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New Theories / Another Model of Gravity
« on: 08/12/2009 16:19:58 »
A new model of gravity is offered at:
http://www.my-read.com/What_is_gravity.html.
This new model proposes that since:
(1) a body accelerating toward another body due to gravity seems driven only by the other body, i.e., something that the other body is influencing is causing it to move; and
(2) bodies accelerated in space void of gravitational fields experience gravity-like pushes on them as a result of the acceleration per Einstein's equivalence theory in general relativity, i.e., when bodies are accelerated in space, something pushes against them; and
(3) the units of the universal gravitational constant reduce down to a volumetric consumption rate per unit of mass (cubic-meters per second-squared per kilogram in the mks system of units;
gravity can be modeled as the flow generated toward a mass as that mass consumes the vacuum around it.
Mass consumes vacuum at the rate specified by the universal gravitational constant. The greater the mass the more vacuum consumed per unit time and the stronger the flow of vacuum toward the mass. The flowing vacuum drags unrestricted bodies with it toward the consuming mass, producing the effect of gravity.
The model acknowledges that while vacuum is not commonly thought of as a substance (not matter or energy as we know them), Einstein's equivalence of gravity and acceleration in general relativity suggests that the vacuum does interact with matter and energy. Vacuum is the only thing in empty space that can push against bodies.
The suggestion that mass is constantly consuming vacuum may also provide some insight into its nature. Does mass exist because it is burning vacuum? Is the consumption of vacuum vital to some other aspect of a stable universe and mass is a fortunate byproduct? Who knows?
What are some of your thoughts on the proposal?
http://www.my-read.com/What_is_gravity.html.
This new model proposes that since:
(1) a body accelerating toward another body due to gravity seems driven only by the other body, i.e., something that the other body is influencing is causing it to move; and
(2) bodies accelerated in space void of gravitational fields experience gravity-like pushes on them as a result of the acceleration per Einstein's equivalence theory in general relativity, i.e., when bodies are accelerated in space, something pushes against them; and
(3) the units of the universal gravitational constant reduce down to a volumetric consumption rate per unit of mass (cubic-meters per second-squared per kilogram in the mks system of units;
gravity can be modeled as the flow generated toward a mass as that mass consumes the vacuum around it.
Mass consumes vacuum at the rate specified by the universal gravitational constant. The greater the mass the more vacuum consumed per unit time and the stronger the flow of vacuum toward the mass. The flowing vacuum drags unrestricted bodies with it toward the consuming mass, producing the effect of gravity.
The model acknowledges that while vacuum is not commonly thought of as a substance (not matter or energy as we know them), Einstein's equivalence of gravity and acceleration in general relativity suggests that the vacuum does interact with matter and energy. Vacuum is the only thing in empty space that can push against bodies.
The suggestion that mass is constantly consuming vacuum may also provide some insight into its nature. Does mass exist because it is burning vacuum? Is the consumption of vacuum vital to some other aspect of a stable universe and mass is a fortunate byproduct? Who knows?
What are some of your thoughts on the proposal?