Particle Identifications from Symmetries of Braided Ribbon Network Invariants

2008/04/01 by Sundance Bilson-Thompson, Jonathan Hackett, Bilson-Thompson, Sundance +5 · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0804.0037

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Abstract

We develop the idea that the particles of the standard model may arise from excitations of quantum geometry. A previously proposed topological model of preons is developed so that it incorporates an unbounded number of generations. A condition is also found on quantum gravity dynamics necessary for the interactions of the standard model to emerge.

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