4 ms·
I know this is anthropomorphizing, but the Weak force always seemed like the weird hack or cludge of the fundamental forces. Yeah it works, but do we really nee
by Pulcinella 4y ago
I know this is anthropomorphizing, but the Weak force always seemed like the weird hack or cludge of the fundamental forces. Yeah it works, but do we really need two different W bosons and also a Z boson? The electromagnetic force does just fine with just the photon.
More anthropomorphizing, the fact that there are three generations of matter feels like a premature optimization or someone applied too much abstraction and extensibility to the universe. One or two generations makes sense, but three feels like someone thought the system would need to scale to an infinite number of generations and then that didn’t happen.
- addaon 4y agoKeep in mind that the photon is the fourth electroweak boson, giving a nice power of two. W+, W-, Z0, and the photon are all mixed from W1, W2, W3, and B, after symmetry breaking. The photon doesn't couple to Higgs, but still, at higher energy there's much more symmetry here than appears at first glance.
- sebzim4500 4y agoWorth noting that the electromagnetic force does not actually just use the photon. The photon is the force carrier for hypercharge, and what we experience as electromagnetism on the macro scale is really a combination of hypercharge and the weak nuclear force. Caveat: I haven't used this stuff in years, it's possible I am talking shit.
- Iwan-Zotow 4y agono, you don't