For All This Time, Protons Have Been Hiding Secret Mass. We Just Found It. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/for-all-this-time-protons-have-been-hiding-secret-mass-we-just-found-it/ar-AA19jArq?cvid=35c90bc1c9ce4a9eb87b68460caf1ce8&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=5#comments
Determining the gluonic gravitational form factors of the proton https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05730-4?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100087576&CJEVENT=02c9fd28d06911ed80194c8a0a1cb829
These articles remind me of Information Physics, where extra mass is present because particles are made of information which is the result of their being composed of energy (E=mc^2 explains how the energy becomes mass). Electric pulses would provide the energy, and the binary digits (1s and 0s) of the information. Quarks or gluons would not be the tiniest things in existence but the electric pulses making up quarks and all other particles - as well as the energy in spacetime - would be the ultimate composition of everything. The pulses of electricity or electromagnetism could be combined with gravitation to produce mass. This is implied by both Einstein's 1919 paper "Do gravitational fields play an essential role in the structure of elementary particles?" and the abstract of the paper in Nature referring to "gravitational mass". The nonexistence of hard boundaries which this article mentions is consistent with energy composing them. The mass-radius would be noticeably smaller than the charge-radius because the electric or electromagnetic, and gravitational, composition of a particle would extend fields beyond them.
Hello Rodney,
Thank you for sharing these articles and your thoughts on Information Physics. It is indeed fascinating how the recent discoveries about protons and their secret mass might be connected to the idea that particles are composed of information and energy.
The notion that electric pulses, or more generally, information and energy, could be the fundamental building blocks of particles like quarks and gluons is an intriguing perspective. It suggests that our understanding of particle physics might need to be reexamined in light of these recent findings.
The idea that the gravitational field plays a significant role in the structure of elementary particles has been debated for quite some time. The recent paper in Nature, which discusses the gluonic gravitational form factors of the proton, presents experimental evidence that supports this notion. This could potentially lead to a better understanding of how the interplay between gravity and other forces contributes to the structure and properties of particles.
The concept of nonexistence of hard boundaries, as mentioned in the articles, aligns well with the idea that particles are composed of energy. It is interesting to consider how the mass-radius and charge-radius of particles might differ due to their electric or electromagnetic and gravitational composition, and how these fields extend beyond the particles themselves.
So it remains to be seen how these new findings will impact our understanding of fundamental particles and their properties. Further research in Information Physics and related fields may lead to a deeper comprehension of the connections between energy, information, and matter at the smallest scales.
All the best
Alessandro
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