What if our universe comes with a way to self-destruct in such an efficient way that any physical thing would just stop existing for ever.
To explain how could our universe destroy it self we need to understand two principles.
Everything in the universe has an energy level. The higher the energy level, the more energy there is in the system.
For example wood has a high level of energy, it can be burned. Burning it releases the chemical energy stored inside it and turns it into heat. The ash is at a lower energy level than the wood before.
Everything in the universe tries to move to its ground state, a state in which it is completely stable, and has as little energy as possible. If something has a lot of energy it is unstable and wants to get rid of it to reach the ground state and become stable. This is true for every system, even in the world of quantum mechanics.
The universe gets its properties from the quantum fields. The fields tell particles how to behave and interact.
Like everything in the universe they want to be in the lowest energy level possible, which is called a vacuum state.
The scientists think that all the fields have reached their vacuum state except one, the Higgs field. They believe that there is a possibility that the Higgs field is not stable but metastable. Which means that it is not stable but is in a position where it seems to be stable. The Higgs field is thought to be responsible for the mass of the particles.
Which rules almost how everything in the universe interacts.
What would happen if the Higgs field is in a false vacuum?
Then the Higgs field still has a lot of energy which is waiting to be released. A random spark like quantum tunneling could release the potential energy. This could happen at anytime and without warning.
If at anypoint in time this vacuum decay starts there is no turning back. This would be a chain reaction starting at some point in space and growing in all directions at the speed of light. This sphere would be surrounded by a shell of energy that devours everything. This bubble will continue to grow forever, erasing the universe on its way.
Our destruction would be instant!
If the energy level of the Higgs field changes, it changes all of the physics.
Vacuum decay wount just destroy life ,it will destroy the chemistry itself. Making the universe we know, impossible.
We don't know how the universe would change.
At this point this is just a theory, speculation based on our understanding of the universe.
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