The metron model. Towards a unified deterministic theory of fields and particles

TL;DR

The metron model proposes a deterministic, unified field theory based on higher-dimensional Einstein equations, aiming to reproduce quantum and Standard Model physics through soliton solutions, potentially deriving all particle properties from first principles.

Contribution

It introduces a novel deterministic framework that unifies fields and particles using soliton solutions in higher dimensions, extending Einstein's equations to encompass quantum and Standard Model phenomena.

Findings

Supports soliton solutions (metrons) that replicate quantum field equations.

Circumvents Bell's theorem via time-reversal symmetry.

Aims to derive all particle properties and constants from first principles.

Abstract

A conceptual summary is given of a deterministic unified field and particle theory (the metron model) developed in more mathematical detail in a four-part paper published in Physics Essays (1996/97). The model is developed from Einsteins vacuum gravitational equations, Ricci tensor $R_{LM}=0$, in a higher dimensional space. It is postulated that the equations support soliton-type solutions (metrons) which reproduce all the basic field equations of quantum field theory, including not only the Maxwell-Dirac-Einstein system, but also all fields and symmetries of the Standard Model. Bell's theorem on the non-existence of hidden-variable models of quantum phenomena is circumvented through the time-reversal symmetry of all interactions on microphysical scales. The model, when completed, should yield all particle properties and universal physical constants from first principles.