THE SCALE OF ELECTRO-WEAK UNIFICATION

If the heliosphere represents a standard cosmological body, then it should embody a balance between the synthetic and analytic powers of consciousness. Unlike the sun itself, in which the balance is expressed in terms of the first twelve layers above and below, the balance that upholds the heliosphere should be expressed in terms of the first sixteen layers above and below.

We have seen that the scale of the sixteenth layer above marks an important transition between two different cosmological vacuum states. The principle “as above, so below” suggests that the scale of the sixteenth layer below should mark an important transition between two different quantum vacuum states. Because the sun acts as the primary source of visible light within the solar system, we can propose that this lower transition scale should have something to do with the electromagnetic vacuum, which acts as the source of all visible light in the universe. The universal rule of thumb suggests that this quantum transition scale should be about 10^-16 centimeters. Is there any indication in modern theory that this represents a fundamental transition scale in the quantum vacuum?

In fact, there is. It turns out that 10^-16 centimeters is one of the most important scales in the Standard Model of quantum theory: the scale of electro-weak unification in which the electromagnetic force field becomes indistinguishable from, and hence unified with, the weak force field. On this scale, ordinary electromagnetic waves are transformed into electro-weak waves and the electromagnetic vacuum is transformed into the electro-weak vacuum.

This confirms our hypothesis: Just as the scale of 10¹⁵ centimeters marks the boundary between two different cosmological vacuum states, so the scale of 10^-16 centimeters marks the boundary between two different quantum vacuum states—in accordance with the principle “as above, so below.”