我们生活在一碗汤面里吗?——光和电子的统一与起源

Are we living in a bowl of noodle soup?——Origin of light and electron

光和物质的起源是物理学中一个非常基本的问题,对该问题的探究贯穿了整个物理学的发展史.文章首先从最早的光微粒说和波动理论讲起,详细介绍了为什么光的波动学说可以成功地解释光的折射和干涉现象.然后以光的横波特性为基础,论述了是否存在可以承载光传播的媒介物质.通过对电荷和磁场的研究,人们认识到光是一种电磁波.最后从凝聚态物理学的演生原理出发,作者论述了弦网液体中的弦密度波对应于电磁波,弦的端点对应于电子,进而给出了光和电子起源的统一解释.

The origin of light and electron is a very fundamental issue in physics, and the activities for searching the answers have spanned almost in the whole history of physics. Starting from the corpuscular theory of light, the author explains why the wave theory can be successfully used to understand the light phenomena of refraction and interference. On the basis of the transverse property of light, the author further discusses the possibility of existence of a special medium, whose vibration corresponds to the light wave. After establishing the relationship of electricity and magnetic field, Maxwell pointed out that light is a kind of electromagnetic wave. According to the emergent principle of condensed matter physics, the author illustrated that it is the vibrations of the string density wave in a string-net liquid that correspond to the electromagnetic wave,and it is the ends of strings that correspond to electrons. A unified theory can be developed for the origin of light and electron.