Particle Identifications from Symmetries of Braided Ribbon Network Invariants

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.

9 pages, 7 figures

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