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 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 spin-charge 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
– ⟶ 2
γ, 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. The relationship between matter and antimatter at the subatomic level is described by charge conjugation (C), parity inversion (P) and time reversal (T) symmetry. Charge conjugation reverses the charge without changing the direction of the spin vector or momentum of the particle. Only time reversal accounts for changes in the spin direction. Parity is discreet space-time symmetry offered by spatial coordinates and these are invariant under inversion when the charge is reversed. Based on QFT, numerous literatures explore these parameters in order to explain the anomaly of the dominance of matter over antimatter and space-time quantization. The electron dominance over its conjugate pair is explained by 360° rotation, where a positron is generated. Another 360° rotation for a total of 720° rotation and the electron is restored to its original state. The process offers the helical property of the electron as a fermion of fractional spin and is described by so-called Dirac belt trick [
13] in an attempt to capture the CPT symmetry. Other related descriptions include Balinese cup trick [
14] or Dirac scissors problem [
15]. The notion of space-time at singularity, where the electron translates to positron and vice versa is not well defined with respect to CPT symmetry. One way to visualize space-time in 4D is from Klein bottle topology of 2D manifold [
16], where spin vector varies within the manifold without a reference point-boundary akin to a sphere. Quantum gravity at singularity is expected to define space-time boundary, where CPT symmetry becomes prominent such as for particles assuming its own antimatter like the electron. Quantization of gravitational field with respect to quantum gravity is predicted by the existence of graviton, a spin 2 particle and it is yet to be positively identified in both high energy physics experiments and gravitational waves emanating from astronomical sources.
In this study, how Dirac fermion is interpretable within a MP model mimicking hydrogen atom of 4D space-time is examined. The orbit of the electron of a charged particle is of time reversal imposed on a clockwise precession of elliptical MP field mimicking Dirac string. These connotations of matter and space-time dynamics somehow transforms the electron into a Dirac fermion of a complex spinor consistent with Dirac belt trick, quantum mechanics and Lie group. The orbit is solenoidal into n-dimensions of both Minkowski and Euclidean space-times by disturbance and this is relevant to the emergence of monopole at the vertex of the MP field. These outcomes appear compatible with 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 is a speculative tool, it is can become important towards defining the fundamental state of matter subject to further examinations by conventional methods.
3. Dirac Field Theory and Its Related Components
Further exposition of the helical property of the MP model to induce Dirac belt-trick is offered in
Figure 2a–f. CPT symmetry is sustained for the electron-positron transition at the point-boundary, where COM is assumed. 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 BO to accommodate either spin up or spin down states. The BOs of manifolds into
n-dimensions by levitation are relevant to disturbance of the model (e.g.,
Figure 1d). How all these become compatible with the basics of Dirac theory and its associated components [
1,
2,
10,
11] are succinctly described here in bullet points in order to plot the path for further undertakings.
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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. Thus, arrow of time for a pair of vertices for spin up and spin down incorporates time reversal symmetry. The
variables of Dirac matrices are assumed by the electron shift in its positions (
Figure 2a–f). Orthogonal projections of the space-time variables,
are confined to a hemisphere and assigned to a light cone to generate spin-charge of the electron (e.g.,
Figure 1c). These descriptions uphold CPT symmetry and are indirectly 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 (
Figure 2c,d). 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 A2 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.,
Figure 2a–d) consistent with CPT symmetry.
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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 latter resembles Minkowski space-time and consists of a light-cone dissected by z-axis as arrow of time into asymmetry (
Figure 1b). The former includes both positive and negative curvatures of non-Euclidean space (e.g.,
Figure 2a,b) normalized to straight paths of Euclidean space (
Figure 2c,d). These are of non-abelian Lie group (see
Section 2c) imposed on the surface of the spherical MP model somewhat mimicking Poincaré sphere. 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 and is relevant to Euclidean geometry. The quantum aspect of de Sitter space by geodetic clockwise precession is balanced out by anti-de Sitter form of the electron transition in its orbit of time reversal due to gravity. For the irreducible spinor represented by the MP model, gravity becomes a classical force as implied earlier (see also
Section 2d). Any light paths tangential to the point-boundary of BOs into n-energy manifolds is expected to mimic Fourier transform along the principle axis or z-axis of the MP field as time axis in asymmetry and this is equivalent to wave function collapse (
Figure 3b). Constraining the electron’s position along the z-axis offers the uncertainty principle with on-shell momentum linked to BO. The generated wave amplitudes from BOs levitation into n-dimensions can relate to a typical hydrogen emission spectrum for external light-matter coupling with the electron in orbit (
Figure 3c). In this case, wave function collapse of probabilistic distribution by Born’s rule,
, is applicable to excitation of the model.
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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.,
Figure 2c,d). By linear transformation, the hermitian plane wave solutions form the basis for Fourier components in 3D space (
Figure 1d and
Figure 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 of BOs by levitation (e.g.,
Figure 1d). These are related to Dirac spinors of two spin states, ±1/2 with
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.,
Figure 2c,d). The associated momentum is,
With
z-axis of the MP field assuming time axis in asymmetry (
Figure 1c), V-A currents are projected in either
x or
y directions in 3D space comparable to Fourier transform (e.g.,
Figure 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.,
Figure 2a,b).
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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
Appendix A,
Appendix B and
Appendix 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 transform (e.g.,
Figure 3b). Levitation of on-shell momentum of BO into
n-levels by disturbance can be pursued for Fermi-Dirac statistics if these equate to fermions. The point-boundary at the vertex of MP field at position 0 is assigned to zero-point energy (ZPE) and both vertices constrain vacuum energy with its excitation by precession. The
splitting (
Figure 4a) applies to Landé interval rule for the electron of weak isospin and this can somehow accommodate lamb shift and thus, hyperfine structure constant from levitation of BOs into
n-dimensions (e.g.,
Figure 1d). Such a scenario is similar to how vibrational spectra of a harmonic oscillator for diatoms like hydrogen molecule incorporates rotational energy levels (
Figure 4a). The difference of the classical oscillator to the quantum scale is the application of Schrödinger wave equation (e.g.,
Figure 1c).
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Weyl spinor. The light cone within a hemisphere accommodates both matter and antimatter by parity transformation (
Figure 4a,b). 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.,
Figure 2c,d). 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 (
Figure 1c,
Figure 3a and
Figure 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.,
Figure 2d,d)). The two-component spinor,
= 1 are normalized at the point-boundary at position 0 of the spherical model (
Figure 1a).
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Lorentz transformation. The Hermitian pair,
of Dirac fermion based on Equation (27) undergo Lorentz boost and translate the BOs into n-levels (
Figure 1d) of the form,
The corresponding Lorentz scalar applicable to scattering from on-shell momentum tangential to the BOs (
Figure 1d) is,
Equation (30) is referenced to
z-axis of the MP field as time axis and is relevant to Fourier transform into linear time. By identical calculation to Equation (29), the Weyl spinor is,
Both Weyl spinor of a light-cone (
Figure 4a) and Majorana fermion are indistinguishable from Dirac spinor for light-matter interaction confined to position 0 (e.g.,
Figure 1a).
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Electroweak symmetry breaking. Coupling of the MP models and ejection of particles of weak isospin to hypercharge of ±1 is assumed at the COM at position 0 (
Figure 5a,b) (see also
Section 2d). The emergence of particle-hole symmetry mimicking the ELECTRON may exhibit variation in the electrostatic force with the proton. Thus, any adjustments by the proton to accommodate changes in charge and mass along the
z-axis towards the point-boundary breaks CPT symmetry such as for electroweak symmetry breaking like beta decay,
(
Figure 6). Observation is deterministic tangential to BOs into
n-dimensions for on-shell momentum. If neutrino types (e.g.,
) of helical property mimic the electron-positron transition, these can be generated at positions 1 and 3 with trivial shift in
z-axis,
by precession (
Figure 1d). and are not expected to violate CPT symmetry. The particles acquire energy,
or
from on-shell momentum (
) tangential to the BO and sustain 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 coupling process (
Figure 5b). If spin 1 and spin 0 particles are assigned to the COM of ZPE at the point-boundary of a classical oscillator (
Figure 4a), hypercharge BOs by levitation into
n-dimensions of Minkowski space-time (
Figure 1d) are relevant to the emergence of leptons. Higgs boson,
assigned to COM is included in the first term of its field of a scalar quantity,
. The second term is applicable to positions 1 and 3 by precession into space-time for the emergence of measureable quantity,
along horizontal
x-axis (
Figure 1a). The
y-axis consists of imaginary potential,
and both axes are normalized to
z-axis of the MP field as time axis and both are relevant to generation of V-A currents (e.g., Equations (23a and 23b)). By constriction of the model,
can translate to massive Nambu-Goldstone boson for combined COMs from the vertices of the MP field. Comparable to monopole (
Section 2d), such boson is not transferrable to observation with decompression of vertices for the MP field of Dirac string expected instead. Light-matter interaction restricted to the point-boundary of COM allows for confinement of quark flavor and color charge of ±1/3 spin within the model. These would mimic the electron-positron transition (
Figure 6) when translated along the
z-axis of the MP field as time axis in asymmetry akin to nuclear isospin. The generated wave amplitudes are expected to be engulfed by those of electron-positron transition into linear time by Fourier transform (e.g.,
Figure 3b). Such explanations offer an alternative interpretation of electroweak symmetry breaking with variations in mass and charge for a plethora of particles from on-shell momentum of BO by levitation into
n-dimensions (e.g.,
Figure 1d). The particles’ relationships to vectors, matrices and tensors with respect to QFT are provided in the text and also demonstrated in
Figure A2 (
Appendix B). This looks promising to link nuclear physics, high and low energies physics for electroweak breaking of SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) symmetry (
Figure 6). For example, U(1) is assigned to COM at position 0 of the point-boundary (
Section 2b). SU(2) is described by Lie group (
Section 2c) and Dirac field theory within this section. SU(3) is linked to the
z-axis of the MP field as nuclear isospin and it possibly dissects miniature doublet MP models of 4D to form 8D for the quark model (
Figure 6). Any deviations in the magnetic moment of the electron from BO by levitation into
n-dimensions can account for the fine-structure constant,
such as lamb shift when translated along the z-axis of the MP field into linear time (e.g.,
Figure 3b) and this is relevant to pursuits in quantum electrodynamics.