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The Dirac Equation and the Majorana Dirac Equation
Louis H Kauffman, Peter Rowlands
We discuss the structure of the Dirac equation and how the nilpotent and the Majorana operators arise naturally in this context. This provides a link between Kauffman's work on dis…
A critical value for dark energy
Peter Rowlands
Experimental evidence over a number of recent years has shown the density parameter of the universe omega converging to the critical value of 1, which defines a flat, Euclidean uni…
Physical Interpretations of Nilpotent Quantum Mechanics
Peter Rowlands
Nilpotent quantum mechanics provides a powerful method of making efficient calculations. More importantly, however, it provides insights into a number of fundamental physical probl…
Are there alternatives to our present theories of physical reality?
Peter Rowlands
Our notions of what is physically 'real' have long been based on the idea that the real is what is immediately apprehended, that is the local or observable, the physically tangible…
What is vacuum?
Peter Rowlands
Vacuum can be defined with exact mathematical precision as the state which remains when a fermion, with all its special characteristics, is created out of absolutely nothing. The d…
Removing redundancy in relativistic quantum mechanics
Peter Rowlands
It is proposed that the Dirac equation, as normally interpreted, incorporates intrinsic redundancies whose removal necessarily leads to an enormous gain in calculating power and ph…
The group structure bases of a foundational approach to physics
Peter Rowlands, J. P. Cullerne, Brian D. Koberlein
Based on a fundamental symmetry between space, time, mass and charge, a series of group structures of physical interest is generated, ranging from C2 to E8. The most significant re…
The factor 2 in fundamental physics
Peter Rowlands
A brief history is given of the factor 2, starting in the most elementary considerations of geometry and kinematics of uniform acceleration, and moving to relativity, quantum mecha…