An evolution theory for particles

When talking about particles, physicists think of molecules, atoms, hadrons and quarks. Biologists, on the other hand, focus on organism, which they rarely consider as particles. The operator hierarchy reunites these worlds. It offers a strict ranking of particles from quarks to animals. Extrapolation of this ranking allows the prediction of future particles.

Summary - Particles are special systems. They show a closed organization (e.g. electron shell, cell membrane, catalytic hypercycle). The operator hierarchy studies such closed states. It creates a strict particle hierarchy by focusing on the simplest closure step that can create a new particle. I have named the particles in this hierarchy 'operators' and their ranking the 'operator hierarchy'. The operator hierarchy suggest that the evolution of particles is deterministic, because it obeys strict closure rules.

Context - Von Bertalanffy, Eigen, Varela, Teilhard de Chardin, Kauffman, Laslo, Kurzweil, Heijlighen and others have achieved breakthroughs in the field of system-evolution. I present a selection of their ideas and examine whether some existing system hierarchies can serve as a basis for a general particle hierarchy.

A refutable hypothesis - A good hypothesis is refutable. As will be explained, the operator hypothesis is open to falsification.

Background - The idea for the operator hierarchy came from stress-ecology.