In general, mass generation may be built into a theory of vacuum superfluidity as a consequence of spontaneous symmetry breaking as a consequence of the formation of quantized vortices. Liquid helium4 below a transition temperature depending on pressure is an example of a superfluid. Landaukhalatnikov twofluid hydrodynamics as effective theory of gravity. Gravity as a fluid dynamic phenomenon in a superfluid. Links between gravity and dynamics of quantum liquids.
Volovik zelenogorsk, july 12, 2010 landau institute 1. Momentum exchange between superfluid vacuum and quasiparticles. What are the lessons for particle physics, gravity, and. If the analogy of the quantum mechanical physical vacuum with condensed matter systems is taken seriously, the first. When the space or vacuum for the path of one beam is polarized by the scalar field generated by charged objects, superconductor disks, andor superfluid toruses, the interference pattern will be varied or shifted. This paper describes the design of the test facility and the results of experiments to determine the heat flux to the superfluid. In the simplest superfluid the coherent motion of the superfluid vacuum is. Fully gapped topological media semimetals, cuprate superconductors, graphene, superfluid 3hea, vacuum of standard model of particle physics in massless phase. Let me help clear things up for those that havent read einsteins intuition.
Technically speaking this fluid should have infinite density but non existent viscositywe dont want our universe to be opaque. The aether in its ground state is identified with the above superfluid comprising a sea of such pairs. If no, how does a superfluid differ from a substance. If it is true that spacetime is a superfluid and that photons of different energies travel at different speeds or dissipate over time, that means relativity does not hold in all situations. Massenergy equivalence extension onto a superfluid. Introduction in this article a classification of phenomena of parapsychology from the point of view of physics is given. Superfluidity, differential geometry topology, synthetic gauge fields, quantum gravity, superfluid vacuum theory. One of the main tenets of relativity, the lorentz invariance. Superfluid quantum vacuum model, massenergy equivalence. However i feel this is about to change with what i have been studying about superfluid vacuum theory recently. The superfluid quantum vacuum model is replacing spacetime as the fundamental arena of the universe 1,2,3.
Wikipedia correctly introduces the superfluid vacuum theory as one that may be a fringe theory. Superfluid vacuum bcs bec universal theory of gapless bosons and fermions, with decay of boson into 2 fermions relevant for d superfluid phases of 3 he, the condensed matter with the outmost broken symmetry, which combine in a surprising way the properties of ordered magnets, liquid crystals and superfluids. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Preface this course is about the theory of lowenergy and highenergy, nonrelativistic and relativistic, bosonic and fermionic. More speculations on superfluid vacuum physics and theology.
The superfluid vacuum state, time varying cosmological constant, and nonsingular cosmological models article pdf available in foundations of physics 66. How is thad roberts quantum space theory viewed in the. If spacetime were a superfluid, would it unify physicsor is the theory all wet. An assumption of the postulates of both the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity gtr has not allowed one to get a non. Of course, the aether has been ruled out by albert einsteins discovery of the special theory of relativity. Using the logarithmic superfluid model, one can formulate an essentially. The complicated vacuum state of these phases with a large number of fermionic and bosonic quasiparticles and. Emery and kivelson pointed out that the transition temperature in a wide array of the hightemperature superconductors can be estimated from the zerotemperature superfluid density in a model of classical fluctuations.
Leonard hofstadter and sheldon cooper dont provide details of their superfluid vacuum theory, so i am taking some liberties here. But this is where major problem arises,the macroscopic structure of this vacuum is unknown because it is beyond the. The idea is that the vacuum is filled with a complex scalar field, such as the. If spacetime were a superfluid, would it unify physicsor. In sharp contrast, the constancy of the speed of light has remain sacred, and the term \heresy is occasionally used in relation to \varying speed of light theories 12.
In this way, we are no longer considering superfluidity merely as a. Superfluid article about superfluid by the free dictionary. Vigier c indian institute of sciences, bangalore, india b matscience, madras, india institute henri poincarb, 11, rue pierre et marie curie, paris, france received 6 december 1985. Midatlantic senior physicists group superfluid atom. Sheldon and leonard coauthor a paper on superfluid vacuum.
The standard model of particle physics 7 introduces the higgs field. A large number of applications of the logarithmic fluids can be also found in a theory of physical vacuum which becomes a useful tool for explaining a phenomenon of gravity. It follows that any object moving through it would be incapable. Lorenzo in campo pu, italy corresponding author, email. The same phenomenon occurs in the condensed matter systems. Carroll, lecture notes on general relativity, pdfgr. Sheldon and leonard coauthor a paper on superfluid vacuum theory in the latest episode of the big bang theory, leonard hofstadter had an interesting idea while he was talking to penny. The birth and death o f a superfluid experiment experiment univ. A very slippery superfluid, thats what spacetime could be like. Mind in the superfluid vacuum can achieve godlike superintelligence soon after emerging. Introduction in the present, the superfluid quantum vacuum model is considered the fundamental scenario of the universe 1,2,3. The global effect of such a superfluid vacuum we sought to describe through the einstein field equations by retaining the cosmological term agav and identifying as the energy momentum tensor tuvvac of this vacuum. Arizona chad weiler tyler neely carlo samson david scherer bpa theory simulations univ.
Superfluid vacuum theory svt, sometimes known as the bec vacuum theory, is an approach in theoretical physics and quantum mechanics where the fundamental physical vacuum nonremovable background is viewed as superfluid or as a boseeinstein condensate bec. Its motion is described by the navierstokes equation having two slightly modified terms that relate to internal forces. It is worth noting that if the vacuum is a superfluid, then these kinds of metric distortions may be responsible for the generation of mass particles. The same happens radially for a celestial bodys gravitational field. Quantum space theory is a specific version of svt, which comes with a particularly compelling and intuitively accessible model, but it still falls within the umbrella of svt so it still is relatively unknown. Superfluid vacuum theory svt, sometimes known as the bec vacuum theory, is an approach. Your post describes how its behavior differs, but what is superfluid made of.
Dark energy and dark matter in a superfluid universe1. The lambda point is the temperature below which normal fluid helium helium i transitions to. Thus, while describing a number of parapsychologyrelated phenomena, the vacuum with the superfluid properties can be treated as an information field. Quantum vacuum energy density and unifying perspectives between gravity and quantum behaviour of matter davide fiscalettia, amrit sorlib aspacelife institute, s.
The theory of relativity and compressibility ether abstract. In a modern viewpoint the relativistic quantum field theory is an effective theory 2. Superfluid vacuum model, massenergy equivalence, inertia, gravity, vacuum fluctuations 1. Insulator the vacuum at large repulsion between bosons thursday, january 30, 14. A set of cfd simulations see other data in the annex has been performed and has con rmed that the situation shown in g. Gev, the chiral fermions acquire masses and become the dirac fermions of. This is in agreement with the relativistic effect of mass increase, which.
A superfluid is a fluid flowing with no resistance. It is now well understood that the universe and its symmetrybroken ground state, the physical vacuum, may behave like a condensed matter system with a complicated and possibly degenerate ground state 15. Therefore, we treat the superfluid as the quantum vacuum aether medium as proposed by winterberg 2002a, 2002b. Dark energy and dark matter in a superfluid universe abstract arxiv. The broader theory began almost a century ago as a revival of the luminiferous aether.
At high energy of the planck scale these modes merge with the continuum of the all high. Strongly interacting cold atoms harvard university. To answer your questions 1 the scientific community at large has never heard of bohmian mechanics, or superfluid vacuum theory. Is the wiki article about superfluid vacuum theory aligned with what youre investigating or something else entirely. If you are not familiar with it then this youtube video summarises some aspects and is one interpretation among many. Its physical basis and limitations do not be explained by the theory of relativity itself, so that it seems that is an existence without matter. Relativistic mass increase would be actually the effect of the apparent viscosity drag weight of quantum vacuum superfluid quantum space, due to quantized, superfluid dark energy. Superfluid vacuum theory svt is an approach in theoretical physics and quantum mechanics where the physical vacuum is viewed as superfluid.
Volume 114a, numbe 6 physics letters 3 march 1986 superfluid vacuum carrying real einsteinde broglie waves k. It follows that mind can emerge in a substrate consisting of nothing but the bare fabric of spacetime, the superfluid vacuum itself. Novel features of helium3 superfluidity discovered with new squid detector chip 22 may 20, by john hewitt phase diagram of helium 3. The ultimate goal of the approach is to develop scientific models that unify quantum mechanics describing three. In a superfluid universe 2016 the late kerson huang suggests that the higgs field of particle theory, andor. Superfluid vacuum carrying real einsteinde broglie waves. Bcs theory \bcsbardeencooperschrie ertheoryisessentiallyjusthartreefocktheorylec.
Novel features of helium3 superfluidity discovered with. Loss of vacuum experiments on a superfluid helium vessel. Thinking of space and time as a liquid might help reconcile quantum mechanics and relativity. Lorenzo in campo pu, italy foundations of physics institute, idrija. Dark energy and dark matter in a superfluid universe1 kerson huang massachusetts institute of technology, cambridge, ma, usa 029 and institute of advanced studies, nanyang technological university, singapore 639673 abstract the vacuum is filled with complex scalar fields, such as the higgs field. If the analogy of the quantum mechanical physical vacuum with condensed.
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