On Carboniferous Gigantism and Atomic Shrinking

Alain Haraux

doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0544.v2

Preprint Hypothesis Version 2 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

Version 1 : Received: 19 November 2020 / Approved: 20 November 2020 / Online: 20 November 2020 (12:24:04 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 20 November 2020 / Approved: 23 November 2020 / Online: 23 November 2020 (09:46:17 CET)

A long standing problem in paleontology is the presence of giant arthropods during the so-called carboniferous era. The same difficulty occurs for the size of plants at the same period. We devise a possible answer to this question entirely different from the theories developed until now, based on the hypothesis that the size of atoms is decaying for very large times and the dimensions of polymers such as chitin and cellulose, containing expansible holes, are decreasing more slowly than rigid materials such as metals, alloys, composite materials and stone. Incidentally, this hypothesis might also give an alternative statement to the expansion of space.

atoms; nucleus, electrons; energy; spectral shift; polymers

Physical Sciences, Biophysics

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Received: 23 November 2020
Commenter: Alain Haraux
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author

Comment: Some spelling mistakes were corrected and formulas added in Section 3.4 for the kinetic energies. The corresponding comments were modified accordingly.

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