 http://www.particleadventure.org/images/page-elements/merging_forces. |
A Grand
Unified Theory (GUT) would unify the fundamental
forces. James Maxwell took the first step when
he unified electricity and magnetism, which we now
know are aspects of the same force (given high
enough temperatures) [²]. Many speculate that
the Strong interaction could also be unified under
the Standard Model given high enough
temperatures. In fact, current data suggests
that they do in fact merge at a certain temperature
[²]. Unfortunately the graph neglects gravity,
or any kind of interaction of mass which would be
inherent in a successful GUT. As mentioned
before, this won't be possible until a quantum
gravitation exists. |