MODELING THE UNIVERSE AS A QUANTUM WELL
Michael Harney1 & Julie Seal2 Show affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, Maryland, United States
- Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, United States
Physics International, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 1–4 · doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2014.1.4
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By modeling the Universe as a quantum well for standing waves and solving Schrodinger’s equation for a particle trapped in this well, the solutions for the allowable rest-energies of all particles in the Universe are obtained, from the mass of the photon up to the mass of the Universe. The quantum numbers that predict the allowable rest-energies of all particles are also found to quantize the distance over which gravity acts, ranging from the Planck length to the radius of the universe. The potential that is derived from the quantum well model is validated for gravitational, strong, weak and electromagnetic forces by confirming the mass of the vector particle for each force.
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Harney, M. & Seal, J. (2014). MODELING THE UNIVERSE AS A QUANTUM WELL. Physics International, 5(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2014.1.4
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