TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN THE SYMPLICTIC VACUUM, ANOMALOUS POSITRON PRODUCTION AND THE GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTON

Abstract

In the present paper the phenomenon of anomalous positron production is reconsidered. An explanation of the phenomenon via the complex nature of the symplictic vacuum is attempted. This is a vacuum, akin to that of Dirac's but with an additional transfinite correction and fractal fine structure. It is conjectured that not only one, but a host of highly unstable exotic particles and weakly interacting neutral bosons may be produced under certain extreme conditions, for instance a very strong electromagnetic field. It is further shown that these particles are intimately linked to the production of mini black holes via the instanton method within the VAK of vacuum fluctuation. One of the principle conclusions in the present work is that while a symmetry breaking is accompanied by the appearance of a corresponding (new) particle, a symmetry breaking of the "average" or complex "quasi" symmetry of the VAK will be logically associated with a host of (new) "quasi" particles. This may be the explanation for the experimental observations related to the said anomalous positron production.