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<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\nIn their preprint quant-ph/0403228, "Quantum Knots",\nKauffman and Lomonaco propose that\nknots can represent particle states.\n\nIn the preprint cond-mat/0407140\n"A unification of light and electrons based on spin models"\nWen and Levin, completely independently, propose that\nparticles are made of extended entities.\n\nObviously, string theory, M-theory, loop quantum gravity\nand the like use similar models.\n\nAll seem to share one problem. If a particle is some\nsprt of knot with the tails going far away, how is\ninterference (e.g. in a two slit experiment) to be\nimagined? What happens to a particle/knot\nwhen paths split?\n\nIs there any simple answer to the issue? Do such\nissues play a role in string theory discussions?\n\njon\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>In their preprint http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403228, "Quantum Knots",
Kauffman and Lomonaco propose that
knots can represent particle states.
In the preprint http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407140
"A unification of light and electrons based on spin models"
Wen and Levin, completely independently, propose that
particles are made of extended entities.
Obviously, string theory, M-theory, loop quantum gravity
and the like use similar models.
All seem to share one problem. If a particle is some
sprt of knot with the tails going far away, how is
interference (e.g. in a two slit experiment) to be
imagined? What happens to a particle/knot
when paths split?
Is there any simple answer to the issue? Do such
issues play a role in string theory discussions?
jon
Kauffman and Lomonaco propose that
knots can represent particle states.
In the preprint http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407140
"A unification of light and electrons based on spin models"
Wen and Levin, completely independently, propose that
particles are made of extended entities.
Obviously, string theory, M-theory, loop quantum gravity
and the like use similar models.
All seem to share one problem. If a particle is some
sprt of knot with the tails going far away, how is
interference (e.g. in a two slit experiment) to be
imagined? What happens to a particle/knot
when paths split?
Is there any simple answer to the issue? Do such
issues play a role in string theory discussions?
jon