Open AccessThe pooltable analogy to axion physics
Author(s) -
P. Sikivie
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/176806
Subject(s) - parallels , analogy , axion , character (mathematics) , the imaginary , theoretical physics , physics , classical physics , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , particle physics , epistemology , psychology , quantum mechanics , engineering , psychoanalysis , mechanical engineering , dark matter , quantum
An imaginary character named TSP finds himself in a playroom whose floor is tilted to one side. However, the pooltable in the playroom is horizontal. TSP wonders how this can be. In doing so, he embarks upon an intellectual journey which parallels that which has been travelled during the past two decades by physicists interested in the Strong CP Problem and axion physics