Plumbing the Electron's Depths

Here again is critical information on the structure of the universe and how the quantum sea effects the sub atomic particles.

Its important to have accurate measurements and the virtual particles of the quantum foam are improtant considerations on those measurements.

One important measure meant is alpha which is the parameter which sets the overall strength of the electromagnetic force.

Electrons are of course a part of every atom and as such are a basic building block of the universe. And alpha is an important member of the system of fundamental constants used to describe nature.

Now careful observation of a single electron in an atom trap over a period of several months has resulted in the best measurement yet of the electron's magnetic moment and an improved value for alpha.

The electron, much lighter than a proton and generally thought to be a pointlike particle, is about as fundamental an object for study as one can have in physics. Nevertheless, the electron's interaction with the vacuum is anything but simple. The theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) predicts that an electron is perpetually grappling with virtual particles -- such as photons and electron-positron pairs -- emerging briefly from the surrounding vacuum.

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the quantum fluctations and the effect Spin has on the quantum foam is very critical to the next level of quantum manipulation and antigravity.



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This was the top physics stories of 2006.
The ability to have a accurate measurement of alpha will lead to more accurate interpertations of the quantum foam relationship and the electromagnetic force strength.

The Physics Story of the Year

The physics story of the year 2006 was, we believe, the new high precision (0.76 parts per trillion uncertainty) measurement of the electron’s magnetic moment by Gerald Gabrielse and his colleagues at Harvard University. Then in a second paper the same experimenters used the new moment in tandem with a fresh formulation of quantum electrodynamics (QED) provided by theoretical colleagues to formulate a new value for the fine structure constant (denoted by the letter alpha), the pivotal parameter which sets the overall strength of the electromagnetic force. The new value has an uncertainty of 0.7 parts per billion, the first major revision of alpha in 20 years. A comparison between this new value and values determined by other methods provides the best test yet of quantum electrodynamics (QED) (PNU 783; also see Physics Today, Aug 2006).

I hope to see a extension of the Klauza Klein theory and their unification of gravity and electromagnetic scalar fields in a fifth dimension as main stream thinking

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and the study of torsion fields is another important component of physics that needs to become mainstream

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Nice find. This is the science that will one day enable us to travel among the stars.