Why is Nothing Unstable?
The explosive power of one tiny trapped particle:
Recall from a previous section that we might imagine that “nothing” is a collection of spheres of
zero radius separated by zero distance:
How can this "nothing" turn into the things we see around us?
The start of the universe can be imagined as any one of these spheres in the above picture having its radius change from zero to a value slightly greater than zero.
Let’s imagine what happens when one of these spheres undergoes a small increase in
radius where the increase is enough to confine a very tiny mass - a mass as small or less than the electron mass.
This is a problem that can be solved by quantum physics.
Pursue the math here. We will consider
what happens when this tiny particle moves along a particular diameter of the sphere.
This restriction yields the same conclusion as the three dimensional case but with simpler math.
The energy of the tiny particle in the sphere is then:
Where:
n = A positive integer number such as 1,2,3,4.. etc.
h = Planck's Constant (6.63x10-34 joule-seconds)
m = Mass of the tiny particle
r = Radius of the sphere
As the denominator of this equation becomes smaller, the energy gets larger. If the denominator can be zero, then the energy can be infinite. It is interesting that both the radius of the sphere as well as the mass of the particle appear in the denominator. As the radius of the sphere approaches nothing or zero, the energy approaches infinity. As the particle mass approaches nothing the energy also approaches infinity.
In fact, this equation yields infinite energy when the mass is nothing and the radius of the sphere is also nothing. In other words, nothing is highly unstable.
Think of this: Just a tiny particle confined to a small sphere could power the Big Bang explosion.
Top physicists such as Hawking, Wilczek (noble prize winner), Stenger and others also tell us that NOTHING IS UNSTABLE. The things we see around us are the result of an unstable nothing becoming stable. Existence then becomes the natural state of things.
Let's go back to one of these spheres having its radius increase slightly from zero. Space will only exist within the radius of this small sphere — nothing will exist outside. The pressure ratio between the region inside of the sphere and the region outside of the sphere is infinite or close to infinite. This great pressure difference causes the radius of the sphere to rapidly increase, resulting in a possible “Big Bang” explosion.
Imagine a partially filled balloon placed in a vacuum chamber. As the air is removed from the chamber, the balloon must expand due to the pressure difference. If the space outside of the balloon could also be removed and replaced by “nothing”, then no pressure could exist outside of the balloon to limit the expansion. The balloon would quickly burst.
It is not difficult to understand why “nothing” is unstable. In this case, the “Big Bang” explosion cannot be stopped. The slightest fluctuation will trigger the creation.
Next Section:Triggering the Big Bang explosion
