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Neutrinos and Photons in a Spacetime topological model

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posted on 2025-04-30, 17:46 authored by James CuppsJames Cupps

The 4D Spacetime Klein Bottle (SKB) hypothesis proposes that fundamental particles are not point-like but are topological structures in spacetime – specifically, four-dimensional “Klein bottle” submanifolds endowed with closed timelike curves (CTCs) . In simple terms, an SKB is a 4D object analogous to a Klein bottle surface (a non-orientable surface with a twist), but embedded in spacetime and containing a loop in time. The unusual topology of an SKB is hypothesized to give rise to particle properties normally explained by quantum field theory. Overall, the SKB hypothesis blurs the line between matter and spacetime: particles are treated as stable, localized topological excitations of spacetime itself . This connects to earlier visions like Wheeler’s geometrodynamics, where everything – mass, charge, spin – is an emergent property of curved space-time geometry . Below, we explore how this framework can conceptually account for the peculiar properties of neutrinos and photons by examining their possible topological structures and interactions.

Neutrinos are an excellent testing ground for the SKB model because they are in many ways “minimal” particles: they carry no electric charge or color charge, have very tiny rest masses, and are only observed with a single helicity (left-handed). In the SKB picture, we can model a neutrino as a topologically minimal Klein-bottle structure – essentially the simplest nonorientable loop in spacetime with a closed timelike curve, and little additional complexity (no extra linked flux loops for charge). This minimal topology would have the fewest twists and handles consistent with a stable particle.

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