tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post560349501256455769..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Fourth Generation Neutrinos?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-77983157634537341422010-05-04T01:32:13.966-06:002010-05-04T01:32:13.966-06:00A 3+1 rule seems to dominate basic elements in com...A 3+1 rule seems to dominate basic elements in complex natural systems (I've seen it from fundamental particles all the way up through the periodic table, the genetic code, and human languages). Simply put, a tetrahedral symmetry starts out that is then broken so that one element in the system is isolated behaviorally from the other three, and the three form their own more coherent subsystem. Examples include neutrinos which have zero charge so have no place in normal atoms, leaving the two quark and one lepton types remaining. Another is the breaking of electroweak symmetry to yield the two W and one Z weak force particles on one side as a system, and the photon on the other.<br /><br />If there is a fourth generation, it is likely to be the odd-man-out of such 3+1 sets, and will exhibit behavior unexpected from the perspective of the other generations we already have seen. Thus simply extending our existing experiments may not work. We have to broaden the net.Jess Taubernoreply@blogger.com