正式宣布:弦理论作为物理学理论已经死亡

李小坚  龚天任

2016年8月1-5日在中国召开2016弦物理国际大会,弦物理还处于辉煌灿烂、希望之光、黄金时代赞美之中,而40天后的2016年9月15日,量子杂志发文,弦物理正式投降了!现在,弦理论作为物理学理论(量子引力的候选人)正式死亡。

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160915-string-theorys-strange-second-life/

这篇文章绝对是一个权威的申明。对于一个不了解美国文化的人来说,他可能并不真正理解关于K.C. Cole文章的真正含义。那么,这里进一步解释一下。

一、关于K.C. Cole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.C._Cole ),她是一位“最突出的”世界科学记者。她是最高级的、最懂行的、最权威的科学记者,她从不报告一些小的事情。

在弦物理的任何大事件上,她总是被邀请作为“内部”记者。她现在是一个“弦物理科学界”的人,而不仅仅是一个记者。因此,除了作为一个科学通报,她的“弦物理的第二生命”的文章实际上是一个“弦物理科学界”的公告。而且,她和戴维·格罗斯,弦物理教父级人物,有很好的友谊。

二、文章的主题,进行了巧妙的修饰。

第一,弦理论的死亡(失败),对于物理学界基本已经达成了共识。作为一个事实,仅仅提到(事实),但不强调。

第二,报告强调的是弦理论,作为弦物理的副产品还有科学上的价值。作为一个科学的或数学的工具,具有第二生命。

三、权威性

作为一名权威记者的正确表现,她应该不能有偏见。不能把自己的意见作为报道的主要见解。因此,她必须以别人的观点来支持她的主题。她采访了弦物理界最突出和最重要的十多位理论物理科学家。

David Gross (弦物理最高权威学者,诺贝尔物理学奖获得者)

Robbert Dijkgraaf (普林斯顿高级研究所所长,the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton)

Douglas Stanford,Chris Beem, Eva Silverstein,David Simmons-Duffin,Sean Carroll,Clay Córdova,

Juan Maldacena (inventor of AdS/CFT duality),Nima Arkani-Hamed (inventor of split-SUSY, director of China,Great Collider,中国大对撞机主任)

以上权威人士没有一个人不同意她的主旨观点:弦理论作为物理学理论(量子引力的候选人)现在正式死亡。

但弦理论,作为许多其他领域的伟大工具,将获得重生,因而具有第二生命。

四、共识性

现在弦理论学界有成千上万的弦理论学者(当今总数达数万到数十万人),以上10人能代表整个“弦物理科学界”吗?

答案是毫无疑问的肯定是。那些成千上万的弦理论学者只是“弦物理科学界”追随者或啦啦队。上述10人代表了整个“弦物理科学界”系统的设计者的90%。 经过2016年8月22日在慕尼黑的大会研讨,以及随后的几次会议,现在整个设计团队基本已经达成集体一致的意见:{弦物理科学(M弦)作为物理学现在正式死亡。}

五、伟大意义

西方科学在物理事实面前,选择承认事实,这是非常明智的。说明,他们还是尊重科学,尊重事实,这是他们的伟大之处。而且,他们还在寻找新的出路。特别是戴维·格罗斯(David Gross)声望卓著的大学者,却能知错能改,这需要很大勇气和魄力。

六、巨大教训

当今参与到“弦物理科学界”的人数全世界可能有数万人甚至达十万人。而从弦物理的启蒙到发展壮大成为主流,大约长达50年,从形成“弦物理科学”主流学派至少也已经30多年了。漫长历史进程中所有参与其中的人数总数可能接近百万之众,而且都是最顶尖级的人才。而且,直接花费的金钱数千亿美元(包括人头费)或者折合人民币达超过万亿数量级。如此巨大的投入,得到的是一个错误的物理理论!

由于失去了理论指导,那么,普林斯顿弦物理学派,希望中国来建设那个1000亿人民币以上投资的 大对撞机 之巨大科学工程,恐怕要往后推许多年了。丘成桐与杨振宁的关于大对撞机的争论,也应该有结论了。

“弦物理科学”可能是科学史上已知的最大的一次挫折,最沉重的一次打击。损失可谓极其巨大,教训应该极其深刻!

七、总结:

但人类在探索真理的道路上前行,推动着科学与社会的进步与发展。我们应该不怕困难!此路不通,但还可以寻找新的办法、新的道路!人类会继续前行,找到更好的答案!而我们的答案可能就是最好答案!

注1:主流弦物理正式投降了!我们的龚弦物理,不是主流“弦物理科学界”的成员。“弦物理科学界”是指主流物理中的超弦和M弦理论以及由它们衍生的理论。其结果无一能与现实世界所发现的宇宙物理常数,粒子精细结构常数,暗物质,暗能量,可见物质含量数据等重要数据相符合!全世界还没有其他人能理论推到出以上参数,只有我们的龚弦物理可以理论计算以上重要常数和参数!LHC对撞机等一系列的实验也没有发现主流弦物理预测的超对称粒子,其它希格斯玻色子!我们的预测的和计算的都是准准的!
注2:在45天前的清华大学召开的弦物理国际大会上,我是唯一一个批判他们的人!我5天抓住弦物理的老将David Gross论战!接着到人民大会堂论战直到他投降,小老头(我)和大老头(David Gross)论战很开心很享受!挑战并战胜主流弦物理之王啊!40天后他们集体投降了!
david2
 http://www.pptv1.com/?p=626 基础物理的黄金时代—–拯救主流物理学BSM
http://www.pptv1.com/?p=623 Vision eulogy: the Post Checkmate Temper Tantrum fit (视觉悼词:被将军后症状)
david8-05
DavidGross2
认错了吗?我对他说:错了没关系!您是一个了不起的学者!一个慈祥可敬的老人!面对宇宙自然本质和真理,我们都是平等的。

祝福David Gross不要难过!

而对于中国的理论物理学、系统学及交叉学科领域,迎来了整体性的学术发展的机遇。

祝福中国!

正是:

超弦物理云梦纱,细小无痕有力拉,

微波振荡成微粒,宇宙万物全凭它。

对称粒子很美妙,凭空诞生镜中花,

量子引力无法统,强子对撞梦无涯。

春华秋月成泡影,超度重生靠龚家。

 

寻求实现更高层次的统一

1,问题的引出

一个很小的百十来人的微信群,一讨论到真理、信仰和政治理想等大问题,往往不欢而散。因为,各人有各人的主义、各人有各人的思想。而更大的社会团体和人群,更是无法达成完全一致的意见。不同的种族和不同的文化也有很大的差异,种族的冲突、文化的冲突、宗教的冲突导致争斗,冷战和热战。

现在的科学思想,同样面临这样的问题。主流科学团体把控科学话语权,那怕在错误道路上走过半个世纪,他们也绝不容忍反对意见,将反对意见排除在主流科学利益团体之外。理念的冲突,文明的冲突已经越来越明显,特别是如今东西方文明存在明显的冲突!

2,解决问题的途径

走出冲突的途径,是相互理解,相互融合,求同存异,并寻求实现更高层次的统一。因为。我们生活在同一个地球,我们在同一天空,同一个星系,同一个宇宙,我们是相互关联的整体。从整体性思维出发,探寻相互依存的思想理念,找出宇宙世界统一的理论,从而实现大同世界。

3,问题的可能答案

3.1  科学理论

科学最终目的是寻求真理,获得终极真理,获得让所有人信服的真理,从而在统一的真理面前,大家就安稳了,踏实了。

THE FINAL TOTAL TOE (THEORY OF EVERYTHING)终极全统理论

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0916713016/qid=1123750002/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-8336886-8690517?v=glance&s=books
Super Unified Theory: The Foundations of Science
by: Jeh-Tween Gong (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780916713010 (0916713016)
Publisher: Gong Enterprise, Incorporated
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English

3.2 统一语言学宣言

各个民族都使用自己的语言,有自己的思维习惯,使得彼此很难彻底沟通和理解,很难达到同心同德,致使巴比伦通天塔无法建成。当我们发现,宇宙一切物质都拥有相同的语言结构和语言规律,包括与外星人,完全可以实现通用的统一的宇宙语言沟通。大家能够准确无误的交流沟通,就不会有那么多的误解和猜疑,隔膜和冲突。

语言学的宣言:通用语言和超统一理论

https://www.amazon.com/Linguistics-Manifesto-Universal-Language-Linguistic/dp/3838397223

3.3 统一宗教理论

人类的思维可以到达一个虚有的国度,都冥冥中感受到一种超越人类自身的力量,各个民族都发展了自己的信仰和宗教。其实,就像盲人摸象,都获得的这个背后的力量的一个方面或几个方面,但还无一个达到这个的秘密的全部整体! 如果各个宗教更进一步的往前探索,或许能走到一起。至少,在尊重原来各个宗教教义的前提下,对这个统一的全面的神秘力量有一个统一的认识。条条道路通罗马!大家有可能共同到达那个最高级别的真理面前!如是,大家都安心了,安静了。

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Divine-Constitution-JehTween-Gong/dp/B000SHMC06

神圣的宪法(平装–1992)

 

4 ,结论

这样,我们人类都是同一个大家庭的一员,大家一律平等,和平相处,天下就太平了,世界就大同了。这是一个理想主义的结论。

理想的羽翼很丰满,然而,现实的躯体很骨感。现实是残酷的,充满误解、冲突、仇恨、战争,难以沟通、理解、协同。特别是在物质的诱惑、利益的争夺下,人的自私自利和贪婪使人疯狂和迷失。现实主义的出路:在物质文明不断丰富的时代,人类更应该注重精神文明的建设。

我们提倡世界大同的理想。面对不完美的现实,通过学习提高自己的觉悟,完善自己,完善社会。我们看重对真理的追求。古人甚至有:“朝闻道、夕可死”的志向,我们应该学习古人对真理追求的精神。我们提倡理性的思考。人们具有了科学的理性的思维,有可能从现实出发,抵御物质利诱;在崇高理想的指引下提升人类的精神境界,选择一条不断完善的完美主义道路:通过全人类的共同努力,不断使这个世界逐步变成完美的世界。

正是:

万般皆下品,惟有读书高。

纷争无厘头,理性来思考。

理想羽翼丰,完美路一条。

若为真理故,其它皆可抛。

 

The era of hope or total bullcrap(希望之时代或是完全胡扯的时代)

The era of hope or total bullcrap

by tienzengong

The 2016 data (from LHC, LUX, IceCube, etc.) has very much ruled out the dominant paradigms of the theoretical physics of the past half a century: the {SUSY, WIMPs, sterile neutrino, extra-large dimensions, etc.}.

Science is supposed to be a truth-searching machine. But, in the past 45 years, physics (especially the theoretical physics) has been dominated by the M-string theory and its derivatives, SUSY, extra-large dimensions, etc.

This dominance is motivated and supported by the following issues.

One, the super successful of the Standard Model and its obvious incompleteness.

Two, the discovery of dark mass and dark energy.

Three, the discovery of a positive Cosmology Constant.

Four, the totally incompatibility between Quantum principle and General Relativity, while both of them are totally empirically (without a single failure on their predictions).

Five, the hierarchy issue.

Six, the naturalness issue.

 

Section one: the naturalness and fine-tuning issues

In physics, naturalness is defined as the dimensionless ratios between free parameters or physical constants appearing in a physical theory should take values “of order 1”. That is, a natural theory would have parameter ratios with values like 2.34 rather than 234000 or 0.000234.

This ‘naturalness’ criterion is obviously not discovered in nature but is a human cooked-up desire. This desire came from the failure that the mainstream physics model must hand-put in many parameters in its equations; that is, the desire to avoid the ‘fine-tuning’ any of those parameters.

 

The ‘naturalness’ and ‘fine-tuning’ are thus closely related but can still form some subgroups.

The obvious ‘naturalness’ issues are:

Hierarchy issue: the difference between weak coupling and gravity is over 30th order of magnitude.

Cosmology Constant: it is over at least 120th order of magnitude smaller than 1.

Higgs boson mass: it is too light for the M-string quantum gravity.

 

The obvious ‘fine-tuning’ issues are:

Alpha = 1 / (137.0359…): there is no way of calculating this value in the mainstream physics.

Planck CMB data (DE=69.22 % 、D=25.90 % 、V=4.86 %): again, there is no way of calculating these numbers in the mainstream physics.

 

These are facts. In summary, the ‘naturalness’ issue is all about the following four issues.

#how2CalculateAlpha

#how2CalculatePlanckCMBdata

#how2CalculateHiggsbosonMass

#how2CalculateCosmologyConstant

 

Section two: SUSY, fulfilling the ‘naturalness-desire

With all the known incompleteness {no gravity, no dark energy, no dark mass, no Cosmology Constant, Hierarchy issue, etc.} of Standard Model, it is totally successful in its own domain, without a single fail. Standard Model is based on ‘gauge symmetry’ + ‘Poincare group’. So extending {‘gauge symmetry’ + ‘Poincare group’} to Super Poincare (SUSY) is mathematically valid. And, it can well be the play dough needed to fill up the cracks of the Standard Model. Why should nature not take such a simple step, especially while SM is very much incomplete? This simple question can easily turn SUSY into a religion.

In addition to some minor successes, SUSY was vindicated by Super String theory. The original String theory is all about the bosonic string. After ‘adapting’ SUSY kid, Super String theory becomes capable of addressing the fermionic string. If Super String theory is correct, how can SUSY not be?

 

Section three: the revolutions and great successes of the Super String theory

The claimed successes:

One, all the known string theories included a massless spin-two particle that obeyed the correct Ward identities to be a graviton. That is, string theory can be the candidate of quantum gravity, a TOE.

Two, only string theory is able to accommodate chiral fermions like the neutrino; that is, string theory is truly a consistent theory of gravity.

Three, super string theory naturally accommodate SUSY and extra dimensions.

Four, the maximum spacetime dimension in which one can formulate a consistent supersymmetric theory is eleven.

Five, Calabi–Yau manifolds are the compactifications that preserve a realistic amount of supersymmetry.

Six, the low-energy string vibrational patterns (wavelength and amplitude) on Calabi-Yau space correspond to our familiar elementary particles (fermions and bosons). One of the vibrational states of a string corresponds to the graviton. The hole in the Calabi-Yau space represents the family of particles, 3 holes, 3 generations.

That is, {Super string theory, SUSY and Calabi–Yau manifolds} are mutually vindicating one another.

 

The first revolution:

The confirmation that the 10 dimensional theory is the only valid theory, with superstring theory is 10-dimensional and supergravity theory 11-dimensional. Two dualities (S and T) were discovered.

S-duality: a relationship which says that a collection of strongly interacting particles in one theory can, in some cases, be viewed as a collection of weakly interacting particles in a completely different theory

T-duality: a string propagating around a circle of radius R is equivalent to a string propagating around a circle of radius 1/R in the sense that all observable quantities in one description are identified with quantities in the dual description

 

The second revolution:

D-branes were discovered to represent the higher-dimensional objects.

The compactification of extra dimensions must use Calabi–Yau manifold.

Then, AdS/CFT correspondence was discovered:

First, to relate string theory to another type of physical theory, such as a quantum field theory.

Second, to relate 11-dimension supergravity to 10-dimension superstring.

Finally, it unified all different superstring theories into an M-string theory.

Furthermore, the AdS/CFT correspondence leads to the discovery of holographic principle which became the dominant tool for dealing with the ‘black hole’ issue.

 

The third revolution (Not yet claimed):

The large number of possibilities (about 10 ^ 500) arises from different choices of Calabi–Yau manifolds (together with Monstrous moonshine) and different values of generalized magnetic fluxes over different homology cycles leads to the great idea of ‘multiverse’ physics. As this large number is NP complete, no practical (or theoretical) chance of any kind to find the answer {which vacuum corresponds to our (this) universe). That is, ‘multiverse physics’ is now by definition a ‘theology’ which is deemed true regardless of the empirical evidences, as there cannot be any evidence at all (guaranteed by the NP completeness).

 

Section four: how can all these go wrong?

M-string theorists do admit a few shortcomings on their own.

One, it does not have a consistent formulation (such as Newton’s law or Einstein’s GR equation) to make contact (describe) this real universe. {Note: in this sense, it is not yet physics, but is claimed as the best HOPE.}

Two, it does not know how to define string theory in a single theory (regardless of the claim of M-string). It does also not know whether there is any principle by which string theory selects its vacuum state. Unlike in quantum field theory, string theory does not have a full non-perturbative definition, so many of the theoretical questions that physicists would like to answer remain out of reach.

Three, the goal of string theory is to find a solution of the theory that reproduces the observed spectrum of elementary particles, with a small cosmological constant, containing dark matter and a plausible mechanism for cosmic inflation. But, this goal is far beyond the horizon at this moment.

Four, there is so far no experimental evidence that would unambiguously point to any of these models being a correct fundamental description of nature.

Yet, all these shortcomings are just hiccups for growth pain. When these hiccups are over, then ‘Long Live the M-string’.

 

Can these hiccups go away?

The general critics has pointed out three fallacies.

One, pseudoscience fallacy: no prediction, emphasized by Peter Woit and Lee Smolin.

 

Two, self-failing fallacy: failed its stated missions, see Carlo Rovelli’s talk, slide 16.

See https://medium.com/@Tienzen/indeed-the-m-string-theory-is-a-total-bullcrap-for-the-following-reasons-ca9a44931938#.qugm959un

 

Three, Gordon Kane’ moving sign post fallacy: seehttp://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7964

See http://prebabel.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-hope-of-susy-parousia.html

 

I will add a few obvious fallacies.

One, the Hat-trick fallacy: without adding any additional ingredient, simply stretching a point into a string reaches (creates) the domain of gravity, becoming a TOE. This is a magic, not physics.

See https://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/nothingness-vs-nothing-there-the-quantum-gravity/

 

Two, the mirage fallacy:

One of the vibrational states of a string corresponds to the graviton.

Only string theory is able to accommodate chiral fermions like the neutrino; that is, string theory is truly a consistent theory of gravity, the quantum gravity.

Super string theory naturally accommodate SUSY and extra dimensions.

But, what is graviton? What is quantum gravity? What is SUSY and extra dimension? These ALL are physics mirages NOW.

 

Three, long live the King fallacy: anything associated with M-string which failed has been and must be cut. SUSY failed, long live the M-string. Extra dimensions failed, long live the M-string.

See https://tienzengong.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/paul-steinhardts-remorse-popperianism-and-beauty-contest/

Four, the greatness of math fallacy: the validity of a physics theory was never depending upon the math it was using. Yet, some new math was inspired by and from M-string theory, such as the {Calabi–Yau manifold and Monstrous moonshine}. How can M-string be wrong if its math children are valid?

 

Five, the squire victory fallacy:  the squire of M-string {Ads/CFT correspondence, holography principle, condensed physics, etc.} are all victorious. How can the squires be victorious while the master knight fails?

Six, Hot music air fallacy

M-string-vibration

However, all the above fallacies will be removed if the M-string can solve the ‘naturalness’ issue by deriving (or calculating) the followings:

#how2CalculateAlpha

#how2CalculatePlanckCMBdata

#how2CalculateHiggsbosonMass

#how2CalculateCosmologyConstant

 

Thus, I have offered a prize award of $10,000 for anyone who is able to derive those nature constants, seehttp://tienzen.blogspot.com/2016/08/two-thumbs-up.html

Section five: era of hope or bullcraps?

If M-string theorists can claim this $10,000 prize, then the era of the past half a century is indeed the era of HOPE.

If M-string theorists claim the ‘only game in town’, then it is the era of BULLCRAP.

This ‘only game in town’ claim becomes ‘dishonesty fallacy’ if those four calculations were done long ago and are available online for long time.

All fallacies are excusable. But, this ‘dishonesty fallacy’ cannot be excused.

 

tienzengong | September 11, 2016 at 10:13 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p3PVI2-9j

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