If so, where do they go? Is quantum tunneling the phenmonenon for Hawking radiation? Or does it result in a wormhole and/or go to another universe?
So, in quantum mechanics, if we had a wave function to describe the universe, the expectation value of the position would be (bra-psi-ket x ket-psi-bra)=0. The cosmological principle says that our universe is homogeneous, so essentially that would match up with a wave function for any object on a universal scale. Could this be a link for astrophysics and quantum mechanics?
Does our universe, if it has its own specific cosmological constant value (does it?), cause us to live with slowed or speeded time compared to other universes?
How do we make special relativity account for dark energy? Does dark enegery accelearte us as we speak? Can dark energy accelerate things to speeds greater than the speed of light?
For example, could our (it is likely) multiverse have elements from Prof. Mersini-Houghton's multiverse (read her book to learn more!), string theory, many worlds, and others? Could our multiverse be of multiple theories' nature?
If this unsolved problem turns out to be true, please call it the Shugarman conjecture haha. Unfortunately, we can't using converging series test from AP Calc BC to solve this, but if I learn more I'll try to work on this.
Plato philosophied a higher universe with perfect versions of everything, a world of ideal forms. He thought we should try to understand that higher world as a way to improve our disconnected universe, via reason. MWI could gurantee a world that is like that, and some human connect to that would be the reason for our defintion of "perfectness" and what we strive for when doing it.
I know quantum mechanics makes this a hard question to ask, especially if electrons and other "point particles" have wave-like properties. But I don't understand how we still know the masses of those electrons, which I know via the Schrodinger equation has an effect on the wavefunction of an electron, but not an idea of what a particle-state electron's volume is.
I know that 7 is the current highest we have, but what if we fire lots of X-rays and gamma rays at an atom to see if we can "force" and 8th (or even higher) energy level?