The first modern theory of the atom, Lord Kelvin's "vortex" theory, said that the atom is shaped like a vortex. Do galaxies have spirals because, like atoms, galaxies have the shape of a vortex? And if it's "atoms all the way down," does everything in the universe have the shape of a vortex?
Atoms are composed mainly of current. The equations that describe current also describe a fluid, so current essentially works like a fluid. If atoms are made up of current, and they have the shape of a vortex, then the atom is probably a vortex whose fluid is "current."
Vortices share many properties with atoms, including mutual attraction (gravity); mutual repulsion; as well as the ability to merge, become unstable and split. The mass of an atom could correspond to the size of its vortex, and its charge could correspond to the speed of the current running through it. It may be possible to explain the natural variation in charges found in the periodic table of elements using experiments with fluid vortices of different size ("mass"), to determine if fluid naturally passes through them at different speeds ("charges").
If atoms have the shape of vortices, and "current" is the "fluid" that makes them up, then the galaxy must have "current" too. The galaxy must be a giant vortex made up of that "current." But where is that giant vortex, where is that fluid, and what is it made out of? Clearly, it is invisible--maybe too small to see. But if it's "atoms all the way down," there's one possible answer. The atom must have little "atoms," or "subatoms." What if the "current" in galaxies is made up of the next thing smaller than an atom - the "subatom"?
Just like stars are made of atoms, the atom's little "stars," or light, would be made of "subatoms." Light is a form of radiation. If stars are "light," then they are a form of radiation to the galaxy. Since atoms make up stars, then atoms are like "radiation" to a galaxy. If subatoms make up the atom's little "stars," then subatoms would make up atomic radiation (akin to "quanta").
If subatoms are also what makes up the "current" in a galaxy, then the galaxy is really a giant vortex made of atomic radiation. This may explain why we see enormous, vortex-like shapes that run through many galaxies but appear only in the radio spectrum, known as "relativistic jets." The spiral disk of stars found in a galaxy probably traces out the much larger, invisible vortex of "subatoms." Studying spiral disks may teach us more about the way a galaxy generates its "radiation," or matter.
Atoms can turn current into radiation ("spontaneous emission"), and radiation into current (the "photoelectric effect"). Applying the atomic principles of "spontaneous emission" and the "photoelectric effect" to galaxies gives us an answer to what may be the most important question in the universe--how are things created? If the galaxy's "radiation" is made up of atoms, and the "current" is made of "subatoms," then when the galaxy turns "current" into "radiation" ("spontaneous emission"), it turns "subatoms" into atoms. When the galaxy turns its "radiation" back into "current" (the "photoelectric effect"), then it turns atoms back into "subatoms."
Vortices share many properties with atoms, including mutual attraction (gravity); mutual repulsion; as well as the ability to merge, become unstable and split. The mass of an atom could correspond to the size of its vortex, and its charge could correspond to the speed of the current running through it. It may be possible to explain the natural variation in charges found in the periodic table of elements using experiments with fluid vortices of different size ("mass"), to determine if fluid naturally passes through them at different speeds ("charges").
If atoms have the shape of vortices, and "current" is the "fluid" that makes them up, then the galaxy must have "current" too. The galaxy must be a giant vortex made up of that "current." But where is that giant vortex, where is that fluid, and what is it made out of? Clearly, it is invisible--maybe too small to see. But if it's "atoms all the way down," there's one possible answer. The atom must have little "atoms," or "subatoms." What if the "current" in galaxies is made up of the next thing smaller than an atom - the "subatom"?
Just like stars are made of atoms, the atom's little "stars," or light, would be made of "subatoms." Light is a form of radiation. If stars are "light," then they are a form of radiation to the galaxy. Since atoms make up stars, then atoms are like "radiation" to a galaxy. If subatoms make up the atom's little "stars," then subatoms would make up atomic radiation (akin to "quanta").
If subatoms are also what makes up the "current" in a galaxy, then the galaxy is really a giant vortex made of atomic radiation. This may explain why we see enormous, vortex-like shapes that run through many galaxies but appear only in the radio spectrum, known as "relativistic jets." The spiral disk of stars found in a galaxy probably traces out the much larger, invisible vortex of "subatoms." Studying spiral disks may teach us more about the way a galaxy generates its "radiation," or matter.
Atoms can turn current into radiation ("spontaneous emission"), and radiation into current (the "photoelectric effect"). Applying the atomic principles of "spontaneous emission" and the "photoelectric effect" to galaxies gives us an answer to what may be the most important question in the universe--how are things created? If the galaxy's "radiation" is made up of atoms, and the "current" is made of "subatoms," then when the galaxy turns "current" into "radiation" ("spontaneous emission"), it turns "subatoms" into atoms. When the galaxy turns its "radiation" back into "current" (the "photoelectric effect"), then it turns atoms back into "subatoms."
