Andrey I. Musienko
Andrey I. Musienko | |
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| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | Field theory of dislocations; topological-soliton model of fermions |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics, nonlinear dynamics |
| Institutions | N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences |
Andrey I. Musienko is a Russian theoretical physicist, associated with the N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, known for a speculative model in which fundamental particles are treated as dislocations (topological solitons) in a discrete space-time. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.
Work
In the paper "Topological Solitons in Discrete Space-Time as the Model of Fermions" (arXiv, 2000), Musienko argues that massive fermions can be represented as dislocations, or topological solitons, in a discrete four-dimensional lattice, with Burgers vectors oriented along the time axis. Within this "field theory of dislocations" he proposes that the quantization of electrical charge follows from the quantized topological charge of a dislocation, a consequence he attributes to the discrete lattice structure, and he attempts to recover the Dirac equation with a four-fermion interaction from the same construction. He has connected this picture to soliton dynamics, drawing classical analogues of relativistic effects (such as length contraction and velocity-dependent energy) for soliton-like defects moving in elastic media, and has suggested applications to what he describes as an energy-pumping device.
Musienko has also published on energy pumping and targeted energy transfer in strongly nonhomogeneous nonlinear systems and on the relativistic description of soliton-like defects in elastic media. The proposal that fundamental particles and charge quantization arise from lattice dislocations in discrete space-time lies outside accepted particle physics.