Natural Science Forum / Physics / Particle Physics / July 2008

"The Arrow of Time"
    Over the years the immutable passage of time from  past to future has
been likened to the passage of an arrow, "the Arrow of Time". There have
been numerous speculations as to why time should only progress in that

"The Aether and Charges of Charlatanism"
    There have been a significant number of newsposts from individuals who
have equated the suggestion that to assert the existence of the Aether is a
form of charlatanism. These assertions apparently come from the same

  Is there a klein gordon equation describing virtual particles?
For example if I take a virtual photon, then will putting  (D^2 -
m^2)\psi describe the virtual photon?
I'm not feeling comfortable with the above since it describes a

(Click link below:)
http://www.rbduncan.com/schrod.htm
This book was written by a mathematical physcist who was one of that
group who got us on the moon.

"The Einstein Hoax"
    The Einstein Hoax was written to counter an intellectual "fast shuffle"
which used Dr. Einstein's Special Relativity (which is easily seen to be a
mathematical copy of the earlier Lorentz Transformations Aether Theory) to

OK,...probably a dumb question...
I'm trying to follow the treatment of Dirac's equation with an
electromagnetic field (say, like in Messiah XX.21).  What is not clear
to me and doesn't seem to be explicitly expressed, is the commutation

"Another Rebuff to General Relativity By Cosmological Observations"
    Cosmological observations have recently indicated that the "expansion"
of the universe to be faster at extreme distances than it is over most of
its observable volume. There have been attempts to reconcile ...

"Einstein's Unfortunate Legacy #2"
    Following his success with The Special Theory of Relativity, Dr.
Einstein extended his approach to include accelerated reference frames. It
was his contention that the force produced by a gravitational field could be

For the first time astronomers have found a way to get a clean view of
the elusive disks of matter surrounding supermassive black holes.
http://thefreereporter.net/newspr/3020202.html

A team of scientists led by researchers from Princeton University has
discovered a new way that electrons behave in materials. The discovery
could lead to new kinds of electronic devices.
http://thefreereporter.net/newspr/3020201.html

Why is SU(3) assumed as the exact symmetry for the color quantum
number rather than SO(3)?
I understand SU(3) is an inexact symmetry for "flavor" but is there
some"deep" reason that "color" has to be SU(3)?  Some experimental

"Einstein's Unfortunate Legacy #1"
    Dr. Einstein is credited with being a modern Newton who provided a sea
change shift in our understanding of physical reality. He is credited with
this accomplishment by virtue of his Special Theory of Relativity (1905)

"Einstein's Unfortunate Legacy #1"
    Dr. Einstein is credited with being a modern Newton who provided a sea
change shift in our understanding of physical reality. He is credited with
this accomplishment by virtue of his Special Theory of Relativity (1905)

There is no single branch of science and technology or industry that
is not affected by nanotechnology. The development and innovations in
the next 10 years or so would even be showing stronger influence of
nanotechnology on most materials we are surrounded. To date, it has