Theoretical, Materials and Condensed Matter Physics

Biography

Biography: Anna Backerra

Abstract

Nowadays physics is all about measurements: If a phenomenon cannot be measured, it will be ignored. Originally physics was a science of observing all phenomena, including those whose existence was not proved experimentally. When a century ago experimental results became increasingly counter-intuitive, scientists accepted that physics goes beyond human imagination. Many theories were developed to solve the apparent irreconcilability of quantum mechanics and relativity theory, but without success. The notion of complementarity started with the uncertainty principle of Heisenberg. Later he became convinced that physics can be described entirely in a complementary way, but not until forty years later a definition of complementarity was introduced by Jammer. This can also be applied to everyday life. Returning to the observational basics, a new window to the world is opened, bringing previously ignored or overlooked phenomena into view. Having enhanced our comprehension with this new view, we constructed a complementary foundation for physics, called twin physics. Central is a unit of potential energy, called the Heisenberg unit. Einstein, in his later work, suggested that four-dimensional spacetime might be not suited on a subatomic scale, so we considered time and space separately. He also suggested to describe phenomena geometrically, which we did. By applying twin physics the laws of Maxwell can easily be deduced. We described the four forces of nature, several types of protons, neutrons and electrons, and gravitational waves. In this lecture an overview of these developments will be given and possible applications in new technologies will be considered.