First 64 steps to start the universe may hold clues to ignite the stars.

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PERFECTION STUDIES: CONTINUITY•SYMMETRY•HARMONY GOALS. February.2024
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Star formation and controlled nuclear fusion
by Bruce E. Camber (a first draft)
(open for comments and collaborations)

On December 5, 2022, for the first time in human history, experimental science achieved a 154% energy yield.[1] What does it mean? It is clear that for an infinitesimally-short moment, controlled nuclear fusion was achieved. It is not yet clear how extensible those results will be, but experts at Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (LLNL-NIF)[2] have deep resolve and insights. Part of their work is to maintain, test, and update the nuclear stockpile of the USA and part of that work includes fundamental research of controlled nuclear fusion.[3]

As a result of their work, fusion energy no longer looks impossible. Going back at least into the 1950s, the most-speculative folks within our sciences had been promising everyone, “Free energy of the stars!” We’ve heard it for so long, it has become “The Impossible Dream.”[4] Although little understood, fusion ignition became the focus of the NIF. Once a little-known lab, these people have begun deciphering the numbers to one of the deepest, most-secretive codes of the universe.

I then thought, “That’s a year-old announcement. It’s a revolutionary breakthrough. That’s just the press conference.[5] You’ve got to do a full literature search on this kind of ignition.”

I sent a quick note to the NIF folks to suggest that within that infinitesimal moment[a] (and in the face of quantum mechanics) they had created a perfected state[b] within spacetime.[6]

The NIF have had four such events (2022/2023); their excellent visual[7] summarizes that work:

…. Four key fusion events, National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

In their discussions about these ignition events, the LLNL-NIF scientists talk a lot about symmetries and make several references to certain perfections and imperfections within a very small sphere called the target.[8] Though using many of the same words as we have within this website, these people have a radically different context. They are replicating the ultimate processes for star formation. It is something I hadn’t given much thought until reading about this ignition event, “Aren’t the processes of star formation well understood? Ignition problems?” The more I listened, the more I wanted to know about their grasp of that ignition event of a star. I.had begun to imagine that there could be similarities with the “ignition event” of our universe.

At the LLNL-NIF it’s all about Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); it’s a more recent part of fusion history[9] (which goes back to 1920); the concepts about the ICF began to emerge in 1960.

In 1971 astrophysicist, Derek McNally,[10] wrote a scholarly article, Theories of star formation; he said, “A well defined theory of star formation does not yet exist.” At different times in his career, McNally would go on to become the general secretary of the Institute of Physics, part of the leadership team of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the chairman of working groups within the International Astronomical Union and International Council of Scientific Unions. Scholars are reluctant to admit a major weakness within their intellectual portfolio. And, of many subsequent articles, none are quite so clear. For any and every new start, that first second is the key to understanding and the goal now will be to control fusion for at least a second. Current theories have only outlined the fusion reaction that ignites stars (called the proton-proton chain reaction). Yet, today the LLNL-NIF has an advantage; they are working with hard data.

Stepping back, at this very early exploration of that data, and given the analogies with the birth of the universe, we could guess that stars are the penultimate finite-infinite transformation spheres.

In today’s academic environment, scholars are reluctant to introduce infinity into their equations. Our work around is simply to redefine infinity.[11] It is the perfect continuity, symmetry, and harmony defined by pi (π). Our hypothesis is that perfections within spheres open pathways to infinite energies. We can speculate that the birth of a star requires three facets of perfection — continuity-symmetry-harmony – to open that gateway[c] between the finite and infinite. And, every star in the universe is a finite-infinite perfection whereby each extends the continuity equation of pi well beyond the 100 trillion digits that were confirmed by computer in 2022. Each extends the symmetry functions well-beyond the perfections of the sphere[d]. And most importantly, each and every star, to be a star, is extending those perfections within harmonics that were introduced in 1821 by Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, a French mathematician.

The early descriptions of the ignition event, fusing two light atomic nuclei (deuterium and tritium) to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy, is a fact. The goal of creating a stable, long-term source of energy is still just a little more than a dream. Currently NIF’s chief scientists are detailing a few steps in the fusing process. Within our work there are at least 64 steps, one for each of the first 64 notations out of the 202 that encapsulate the universe as we know it. The 64th notation is a trillionth of a trillionth of a second.[e] It’s where quantum fluctuations appear to begin. Although we anticipate that every notation contributes to the process, 1-64 hold the keys. To prioritize, we suggest that the LLNL-NIF labs first focus on the eighteen (18) prime number notations within those 64 notations, and then with those notations where key formulae intersect within those same 64 notations, especially from functional analysis of those disciplines currently not on the grid.

This article is just our start of our studies of star formation, plasmas, controlled fusion, and particularly Inertial Confinement Fusion, and already I believe there are five key takeaways from the LLNL-NIF breakthroughs. These are as follows:

1. Hypothesis: Continuity-symmetry-harmony create a perfected state of spacetime. It is defined by pi (π) and bridges the finite-infinite and dominates the first 64 base-2 notations (of the 202 that currently encapsulate the universe) and that each notation contributes to create and sustain fusion ignition.
2. We hypothesize that there is a geometry of imperfection which may begin within the infinitesimal (lower than Notation-64) yet only begins to manifest in spacetime as quantum fluctuations.
3. We hypothesize that the universe is open whereby the finite elements used to create fusion ignition create perfect pathways to the infinite such that it may be possible to have an extensible design and controls for sustainable fusion energy.
4. We take as a given that the universe is encapsulated within 202 base-2 notations from PlanckTime to the Now. All time is now and all notations are always active. The first 64 notations are below the thresholds of physical measurement. These notations are calculations with dimensionless constants. Within the 64 are 18 prime numbers — 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59 and 61 — that invite those disciplines not on the grid to add their definitions to this continuum. That includes Langlands programs, string and M-theories, SUSY, conformal field theories, and more. These studies may well contribute to extensible designs.
5. And, finally let us begin to recognize the lack of logic within the big bang theory’s singularity with “everything from everywhere” given we now have trillions of stars and the constant energy demands of those stars. Some kind of finite-infinite relation is more logical than a theory about a singularity and simultaneity that could render a big bang, inflation and continued expansion as currently understood. Also, this proposed model works better with current observations from the James Webb Space Telescope regarding galaxies that formed earlier than 300 million years and for the smoothness at the start of the universe (also observed by other space telescopes).

We acknowledge that these concepts are a challenge to our old commonsense logic and understanding of space, time and infinity. Somehow we’ve got to either shred our old hypotheses about big bang cosmology or these hypotheses. If these five hypotheses just above cannot be shredded, then we should figure out how to test them. The 64 steps defined by pure mathematics and logic for controlled nuclear fusion would of course go a long way. -BEC

P.S. I would be so very appreciative if you could help us by commenting on the above.

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Upon considering the theories of star formation:
“We’re missing something and we don’t know what it is.”
– Nienke van der Marel,
Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, 2023

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Footnotes
Very few of these points have pages within this website.

[1] Video: Retrieved 16 January 2024, Fusion Ignition (youtube.com) URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility
[2] Website: Retrieved 16 January 2024, Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition Facility (LLNL-NIF)
[3] Website: Retrieved 16 January 2024, Celebrating the Milestone of Ignition –https://www.llnl.gov/news/ignition
[4] Retrieved 16 January 2024, https://81018.com/impossible-dream/
[5] Presser, retrieved 16 January 2024 https://www.llnl.gov/article/49301/shot-ages-fusion-ignition-breakthrough-hailed-one-most-impressive-scientific-feats-21st
[6] Retrieved, 16 January 2024: https://81018.com/nif-ltr1/ 
[7] Retrieved, 16 January 2024: https://www.llnl.gov/article/50616/llnls-national-ignition-facility-delivers-record-laser-energy (4th paragraph)
[8] Retrieved, 17 January 2024: https://www.llnl.gov/article/49721/target-evolution-key-llnls-continued-success
[9] Retrieved, 16 January 2024: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_nuclear_fusion and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_nuclear_fusion#1960s
[10] Retrieved 17 January 2024: Derek McNally –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_McNally, Theories of star formation – https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0034-4885/34/1/302;  and Institute of Physics – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Physics
[11] Redefine infinity. Retrieved 17 January 2024, https://81018.com/csh/

Endnotes
Thoughts about and reflections on this content.

[a] Infinitesimals: We have not begun to grasp the complexity and potentials within the first 67 notations of the 202 base-2 notations that encapsulate our universe. We have not yet begun to grasp the importance of pi (π) and its three profoundly inherent qualities, continuity, symmetry, and harmony. Here harmony is understood to be fine tuning related to the inertial spin effect and the Fourier transform. Also, we have not yet begun to grasp the dimensions of time. We so limit ourselves and our imaginations. There are no less than 26 currently recognized definitions of the various types of time. Eventually, we will know them all. Backgrounder…

[b] Perfections: Perfection was thrown out of academia as quantum physics became an accepted theory of the way things are. Here we will be trying to re-introduce a limited version of perfection and a geometric understanding of quantum physics based on those geometries that do not perfectly fill space. See Aristotle’s 1800-year old mistake.

[c] Finite-infinite gateway. That such a gateway seems self-evident with our growing understanding of irrational numbers like pi.

[d] Perfections within the sphere. A major study for all of us, we have begun with these pages: dynamic sphere stacking, evolving geometries, and overview of geometry.

[e] Trillionth of a trillionth. We began studying the attosecond when the Max Planck Labs in Garching started reporting attosecond calibrations and measurements. Trying to make sense of it all and to learn so many new concepts, we made a chart of the flavors of time whereby we discovered that the yoctosecond was a trillionth of a trillionth of a second within Notation-64. Science fiction had become science fact.

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References & Resources
As these references are studied, key references and resources will be added.

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Emails
There will be emails to many of our scholars about key points.

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IM
There will also be many instant messages to thought leaders about these key points.

22 January 2024 – @Mike_Banks Here’s a quirky one for you: https://81018.com/star-formation/
Quirkiest: The universe in 202 base-2 notations from the Planck base units: https://81018.com/chart/
A bit quirky is this bit on ethics: https://81018.com/relations-2

21 January 2024 – @isabelledume Thank you for your work on those three very helpful recent articles in IOP: Hopfions, Moiré material, and spiralling phonons. To understand it all in light of what’s given and the infinitesimal to the Planck units is a challenge: https://81018.com Thanks again.

17 January 2024 @walkingthedot (Charlie Woods, staff writer, @QuantaMagazine) You do a sensational job. I will be increasingly quoting your articles but write now to thank you for Rogue Worlds… from 13 Nov. 2023 -Bruce https://81018.com/star-formation/#IM

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