversion - what happens when time is run backwards is the same as forwards.
Parity is measured by the decay rate of a kaon, a kaon is this sneaky short lived meson (mesons are particles in the nucleus, such as a proton and neutron (pion)). The kaon breaks down differently in its matter and anti-matter forms. It is not 50-50. The break down is asymmetrical. Because of this, we infer that this is why our universe is not 50-50 matter and anti-matter. If you held a mirror up to the universe, I guess part of the universe is not reflected in the mirror. Where does it all go? Great question!
What does this mean? If the CPT Theorem is correct and kaons really are up to some funny business by not abiding by the laws of conversion, then our universe is not a symmetrical place.
It leads me to wonder if the action of the kaon is an assertion of matter and its own agency. Matter seems to thwart our equations and our rational minds. Then I wonder if matter has its own intention. This is a big question in the art world as some theorists say that art is emergent and humans are only part of a work's coming into being. After all, the materials were already there. Art is not 100% man made, but art is made apparent by the actions of humans. Does physics require the same shift in perspective? And what would such a shift look like? Maybe knowing the universe would be a more participatory process in which we reflect more on our own gaze, the gaze of the star-gazers! And how the Universe chooses to become apparent to us.
That brings me to Sacred Geometry and Physics!
I think a key connection between these two is not just the overlap in their findings, such as irrational numbers represented in fractals allowing us to the see the complex organization of the galaxy, a black hole, an embryo, a sunflower ... but also the overlapping intentions in the pursuit of both Sacred Geometry and Physics.
I appreciated a classmates point-blank question last week: are physicists searching for god? Great question, thank you! Because deep down I think I was wondering this too. I think those who created or who meditated upon sacred geometry in the form of the I-Ching, mandalas, or Kabala for example had a deep sense of something "beyond" whether that was internally (which perhaps we can liken to quantum mechanics - the subatomic world) and externally (the theory of relativity and how that explains time/space). The sacred geometrists of the past tried to reach higher states of consciousness to grasp something beyond what is readily seen. The same can be said for mathematicians such as Benoit Mandelbrot who helped create chaos theory by engaging with irrational numbers to find that on a macro scale these numbers actually had a deep order exposing the complexity of human life, biological life, the life of the cosmos! Something not readily apparent was 'seen' by both, some awareness of a deep order perhaps was seen by both.
I really enjoy your blogs. So, gentle and purely you.
ReplyDeleteYour explanation Parity increased my understanding of this tough subject. Gotta brush up on my kaons, for sure.
Thank you.