I provided an overview of how my attempted physics research may provide definitive answers for the following needs.

• Explain gravitation
• Explain dark matter
• Explain dark energy
• Explain rate-of-expansion changes
• Compute Higgs boson mass
• Suggest neutrino masses

I also discussed the following need.

• List known elementary particles

From my research, a similar list of “known” elementary particles applies to each of 24 “ensembles.”  From our perspective, baryonic matter is 1 ensemble, 5 ensembles comprise what we consider to be dark matter, and 18 ensembles comprise what we consider to be “the stuff of dark energy.”  Each of 4 groups of 6 ensembles has its own gravity.

I discussed some possible objections to some of my methods and results, in each case indicating why the possible objections need not be valid.

And, I discussed (in some versions of the talk [more below about multiple versions]) meeting the following needs.

• Explain matter/anti-matter ≠ 1
• Explain size of CP violation

I appreciate having heard other talks at the conference.  I modified my intended remarks to reflect some of what I learned.  And, I appreciate questions and discussion that occurred as a result of my talk.

I gave my talk 4 times during session J8.

• As the third presenter in the session.  (I was scheduled to be the eighth of nine presenters, but some presenters were not present.)
• For people who arrived after each of the present presenters had presented once.
• For people who attended at the scheduled time for my presentation.
• For some people whom an attendee of my third presentation had been unable to find in time for these people to attend the as-scheduled presentation.

(More information about the research can be found via my mathematical physics page.)

Much of the video summary parallels material I plan to present, on April 14, 2013, at an American Physical Society conference in Denver, Colorado, USA.  The title of the talk is “Dark Matter Bosons and Fermions.“

The research suggests the possibility that other beings in our universe might, in effect, consider that people (you and I) are part of the stuff those beings consider to be dark energy.  (The stuff those beings would be made of is part of what we consider to be dark energy.)

The video summary and the planned talk address the following.

• Explain gravitation;
• Explain dark matter;
• Explain dark energy;
• Explain changes in the rate of expansion of the universe;
• Compute the mass of neutrinos;
• Compute the mass of Higgs bosons.

I do not plan to present, as part of the talk, some of the summary’s material about my book Physics Small and Vast: Complementing the Standard Model.

Math and physics go together to discuss some basics. Whereas the Standard Model may address just the first of the following functions, Physics Small and Vast may cover all of them.
* List known elementary particles;
* Explain gravitation;
* Explain dark matter;
* Explain dark energy;
* Explain changes in the rate of expansion of the universe;
* Compute the mass of Higgs-like bosons;
* Suggest a mass for neutrinos;
* Explain why the matter/antimatter ratio is not 1.

I invite you to read, enjoy, learn, and extend work Physics Small and Vast discusses.

Physics Small and Vast address questions such as the following. Does another type of stuff, beyond dark energy, exist? Are traditional catalogs of physics forces complete? Are there more elementary particles to be discovered? This book suggests results including new particles, new forces, relationships between strengths of forces, and mathematics linking particle traits such as spin, charge, mass, and generation. Also, dark energy is stuff and the increase in rate of expansion of the universe is driven by a zero-mass boson.

The theme for the event was “identity.”  Brian’s talk was entitled “The Imitation Game: What Anonymity Teaches Us About Identity.”  The interview picks up on points regarding the extent to which humans can determine whether they are talking with a computer or with a human.  I was pleased to be able to involve another event-attendee in the discussion.

It was an privilege and a pleasure to know and work with Katie Boyd.  Here are some principles I believe Katie exemplified.

a) Do whatever you can.

b) Ask for whatever you should.

c) Provide appreciation.

d) Support those who support your causes.

e) Try new outreach.

f) It may not be necessary to tout your role.

g) Lead by being an example.

I would like to thank Jon Harvey for giving me an opportunity to reflect on the past and to try to offer people these principles and some examples of results from my trying to follow such concepts.

The  program included the following.

• Geri McGilvray (a painter) produced (and explained what she was doing and why) a portrait of Jessie Chen.
• Howard Lieberman and Dave Solhaug; Jason Marsh and his computer; Adam Kauk; and Andy Markham, Shawn Ellis, Chinh Tran, and Alan Spearot provided musical performances.
• Elzbieta Holsztynska discussed synergies between art and science.
• Birgitte Rasine read from her book “Confessions.”

Throughout, it was an enjoyable evening and an opportunity for informal innovation and learning.

I am pleased that people (who came for such a diverse program) took an interest in my talk, asked good questions, and (in effect) catalyzed dialog.  Perhaps I met my goal (stated near the beginning of my segment) that people would gain as much insight about dark matter and dark energy as the insight of essentially almost anyone else today.  (Of course, it might be good if the view I presented [and the patterns/theory behind it] were more widely known, substantiated, and accepted.)  I ended with a request that people think of people who might want to participate in or around the research I have done.

Here is a copy of a note (received while I was writing this blog) from Howard Lieberman.

Tom,

Thanks for the adventurous romp into an area where no doubt none of us have ventured. You managed to make an extremely obtuse topic fun and you looked like you were also having a good time. Also thanks for being a stalwart part of this ongoing SVII saga which you have contributed to in multiple ways for the entire time. Yesterday was really a pleasant surprise I love the idea of bringing the cosmic dance of physics in front of a diverse audience. After all who does not want to know what makes the universe tick? Maybe we should do more of this stuff. I doubt most people could handle three hours worth but the size of the bite, you and Jessie worked out was perfect.

Howard

Howard R. Lieberman

Chairman

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

1611 Borel Place, San Mateo, CA 94402 USA

I hope that soon I can provide links to video of the evening.

My thanks to Howard Lieberman for organizing and sustaining SVII; to Jesse Chen and Adam Kauk (among others) for supporting “my” segment of the program; and to Angelica’s Bistro in Redwood City, California, USA for hosting this event.

(My presentation was based on work discussed in my book Physics 642b:  Patterns, Forces, Particles, and Stuff.)

Several Roundtable members talked about the book with me during the next break in the program or after the end of the formal meeting.

I would like to thank Gloria Guenther for inviting me to make this presentation.

Why is the universe expanding? Does dark energy drive that expansion? Traditional physics poses such questions.

I wrote this book to propose answers. The book explores patterns pertaining to forces, particles, and matter-like stuff. The book pieces together – as would a detective – clues and develops patterns and theories.

Results propose new ways to catalog forces and elementary particles, new forces, new physics regarding light-speed particles, and new ways to interpret dark matter and dark energy.

Notably, results include that dark energy is stuff, but the expansion of the universe is driven by a zero-mass boson. Results also include proposals for a size, for objects in our universe, beyond which repulsion caused by the zero-mass boson dominates attraction caused by gravity; masses of neutrinos; and mathematical expressions for ratios of physical constants.

Another person led a later session and recommended people’s focusing more on deciding what they want to achieve compared to trying to achieve what they think they want.

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It was my pleasure to work again with Peter. Previously, he led the San Jose State University program via which I led classes on American government (plus leadership and innovation) for more than a dozen groups of China government officials.
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