History and Philosophy of Physics

2002 Submissions

[2] viXra:2002.0403 [pdf] submitted on 2020-02-21 03:18:17

Universal Parity Versus Universal Fractality

Authors: Jose J. Astorkia
Comments: 2 Pages.

Scholastic universe description assumes its global parity. This assumption imply that fractal character of nature has no total scope. There is only one exception at sub-atomic level. This paper propose to assume universal fractal character and search for consecuences.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics

[1] viXra:2002.0011 [pdf] replaced on 2021-10-13 12:47:55

Something is wrong in the state of QED

Authors: Oliver Consa
Comments: 16 Pages. Also published at https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.02078

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is considered the most accurate theory in the history of science. However, this precision is based on a single experimental value: the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron (g-factor). An examination of the history of QED reveals that this value was obtained in a very suspicious way. These suspicions include the case of Karplus & Kroll, who admitted to having lied in their presentation of the most relevant calculation in the history of QED. As we will demonstrate in this paper, the Karplus & Kroll affair was not an isolated case, but one in a long series of errors, suspicious coincidences, mathematical inconsistencies and renormalized infinities swept under the rug.
Category: History and Philosophy of Physics