Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Volney Newsgroups: sci.physics.research Subject: Re: Theoretical Force carrying bosons Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 20:12:19 PDT Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Approved: Jonathan Thornburg [remove -color to reply]" References: X-Trace: individual.net 8ofEAxDiah1rL2kKO7FaOgjrSRT9uvCK7VGLC2RxsDDz7Is+DtW85LRPoS Cancel-Lock: sha1:4CKkE6zILlsmVmb1tV4Qyq/pOMg= sha256:T6HNdZZDYwsEdMFJKUlnqTUVc5uRWZoBjDJllOJp2JM= X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=2; AJvYcCVCyS6AKbDoS/9RF8QJ/h0HeALf7nSWUIgRZoyzvVdW1WtXHf9K2gId+DdO9BfSUz+VjmRUKJgRrvTTgdHadYJ4rs29mC2ISFEX-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1+gZXMMUFIfxw1jXjlIFTA9WbLJLCv35Mw Not very useful, nymshifter, please explain more about tensors if you can. Regarding tensors, since the spin of the boson corresponds to the dimensions of the associated field tensor (does anyone know why/how?), a spin 0 boson would have a zero dimensional scalar field (like temperature of points within a volume), spin 1 a vector with a direction, spin 3 and beyond would be quite interesting with 3+ dimensional tensors. What would this look like in real life? Also how does spin 1 electromagnetism differ from (theoretical) spin-2 gravity? I know gravity waves are depicted as stretching in one dimension while compressing at a right angle for a half cycle while emag jiggles back and forth but beyond that? [[Mod. note -- A "minor" nit-pick: The term "gravity waves" has been used for hundreds of years in physics to mean a wave propagating in matter in which the restoring forces are provided by bouyancy and gravity. E.g., ocean waves are this sort of gravity waves, as are pressure waves propagating in the atmospheres of planets and stars. The spin-2 "ripples in spacetime curvature" that we're talking about here are better called "gravitational waves". I've heard the slang term "gravy waves" for them, but this doesn't appear to be common usage. -- jt]]