Comments on: Neutral particles in E8 theory http://www.reenigne.org/blog/neutral-particles-in-e8-theory/ Stuff I think about Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.reenigne.org/blog/neutral-particles-in-e8-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 admin Mon, 11 May 2009 16:06:45 +0000 http://www.reenigne.org/blog/?p=846#comment-3540 Hi Lincoln, I'm afraid that you'll probably need most of an undergraduate college physics degree in order to understand Garrett's paper. If you can't wait that long you could do a lot worse than reading Feynman's "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter" - it's a pretty quick and easy read and the ideas in there are a good grounding for understanding more complicated quantum field theories. Hi Lincoln,

I'm afraid that you'll probably need most of an undergraduate college physics degree in order to understand Garrett's paper. If you can't wait that long you could do a lot worse than reading Feynman's "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter" - it's a pretty quick and easy read and the ideas in there are a good grounding for understanding more complicated quantum field theories.

]]> By: Lincoln http://www.reenigne.org/blog/neutral-particles-in-e8-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-3537 Lincoln Mon, 11 May 2009 05:31:59 +0000 http://www.reenigne.org/blog/?p=846#comment-3537 This is exactly what I have been looking for! After seeing Garret's TED talk I became extremely interested in particle physics and have been reading an intro book on particle physics with the intention to understand what the hell an E8 Lie algebra was. It's very satisfying to actually see my novice understanding coalesce somewhat into a clearer picture. I am curious how you summarized this. Even now most of Garret's abstract that you have a link to is complete gibberish to me. I am still in high school and am trying to understand the basic concepts and interactions involved in this algebra with only a basic understanding of calc. Do you have any suggestions for me? I will be summarizing my findings for an independent school project of mine. Thanks for any recommendations. -Lincoln- This is exactly what I have been looking for! After seeing Garret's TED talk I became extremely interested in particle physics and have been reading an intro book on particle physics with the intention to understand what the hell an E8 Lie algebra was. It's very satisfying to actually see my novice understanding coalesce somewhat into a clearer picture. I am curious how you summarized this. Even now most of Garret's abstract that you have a link to is complete gibberish to me. I am still in high school and am trying to understand the basic concepts and interactions involved in this algebra with only a basic understanding of calc. Do you have any suggestions for me? I will be summarizing my findings for an independent school project of mine. Thanks for any recommendations.

-Lincoln-

]]> By: admin http://www.reenigne.org/blog/neutral-particles-in-e8-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-3488 admin Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:48:18 +0000 http://www.reenigne.org/blog/?p=846#comment-3488 Garrett, I am honoured to have you comment on my blog! I have been playing with the EPE - it is a lot of fun and was extremely helpful in compiling this post. Garrett, I am honoured to have you comment on my blog! I have been playing with the EPE - it is a lot of fun and was extremely helpful in compiling this post.

]]> By: Garrett http://www.reenigne.org/blog/neutral-particles-in-e8-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Garrett Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:32:29 +0000 http://www.reenigne.org/blog/?p=846#comment-3487 Nicely described. Here's something more to play with while trying to reverse engineer the universe: http://deferentialgeometry.org/epe/ Best, Garrett Nicely described. Here's something more to play with while trying to reverse engineer the universe:

http://deferentialgeometry.org/epe/

Best,
Garrett

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