1. Introduction
At the fundamental level of matter, particles are described by wave-particle duality, charges and their spin property. These properties are revealed from light interactions and are pursued by the application of relativistic quantum field theory (QFT) [1,2]. The theory of special relativity defines lightspeed, c to be constant in a vacuum and its particle-like property consist of massless photon of spin 1 with a neutral charge. Any differences to photon’s spin, charge and mass-energy equivalence by, provide the inherent properties of matter particles such as fermions of spin ±1/2 and this is termed causality [3,4]. Based on QFT, particles appear as excitation of fields permeating space at less than lightspeed. Within the atom, the electron is a fermion and its position is defined by non-relativistic Schrödinger’s wave function, of probabilistic distribution [5]. A level of indetermination is associated with the observation of its charge-spin property, whereas the wave-particle duality is depended on the instrumental set-up [6,7]. Based on quantum mechanics interpretation, the atom radiates energy in quantized form, of infinitesimal steps. When this is incorporated into QFT, it becomes difficult to imagine wavy form of particles such as electrons freely permeating space without interactions and this somehow collapses to a point at observation [8]. Similarly, the resistive nature of proton decay [9] somehow suggests the preservation of the electron and hence, atom to balance out the charges. While proton decay is an active topic of research, in the meantime, the preferred quest is to make non-relativistic equations become relativistic due to the shared properties of both matter and light at the fundamental level as mentioned above.
Beginning with Klein-Gordon equation [10], the energy and momentum operators of Schrödinger equation,
are adapted in the expression,
Equation (2) incorporates special relativity,
for mass-energy equivalence,
is the del operator in 3D space, ℏ is reduced Planck constant and
is an imaginary number,
. Only one component is considered in Equation (2) and it does not take into account the negative energy contribution from antimatter. In contrast, the Hamiltonian operator,
of Dirac equation [11] for a free particle is,
The has four-components of fields, with vectors of momentum, and gamma matrices, α, β represent Pauli matrices and unitarity. The concept is akin to, e+ e– ⟶ 2γ, where the electron annihilates with its antimatter to produce two gamma rays. Antimatter existence is readily observed in both Stern-Gerlach experiment and positron from cosmic rays. Suppose the electron is the quantized state of the electron field, the argument is made for the co-existence of monopole as the quantized state of the magnetic field and these are combined by Maxwell equation of electromagnetism. Monopole existence in experiments is confined to condensed matter and it cannot be extracted for measurements compared to the electron. The electron itself is a complex four-component spinor and it resumes its spin property at 720° rotation instead of 360° rotation. The process is described by the so-called Dirac belt trick [13] and is also referred to as the Balinese cup trick [14] or Dirac scissors problem [15] with other relatable descriptions include the Klein bottle topology [16]. At 360° rotation, maximum twist is attained and the unfolding process at another 360° rotation restores the electron or fermion to its original state. To complement the Dirac belt trick, a bar of magnet is envisioned to stretched out to form Dirac string and its excitation is expected to generate monopoles [15]. Because monopole existence is yet to be isolated from matter during observations, QFT such as Dirac theory is limited to describing fermions and bosons as unveiled by experiments.
In this novel study, how the electron orbits a monopole pair (MP) model of Dirac string is presented. Its transformation to Dirac fermion appears consistent with Dirac belt trick and quantum mechanics, while its solenoidal property into n-dimensions within the model is relevant to monopole emergence and Lie group application. These outcomes are compatible with the basic interpretations of Dirac field theory and its associated components like wave function collapse, quantized Hamiltonian, non-relativistic wave function, Weyl spinor, Lorentz transformation and electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism. Though the model remains a speculative tool, it is shown in this study that it could become important towards defining the fundamental state of matter subject to further examinations in both experiment and theoretical applications.
3. Dirac Field Theory and Its Related Components
Further exploration of the Dirac belt-trick into depth with respect to the MP model is offered in Figs. 2a–f. The electron’s time reversal orbit of a MP field mimics Dirac string and it is subjected to both twisting and unfolding process by clockwise precession. Cancellation of charges at conjugate positions 1, 3 and 5, 7 allows for the emergence of BOs in manifolds and these generate either spin up or spin down states. How these are compatible with the basics of Dirac theory and its associated components [1,2,10,11] are succinctly described in bullet points for further undertakings.
Dirac theory and helical property. The fermion field is defined by the famous Dirac equation of the generic form,
where
are gamma matrices. The exponentials of the matrices,
are attributed to the electron’s position by clockwise precession acting on its time reversal orbit. For example,
is assigned to the vertex of the MP field and by electron-positron transition at position 0, it sustains
z-axis as arrow of time in asymmetry. The
variables of Dirac matrices are related to the electron shift in its positions (Figs. 2a–f). Orthogonal projections of the space-time variables,
are confined to a hemisphere and assigned to a light cone (e.g.,
Figure 1c). These are incorporated into the famous Dirac equation,
where
c acts on the coefficients A, B and C and transforms them to
and
. The exponentials of
are denoted
i for off-diagonal Pauli matrices for the light-cone (
Figure 1d) and is defined by,
and zero exponential,
is,
is relevant to oscillations assumed at the BOs (
Figure 1d) with anticommutation relationship,
of chiral symmetry (Figs. 2c and 2d). The associated vector gauge invariance for the electron-positron transition exhibits the following relationships,
and
The exponential factor,
iθ refers to the position,
i of the electron of a complex number and
θ, is its angular momentum (e.g.,
Figure 1c). The unitary rotations of right-handedness (
R) or positive helicity and left-handedness (
L) or negative helicity are applicable to the electron transformation to Dirac fermion (e.g.,
Figure 2A in
Appendix B). The process is confined to a hemisphere and this equates to spin 1/2 property of a complex spinor. Two successive rotations of the electron in orbit by clockwise precession of the MP field is identified by
. The chirality or vector axial current at the point-boundary is assigned to polarized states, ±1 of the model (
Figure 1c). The helical symmetry from projections operators or nuclear isospin of
z-axis acting on the spinors (
Figure 2e) is,
and
where
is likened to thermal radiation of a black body. The usual properties of projection operators are:
L +
R = 1;
RL =
LR = 0;
L2 =
L and
R2 =
R (e.g., Figs. 2a–d).
Wave function collapse. Dirac fermion or spinor is denoted
ψ(
x) in 3D Euclidean space and it is superimposed onto the MP model of 4D space-time,
ψ(
x,t) by clockwise precession (
Figure 3a). The former of 3D includes both positive and negative curvatures of
Figure 3.
Wave function collapse. (a) Irreducible Dirac spinor is defined by vector space superimposed on Poincaré sphere. It consists of both Euclidean (straight paths) and non-Euclidean (negative and positive curves) spaces. Clockwise precession by geodesic motion induces a circle at 360° rotation to the negative curves at positions 0 to 3 (e.g.,
Figure 2c). The polar coordinates (r, θ, Φ) are linked to a light cone (navy colored). Position 6 is projected inwards from position 2. (b) By Fourier transform (blue wavy curve) into linear time, positions 2 and 6 constraints the reach of singularity. Zooming in towards the particle’s position presents the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (black wavy curve) for the electron of superposition states linked to BO (e.g.,
Figure 1d). These can translate to (c) a typical hydrogen emission spectrum. The amplitudes by Fourier transform are shown by white spectral lines and the uncertainty principle with respect to the particle property by colored spectral lines (see also Appendices B and C). .
Figure 3.
Wave function collapse. (a) Irreducible Dirac spinor is defined by vector space superimposed on Poincaré sphere. It consists of both Euclidean (straight paths) and non-Euclidean (negative and positive curves) spaces. Clockwise precession by geodesic motion induces a circle at 360° rotation to the negative curves at positions 0 to 3 (e.g.,
Figure 2c). The polar coordinates (r, θ, Φ) are linked to a light cone (navy colored). Position 6 is projected inwards from position 2. (b) By Fourier transform (blue wavy curve) into linear time, positions 2 and 6 constraints the reach of singularity. Zooming in towards the particle’s position presents the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (black wavy curve) for the electron of superposition states linked to BO (e.g.,
Figure 1d). These can translate to (c) a typical hydrogen emission spectrum. The amplitudes by Fourier transform are shown by white spectral lines and the uncertainty principle with respect to the particle property by colored spectral lines (see also Appendices B and C). .
non-Euclidean space (e.g., Figs. 2a and 2b) normalized to straight paths of Euclidean space (Figs. 2c and 2d) and are imposed on the surface of Poincaré sphere defined by non-abelian Lie group (see subsection 2c). The latter of 4D resembles Minkowski space-time and consists of a light-cone dissected by
z-axis as arrow of time. The Dirac four-component spinor,
is attributed to positions 0 to 3 of conjugate pairs in 3D space. Convergence of positions 1 and 3 at either position 0 or 2 is relevant to the equivalence principle based on general relativity. Any light paths tangential to the point-boundary of the
n-energy manifolds of BOs is expected to transform the spinor into linear time mimicking Fourier transform for wave function collapse scenario (
Figure 3b). Constraining the electron’s position along the
z-axis offers the uncertainty principle due to the particle’s link to the BO. The wave amplitudes can relate to a typical hydrogen emission spectrum for external light-matter interactions with respect to the electron’s position in orbit (
Figure 3c). In this way, wave function collapse of probabilistic distribution by Born’s rule,
, where the spherical model is reduced to linearization along
z-axis.
Quantized Hamiltonian. Two ansatzes adapted from Equation (14) are given by,
and
where outward project of spin at positions 5, 7 is represented by
and inward projection at positions 1, 3 by
(e.g., Figs. 2c and 2d). By linear transformation, the hermitian plane wave solutions form the basis for Fourier components in 3D space (Figs. 1d and 3b). Decomposition of quantized Hamiltonian [22] ensues as,
where the constant,
is attributed to the dissection of BOs along
z-axis. Its conjugate form is by,
The coefficients
and
are ladder operators for
u-type spinor and
and
for
v-type spinor at
n-dimensions along BOs (e.g.,
Figure 1d). These related to Dirac spinors of two spin states, ±1/2 and
and
as their antiparticles. Dirac Hamiltonian of one-particle quantum mechanics relevant to the MP model of hydrogen atom type is,
The quantity in the bracket is provided in Equation (3). By parity transformation, the observable and holographic oscillators are canonically conjugates (e.g., Figs. 2c and 2d). The associated momentum is,
With
z-axis of the MP field aligned to the vertex in asymmetry (
Figure 1c), the V-A currents comparable to Fourier transform are projected in either
x or
y directions in 3D space (Figs. 1d and 3b). These assume the relationships,
and its matrix form,
where
α and
β denote the spinor components of
. Equations (23a) refers to unitarity of the model and Equation (23b) is assumed by the electron-positron transition about the manifolds of BOs in 3D space (
Figure 1d). The
independent of time in 3D space obeys the uncertainty principle with respect to the electron’s position,
p and momentum,
q, as conjugate operators (
Figure 1c). The commutation relationship of
p and
q is,
Equation (24) incorporates both matter and antimatter and their translation to linear time (
Figure 3b). The electron as a physical entity generates a positive-frequency such as,
Equation (25) could explain the dominance of matter (electron) over antimatter if the latter is accorded to the conceptualization process of Dirac fermion provided by the model (e.g., Figs. 2a and 2b).
Non-relativistic wave function. Observation by light-matter interaction allows for the emergence of the model from the point-boundary at Planck length. Subsequent energy shells of BOs at the
n-levels by excitation accommodates complex fermions, ±1/2, ±3/2, ±5/2 and so forth (
Figure 4a). The orbitals of 3D are defined by total angular momentum,
and this incorporates both orbital angular momentum,
l and spin angular momentum,
s (
Figure 4b). These are aligned with Schrödinger wave function (e.g.,
Figure 1c). The reader is also referred to Appendices, A, B and C. Within a hemisphere, the model is transformed to a classical oscillator. By clockwise precession, a holographic oscillator from the other hemisphere of the MP field remains hidden. One oscillator levitates about the other (
Figure 4b) and both are not simultaneously accessible to observation by Fourier
Weyl spinor. The light cone from the point-boundary within a hemisphere accommodates both matter and antimatter by parity transformation to generate Dirac spinor (Figs. 1c, 2a–d and 4b). It is described in the form,
Equation (26) corresponds to spin up fermion, a spin down fermion, a spin up antifermion and a spin down antifermion (e.g., Figs. 2c and 2d). By forming its own antimatter, Dirac fermion somewhat resembles Majorana fermions. It is difficult to observe them simultaneously due to wave function collapse long
z-axis of linear time (e.g.,
Figure 3b). Non-relativistic Weyl spinor of a pair of light cones in 4D space-time are relevant to Schrödinger wave equation in 3D space (Figs. 1c, 3a and 4a). These are defined by reduction of Equation (26) to a bispinor in the form,
where
are Weyl spinors of chirality with respect to the electron position. By parity operation,
x →
x’ = (
t, ‒
x), qubits 1 and −1 are generated at the vertices of the MP field (e.g.,
Figure 1c). Depending on the reference point-boundary of the BO (
Figure 1d), the exchanges of left- and right-handed Weyl spinor assumed the process,
Conversion of Weyl spinors to Dirac bispinor,
are of transposition state (e.g., Figs. 2c and 2d)). The two-component spinor,
= 1 are normalized at the point-boundary at position 0 of the spherical model (
Figure 1a).
Lorentz transformation. The Hermitian pair,
of Dirac fermion based on Equation (27) undergo Lorentz transformation in the form,
Equation (29) basically relates to the transformation of the model of 4D space-time to linear time at observation comparable to Fourier transform (e.g.,
Figure 3b). The corresponding Lorentz scalar applicable to scattering at the BOs (
Figure 1d) is,
Equation (30) is referenced to
z-axis as the principle axis of the MP field of a dipole moment in asymmetry (
Figure 1c). By identical calculation to Equation (29), the Weyl spinor becomes,
with respect to the light-cone (
Figure 4a). It is difficult to distinguish Weyl spinor and Majorana fermion from Dirac spinor by observations due to superposition of electron-positron pairings (e.g.,
Figure 2e).
Electroweak symmetry breaking. Coupling of the MP models and ejection of the electron of weak isospin influences COM at position 0 (
Figure 5a and 5b) (see also subsection 2d). The emergence of particle-hole symmetry mimicking the electron may exhibit variation in attraction with the proton. Any adjustments by the proton to accommodate changes in charge and mass is applicable to electroweak symmetry breaking like beta decay of the type,
(
Figure 6). If charge (
) and time by precession are preserved, parity transformation (
Figure 4b) would depend on the alignment of the MP field in response to the direction of the applied
These particles acquire energy,
or
from on-shell momentum (
) tangential to the BO (Figs. 1d and 4a) and this in turn sustains Einstein mass-energy equivalence of the form,
Translation to linear time by wave function collapse is normalized to the
z-axis (
Figure 3b) for particles possessing angular momenta,
, such as vector bosons,
at short range within the vicinity of the model (
Figure 6) during the coupling process (Figs. 5a and 5b). Spin 1 and spin 0 particles are assigned to the point-boundary of ZPE of a classical