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Why is the fine-structure constant 1/137?
The fine-structure constant:α = e24πϵ0 ℏ c ≈ 1137\alpha \;=\;\frac{e^{2}}{4\pi \epsilon_{0}\,\hbar\,c}\;\approx\;\frac{1}{137} It’s dimensionless (no units). In ordinary physics it measures the strength of electromagnetism. In DEF, you can read it as the fractional “leakage / defect” of an electron’s otherwise self-closing circulation that survives the closure… Read more ›
The QM measurement problem in DEF
The QM measurement problem is basically this tension: So the problem is: What is the real, physical mechanism that turns “both” into “one”? And why does that mechanism only show up when “measurement” happens? A Differential Expansion Framework (DEF) -style… Read more ›
The Causal Budget: Mechanics of Motion and Time Dilation
Moving clocks must slow down because they are physical structures maintained by internal signals that have a fixed speed limit (c). When the clock moves, it must “spend” some of that limited signal speed just to keep its moving parts… Read more ›
A New DEF Paper: Why the Muon Is 207 Times Heavier Than the Electron
Differential Expansion Framework – The Electron, The Muon and the Tau particles. One of the most mysterious numerical patterns in physics is the charged-lepton mass ladder: In the Standard Model these numbers are simply inserted by hand through Yukawa couplings.They… Read more ›