TFNR - Fundamental Constants of Nature

In conventional science, the Fundamental Constants of Nature are considered invariant physical quantities, fundamental (cause-indipendence), universal in nature (space-indipendence) and constant in time (time-independence). They are used in the basic equations that describe the fundamental physical phenomena. They can be dimensionless, or can have dimensions.

The constants that are considered fundamental are the following (the set of constants varies according to the theoretical reference framework considered):

• the gravitational constant G
• the velocity of light in vacuum or speed of light (c)
• the Planck constant (h) or (h bar)
• the electric constant ε0
• the charge of the electron
• the absolute value of which is the fundamental unit of electric charge (e)
• the mass of the electron (me)
• the dimensionless fine-structure constant, symbolized by the Greek letter alpha, which characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic interaction
• the Avogadro constant (NA)
• the Boltzmann constant (kB)
• 9 Yukawa couplings for the quarks and leptons (equivalent to specifying the rest mass of these elementary particles),
• 2 parameters of the Higgs field potential
• 4 parameters for the quark mixing matrix
• 3 coupling constants for the gauge groups SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) (or equivalently, two coupling constants and the Weinberg angle)
• a phase for the QCD vacuum

Many of these "constants" refer to a level which in conventional physics is considered elementary, that of particles, but which in this System of Knowledge we do not consider elementary at all. The level of particles, which we here call Structures of Information, is a level of medium complexity, which rests on more and more elementary levels, that of Information / energy, the even more elementary level of Action and its Modes / Components, up to the most basic level, that of the Source, in its two complementary aspects: the Force and the Field.

This large number of constants referring to the world of elementary particles is very likely due to our ignorance of the true nature of particles, and above all of the dynamics of the most elementary levels of Physical Reality. This articulated and obscure world that underlies the complex quantum dynamics of particles is commonly dismissed with superficiality, even if supported by important and relevant experimental evidence (probably misunderstood) such as the hypothesis of hidden variables.

Let's detach ourselves for a moment from the history of physics, from the more or less accredited theories, more or less in crisis. Let's detach from the complex experiments that have led tenacious and brilliant researchers to measure apparently fundamental parameters. Let's make a clean slate of everything that has been, of what we think we know. Let's try to do a rational logical exercise, starting from scratch.