Grand Unified Gauge Theories and the Number of Elementary Particles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Weingard (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 150-155 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/289170 |
| OpenAlex | W1972694216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Recently, Michael Redhead has argued that the grouping of particles into multiplets by grand unified gauge theories ( GUT 's) does not, by itself, imply an ontological reduction in the number of elementary particles. While sympathetic to Redhead's argument, in this note I argue that under certain conditions involving Kaluza-Klein theories, GUT 's would provide such an ontological reduction
Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Dimensional reduction · Epistemology · Gauge (firearms) · Gauge theory · Geometry · Physics · Reduction (mathematics) · Theoretical physics · History · Mathematical Physics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Science and Climate Studies · Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 1989 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |