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Big Bang Could Be Recreated Inside a Metamaterial
KentuckyFC writes "Metamaterials are substances with a permittivity and permeability that has been manipulated in a way that allows fine control over the behavior of light. They have famously been used to create an invisibility cloak that hides objects from view. Now Igor Smolyaninov, a physicist in the US, has calculated how metamaterials could be used for a much more profound demonstration: to reproduce the behavior of light in various kinds of spacetimes, in particular a (2+2) spacetime (one having two dimensions of space and two of time). His method is to show that there is formal mathematical analogy between the way metamaterials and spacetimes affect light. He goes on to show how a phase transition in a (2+2) spacetime leads to the creation of a (2+1) spacetime filled with photons, an event analogous to the Big Bang." Here are the abstract and the preprint (PDF).
... but you have to admit, "Big Bang could be recreated inside a Metamucil" is every bit as intriguing.
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Batteries not included.
Somebody will probably experiment with this sometime in December, 2012...
By the taping of my glasses, something geeky this way passes
Sure!
Imagine time as a line. Now imagine that the line is actually 2-dimensional.
"... a (2+1) spacetime filled with photons ..."
'and God said, "Let there be light".'
Well, it has make a lot of people very angry.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Can I buy pot from you?
Actually, you're confusing "HTML" with "BBCode". ;)
1) "Theorised" is a perfectly valid spelling of that word. Putting "sic" after it demonstrates that you are a cretin.
2) Evolution is a well-tested fact. You're welcome to look it up yourself; I've decided not to argue with the feebleminded any more.