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Heim theory predicts a neutral electron <ref>T.Auerbach and I. von Ludwiger, "Heim ́s Theory of Elementary Particle Structures, ''Journal of Scientific Exploration,Vol. 6,'' No. 3, pp. 217-231, 1992; available </ref>, although in a popular talk, Heim notes that while a neutral electron is allowed by his theory, it is not required <ref>reference is the end of chapter 9.2 (page 73) of Heim's (1976)</ref>. It would be difficult to reconcile a prediction of a neutral electron with the lack of any observation of the particle <ref>Abraham Seiden, ''Particle Physics: A Comprehensive Introduction'', Addison Wesley (2004); ISBN 978-0805387360</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2007}}. According to the ] that every interaction not forbidden must occur, such a light neutral particle should be the end product of the decay of every known elementary particle <ref> B. R. Martin and G. Shaw ''Particle Physics'', Wiley (2nd edition, 1997) ISBN 978-0471972853</ref>, and ought to be seen in every experiment involving particle collisions. Heim theory predicts a neutral electron <ref>T.Auerbach and I. von Ludwiger, "Heim ́s Theory of Elementary Particle Structures, ''Journal of Scientific Exploration,Vol. 6,'' No. 3, pp. 217-231, 1992; available </ref>, although in a popular talk, Heim notes that while a neutral electron is allowed by his theory, it is not required <ref>reference is the end of chapter 9.2 (page 73) of Heim's (1976)</ref>. It would be difficult to reconcile a prediction of a neutral electron with the lack of any observation of the particle <ref>Abraham Seiden, ''Particle Physics: A Comprehensive Introduction'', Addison Wesley (2004); ISBN 978-0805387360</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2007}}. According to the ] that every interaction not forbidden must occur, such a light neutral particle should be the end product of the decay of every known elementary particle <ref> B. R. Martin and G. Shaw ''Particle Physics'', Wiley (2nd edition, 1997) ISBN 978-0471972853</ref>, and ought to be seen in every experiment involving particle collisions.
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Here are tables comparing the experimental masses and lifetimes of selected particles with the data generated using Heim's non-peer reviewed code: Here are tables comparing the experimental masses and lifetimes of selected particles with the data generated using Heim's non-peer reviewed code:

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Heim theory is a non-mainstream collection of ideas about the fundamental laws of physics proposed by Burkhard Heim, and further developed into the so-called Extended Heim theory by Walter Dröscher and Jochem Häuser.. Most of their original work and the subsequent theories based on it have not been peer reviewed. Heim attempted to resolve incompatibilities between quantum theory and general relativity. To meet that goal, he developed a mathematical approach based on quantizing spacetime, and proposed the "metron" as a (two-dimensional) quantum of (multidimensional) space. Part of the theory is formulated in terms of difference operators; Heim called the mathematical formalism "Selector calculus".

Overview

The mathematics behind Heim's theory requires extending spacetime with extra dimensions; various formulations by Heim and his successors involve six, eight, or twelve dimensions. Within the quantum spacetime of Heim theory, elementary particles are represented as "hermetry forms" or multidimensional structures of space. Heim has claimed that his theory yields particle masses directly from fundamental physical constants and that the resulting masses are in agreement with experiment. This claim was disputed by physicist John Reed in 2006, who then changed his mind with further research and now thinks there is something to Heim's theory.

For Heim, this composite nature was an expression of internal, six-dimensional structure. After his death, others have continued with his multi-dimensional "quantum hyperspace" framework. Most notable are the theoretical generalizations put forth by Walter Dröscher, who worked in collaboration with Heim at some length. Their combined theories are also known as "Heim-Droescher" theories or Extended Heim theory.

There are some differences between the original "Heim Theory" and the extended versions proposed by his successors. For example, in its original version Heim theory has six dimensions, i.e. the 4 of normal space-time with two extra timelike dimensions. Droescher first extended this to eight and claimed that this yields quantum electrodynamics along with the "particle zoo" of mesons and baryons. Later, four more dimensions were used to arrive at the twelve dimensional version, which involves extra gravitational forces; one of these corresponds to quintessence . Although it purports to unify quantum mechanics and gravitation, the original Heim theory cannot be considered a theory of everything because it does not incorporate all known experimental data. In particular, it gives predictions only for properties of individual particles, without making detailed predictions about how they interact. The theory also allows for particle states that don't exist in the Standard Model, including a neutral electron and two extra light neutrinos, and many other extra states. Presently, there is no known mechanism for the exclusion of these extra particles, nor an explanation for their non-observation. Although it is claimed that Heim theory can incorporate the modern structure of particle physics , the available results predict the masses for composite hadrons rather than quarks and do not include gluons or the W and Z bosons , which are experimentally very well-established. In Heim theory, quarks are interpreted as 'condensation zones' of the six-dimensional internal structure of the particles , and the gluons are asserted to be associated with one of the "hermetry forms" ; however, no results have been published in which the observed properties of these particles are predicted in detail.

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A small group of physicists is now trying to bring the theory to the attention of the scientific community, by publishing and copy-editing Heim's work, and by checking and expanding the relevant calculations. Recently, a series of presentations of Heim theory was made by Häuser, Dröscher and von Ludwiger. A paper based on the former was published in a conference proceedings by the American Institute of Physics journal in 2005 (see table of contents in and abstract of paper in ). This article has won a prize for the best paper received in 2004 by the AIAA Nuclear and Future Flight Technical Committee. Von Ludwiger's presentation was to the First European Workshop on Field Propulsion, January 20-22, 2001 at the University of Sussex (see list of talks ). Dröscher claimed to have successfully extended Heim's six-dimensional theory, which had been sufficient for derivation of the mass formula, to an eight-dimensional theory which included particle interactions.

Predictions of the theory

Predictions of Heim theory are the following:

  • Predictions of the masses of neutrinos
  • Predictions of new particles
  • Predictions of excited states of existing particles
  • Predictions for the conversion of photons into the so-called "gravito-photons" resulting in a measurable force.

Heim predicted in the 1980s that neutrinos would have nonzero mass. By that point, however, the prediction of a nonzero mass for the neutrino had been long discussed in theoretical physics as a solution to the solar-neutrino question. At the moment, the mass of neutrinos are not well enough known to verify whether the neutrino mass calculated by Heim is the same as the measured mass. Heim did not predict the observed neutrino oscillation, which is a consequence of the fact that the mass eigenstates do not correspond to the flavor eigenstates. However, Dröscher and Häuser developed the category of non-ordinary matter in 2008 , with the photon as the only mediator between it and ordinary matter. The neutral electron is included in this new class of matter, which would explain its non-observance to date.

Heim theory predicts a neutral electron , although in a popular talk, Heim notes that while a neutral electron is allowed by his theory, it is not required . It would be difficult to reconcile a prediction of a neutral electron with the lack of any observation of the particle . According to the Totalitarian principle that every interaction not forbidden must occur, such a light neutral particle should be the end product of the decay of every known elementary particle , and ought to be seen in every experiment involving particle collisions.

Heim's Predictions for Experimental Masses

Here are tables comparing the experimental masses and lifetimes of selected particles with the data generated using Heim's non-peer reviewed code:

Particle name Theoretical mass (MeV/c²) Experimental mass (MeV/c²) Absolute error Relative error standard deviations
Proton 938.27959 938.272029±0.000080 0.00756 0.00000776 94.5
Neutron 939.57337 939.565360±0.000081 0.00801 0.00000853 98.9
Electron 0.51100343 0.510998918±0.000000044 0.00000451 0.00000883 102.5
Neutral electron 0.51617049 Unobserved N/A N/A N/A
Particle type Particle name Theoretical mass (MeV/c²) Measured mass (MeV/c²) Theoretical mean life/10 sec Measured mean life/10 sec
Lepton Ele-Neutrino 0.381 × 10 < 5 × 10 Infinite Infinite
Lepton Mu -Neutrino 0.00537 < 0.17 Infinite Infinite
Lepton Tau-Neutrino 0.010752 < 18.2 Infinite Infinite
Lepton Neutrino 4 0.021059 Excluded by LEP
(unless > 45000) 		Infinite N/A
Lepton Neutrino 5 0.207001 Excluded by LEP
(unless > 45000) 		Infinite N/A
Lepton Electron 0.51100343 0.51099907 ± 0.00000015 Infinite Infinite
Lepton Muon 105.65948493 105.658389 ± 0.000034 219.94237553 219.703 ± 0.004
Baryon Proton 938.27959246 938.27231 ± 0.00026 Infinite Infinite
Baryon Neutron 939.57336128 939.56563 ± 0.00028 917.33526856 × 10 (886.7 ± 1.9) × 10

The predicted masses were claimed to have been derived by Heim using only 4 parameters - h (Planck's Constant), G (Gravitational constant), vacuum permittivity and permeability.

John Reed's criticism and retraction

According to a 2006 posting to the "PhysicsOrgForum" by John Reed , the apparent success of the Heim theory predicting particle masses may be illusory. Nevertheless, since the excited states calculated were in fact "useless" (according to Reed), it was unclear whether any other predictions of the Heim theory remain.

In a later posting in August 2007, however, Reed received the updated 1989 mass formula code from the Heim Theory group, and on the basis of this, withdrew the assertion that both the 1989 and 1982 code almost certainly used quantum numbers based on the A matrix.

“When I first looked into the 1982 version, the A matrix was present in the equations and a suggestion given for its values. Only in reading Heim's books did I learn the source of the values. Heim said that he had to fix the values to obtain correct ground state masses. I assumed that in the following work this hadn't changed. Apparently that assumption is incorrect. It looks like Heim made further progress and found a way to derive masses without the A matrix, so the A matrix should no longer be part of the discussion.” .

On September 4, Reed reported on results obtained by the updated 1989 formula:

“I've completed my programming of Heim's unpublished 1989 equations to derive the extra quantum numbers (n, m, p, sigma) that I thought were coming from the A matrix. I can now say for certain that the A matrix is not involved with this new version. In addition, I can derive particle masses with only the quantum numbers k, Q, P, kappa and charge without the A matrix. This is what I had hoped to be able to do. These results agree with Anton Mueller's results.

I'm able to get accurate masses for the 17 test particles I have tried this program on. The worst mass comparisons with experimental data are the neutron, 939.11 vs 939.56 experimental and the eta, 548.64 vs 547.3 experimental. All the others are closer, sometimes agreeing to 6 digits.”

Derivation of the mass formula

There exists a preliminary version of this derivation available on-line . This version still may contain some errors, and the authors, the Heim Theory Group, are in the process of checking and amending it .

Heim's predictions for a quantum gravity force

In the 1950s, Heim had predicted what he termed a 'contrabary' effect whereby photons, under the influence of a strong magnetic field in a certain configuration, could be transformed into 'gravito-photons', which would provide an artificial gravity force. This idea caused great interest at the time . A recent series of experiments by Martin Tajmar et al., partly funded by ESA, may have produced the first evidence of artificial gravity (about 18 orders of magnitude greater than what General Relativity predicts). As of late 2006, groups at Berkeley and elsewhere were attempting to reproduce this effect. By applying their 'gravito-photon' theory to bosons, Dröscher and Häuser were able to predict the size and direction of the effect . A further prediction of Heim-Dröscher theory shows how a different arrangement of the experiment by Tajmar et al. could produce a vertical force against the direction of the Earth's gravity.

However, in July 2007, a group in Canterbury, New Zealand, said that they failed to reproduce Tajmar et al.'s effect, concluding that, based on the accuracy of the experiment, any such effect, if it exists, must be 21 times smaller than that predicted by the theory proposed by Tajmar in 2006. Tajmar et al., however, interpreted a trend in the Canterbury data of the order expected, though almost hidden by noise. They also reported on their own improved laser gyro measurements of the effect, but this time found 'parity breaking' in that only for clockwise spin did they note an effect, whilst for the Canterbury group there was only an anti-clockwise effect . In the same paper, the Heim-Theory explanation of the effect is, for the first time, cited as a possible cause of the artificial gravity. Tajmar has recently found additional support from Gravity Probe B results .

Selector calculus

Selector calculus is a form of calculus, employed by Burkhard Heim in formulating his theory of physics. The differencing operator is intended to be analogous to taking derivatives of functions.

ð {\displaystyle \eth } (which Heim calls Metrondifferential in German) is defined to be the same as ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } in difference operator. The summation operator is intended to be analogous with integration. Instead of using the integral sign, Heim substitutes a bold italicised capital S for the typical integral sign. In this case
S n 1 n 2 ϕ ð n = S n 1 n 2 ð ψ = ∑ n = n 1 n 2 ( ψ ( n ) − ψ ( n − 1 ) ) = ψ ( n 2 ) − ψ ( n 1 − 1 ) . {\displaystyle S_{n_{1}}^{n_{2}}\phi \eth n=S_{n_{1}}^{n_{2}}\eth \psi =\sum _{n=n_{1}}^{n_{2}}\left(\psi (n)-\psi (n-1)\right)=\psi (n_{2})-\psi (n_{1}-1).}

Note that ϕ ð n = ð ψ {\displaystyle \phi \eth n=\eth \psi } .

See also

Further reading

First and second publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal

  • Burkhard Heim:
    Vorschlag eines Weges einer einheitlichen Beschreibung der Elementarteilchen
    (Recommendation of a Way to a Unified Description of Elementary Particles),
    Zeitschrift für Naturforschung (Max Planck Society), 1977, Vol. 32a, pp. 233–243.
    Available online here
  • Häuser, J., Dröscher, W., Emerging Physics for Novel Field Propulsion Science
    Paper presented at the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum SPESIF-2010, Johns Hopkins - APL, Laurel, Maryland, 23 - 25 February 2010,

and published by the American Institute of Physics.

Bibliography

  • Burkhard Heim:
    Elementarstrukturen der Materie: Einheitliche strukturelle Quantenfeldtheorie der Materie und Gravitation, Band 1
    (Elementary structures of matter: Unified structural quantum field theory of matter and gravitation, Volume 1);
    Resch-Verlag, Innsbruck (Austria); 3rd corrected edition 1998;
    ISBN 3-85382-008-5, ISBN 978-3-85382-008-7; in German.
    Book's Introduction available here in English.
  • Burkhard Heim:
    Elementarstrukturen der Materie: Einheitliche strukturelle Quantenfeldtheorie der Materie und Gravitation, Band 2
    (Elementary structures of matter: Unified structural quantum field theory of matter and gravitation, Volume 2);
    Resch-Verlag, Innsbruck (Austria); 2nd edition 1996;
    ISBN 3-85382-036-0, ISBN 978-3-85382-036-0; in German.
  • Walter Dröscher, Burkhard Heim:
    Strukturen der physikalischen Welt und ihrer nichtmateriellen Seite
    (Structures of the physical world and its immaterial aspect);
    Resch-Verlag, Innsbruck (Austria); 1st edition 1996;
    ISBN 3-85382-059-X, ISBN 978-3-85382-059-9; in German.
  • Walter Dröscher, Burkhard Heim, Andreas Resch:
    Einführung in Burkhard Heim: Einheitliche Beschreibung der Welt
    (Introduction to Burkhard Heim: Unified description of the world);
    Resch-Verlag, Innsbruck (Austria); 1st edition 1998;
    ISBN 3-85382-064-6, ISBN 978-3-85382-064-3; in German.

References

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  4. Heim, Burkhard (1998) . "Chapter 3". Elementarstrukturen der Materie - Einheitliche strukturelle Quantenfeldtheorie der Materie und Gravitation. Resch Verlag. pp. 99–172. ISBN 3-85382-008-5.
  5. J. Reed (2006, 2007); quoted in Rise and Fall of the Heim Theory (accessed 16 June 2007).
  6. igw-resch-verlag.at/resch_verlag/burkhard_heim/band3.html
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  11. R. Brandelik et al. (TASSO collaboration) (1979). "Evidence for Planar Events in ee Annihilation at High Energies". Phys. Lett. B. 86: 243–249. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90830-X.
  12. G. Arnison et al. (UA1 collaboration) (1983). "Experimental Observation of Isolated Large Transverse Energy Electrons with Associated Missing Energy at s {\displaystyle {\sqrt {s}}} = 540 GeV". Phys. Lett. B. 122: 103–116.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. S. Eidelman; et al. (2004). "Review of Particle Properties". Phys. Lett. B. 592: 1. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.06.001. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  15. Häuser, J., Private communication to H. Deasy, July 2008.
  16. T.Auerbach and I. von Ludwiger, "Heim ́s Theory of Elementary Particle Structures, Journal of Scientific Exploration,Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 217-231, 1992; available here
  17. reference is the end of chapter 9.2 (page 73) of Heim's MBB presentation (1976)
  18. Abraham Seiden, Particle Physics: A Comprehensive Introduction, Addison Wesley (2004); ISBN 978-0805387360
  19. B. R. Martin and G. Shaw Particle Physics, Wiley (2nd edition, 1997) ISBN 978-0471972853
  20. John Reed, Understanding Heim Theory, 12-26-2006, posted to sci.physics.research
  21. G. Landis, "Heim Theory" 2007 (accessed 13 Sept 2007)
  22. ^ PhysOrgForum Science, Physics and Technology Discussion Forums -> Burkhard Heim's Particle Structure Theory
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  27. http://www2.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/~physrin/papers/SuperFrameDragging2007.pdf
  28. Search for Frame-Dragging-Like Signals Close to Spinning Superconductors
  29. http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3806
  30. Burkhard Heim, Elementarstrukturen der Materie - Einheitliche strukturelle Quantenfeldtheorie der Materie und Gravitation, Resch Verlag, (1980, 1998) ISBN 3-85382-008-5. Selector calculus is covered in chapter 3 (pages 99–172).

External links

Theory

Sites offering explanations of and discussions about Heim theory related topics:

Description of the theory in a (non-mainstream) scientific journal paper:

"Basic thoughts on a unified field theory of matter and gravity" - Burkhard Heim's presentation to MBB engineers in 1976 (printable booklet with additional illustrations, 126 pages, version 1.2en 2007).

The heart of the Heim theory is presented in a much simpler form here than in the detailed derivation which appeared in the original works (Elementarstrukturen der Materie - volume 1 and 2.) So this lecture is highly recommended for anybody who wants to go deeper into the basic ideas and systematics of the Heim theory.

Maps showing the train of thought of the first 5 chapters of Elementary structures of matter up to the derivation of 6-dimensional quantized space.

Various Implementations of Heim theory mass formula

Heim's mass formula has been implemented in several programming languages. The first version was implemented by physicists from DESY in collaboration with Burkhard Heim. More recent implementations are available in Java, C, C#, Pascal, Fortran, Excel, Mathematica and Maxima.

Conference proceedings

Propulsion physics

  • Heim, B. (1956). "Bericht über die Entwicklung des Prinzips der dynamischen Kontrabarie" . New Boston, New Hampshire: Gravity Research Foundation (original and English translation are available).
  • Heim, B. (1959a). "Das Prinzip der dynamischen Kontrabarie." Zeitschrift für Flugkörper, 1(4), 100-102.
  • Heim, B. (1959b). "Das Prinzip der dynamischen Kontrabarie (II)," Zeitschrift für Flugkörper, 1(6), 164-166.
  • Heim, B. (1959c). "Das Prinzip der dynamischen Kontrabarie (III)," Zeitschrift für Flugkörper, 1(7), 219-221.
  • Heim, B. (1959d). "Das Prinzip der dynamischen Kontrabarie (IV)," Zeitschrift für Flugkörper, 1(8), 244-248.
  • Talbert, A. E. (1955a, November 20). "Conquest of gravity aim of top scientists in U.S.," New York Herald-Tribune: Sunday, pp. 1 and 36.
  • Talbert, A. E. (1955b, November 30). "Scientists taking first steps in assault on gravity barrier," The Miami Herald: Wednesday, pp. 1, 2-A.
  • Watson, J. T. (1961, February). "Gravitational control research" (Master’s thesis). (DTIC No. AD-0253588)
  • Weyl, A. R. (1957, October). ‘Anti-gravity’. Aeronautics, 37(2), 80-86. (British Aviation Publications).
  • Weyl, A. R. (1959a, January). "Knowledge and possibilities of gravity research" (DTIC No. AD-0830247). W. R. Eichler (Trans.) Weltraumfahrt; Zeitschrift für Rakententechnik, 9, 100-106 (original work published December 1958).
  • Weyl, A. R. (1959b, February). "Gravity and the prospects for astronautics." Aeronautics, 59(6), 16-22. (British Aviation Publications).

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