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New Theories / Origin of Gravity
« on: 18/08/2005 13:30:35 »
Any Theory of Everything needs to first look for the Origin of Gravity
Theoretical physicists are making strenuous efforts to achieve a �Theory of Everything�. This would link gravitational and quantum theories. The very different mathematics of each of these theories is well understood and enables accurate predictions to be made of both:
the universe at large, at one extreme; and
atomic interactions at the other extreme.
But uniting the two theories into a single Theory of Everything has, so far, proved impossible. One reason may be that physicists have been unable to discover the origin of gravity.
Summary of new ideas on the Origin of Gravity
The origin of gravity is a mystery. Gravity is an unusual force that cannot be shielded or absorbed. There is also no explanation for the experimental observation that the gravitational mass of a body is equal to its inertial mass.
However, a new theory, based on including a stronger form of Mach�s Principle, predicts that these two types of mass should be identical, and indicates that gravity must have inertial origins.
When clarifying Mach�s Principle in 1916, Einstein stated that the distant masses in the universe and their motions relative to local masses must affect the local laws of motion and gravitation. But he was unable to fully embrace this concept within general relativity.
The new theory goes one stage further, by proposing that the local gravitational forces we observe are generated by the rotational inertial motion of matter in our galaxy relative to the distant matter in the universe. The theory predicts that the value of the gravitational constant G will vary within any galaxy, especially at the outer edge of the galaxy, and predicts that G will be zero in any intergalactic region of space where no rotation of matter occurs.
The value of G appropriate to the intergalactic region within a galaxy cluster will depend on the rotation and mean density of the cluster. Hence, the theory will predict that stable, non-rotating gas and dust clouds may exist in the intergalactic space within a galaxy cluster, but may not exist in intergalactic space external to a galaxy cluster. This prediction appears to conform with observations.
Hypothetical dark matter and dark energy (which are claimed to form 96 percent of the universe - at least according to current gravitational theory!) are not then needed to explain galactic stability, galaxy cluster stability, and the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The new theory predicts gravitational stability for all atomic particles having spin - and points out a rather obvious shortcoming of classical theory that seems to have been neglected...
For more information please look at
http://www.livit.co.uk/theoryofeverything/
Theoretical physicists are making strenuous efforts to achieve a �Theory of Everything�. This would link gravitational and quantum theories. The very different mathematics of each of these theories is well understood and enables accurate predictions to be made of both:
the universe at large, at one extreme; and
atomic interactions at the other extreme.
But uniting the two theories into a single Theory of Everything has, so far, proved impossible. One reason may be that physicists have been unable to discover the origin of gravity.
Summary of new ideas on the Origin of Gravity
The origin of gravity is a mystery. Gravity is an unusual force that cannot be shielded or absorbed. There is also no explanation for the experimental observation that the gravitational mass of a body is equal to its inertial mass.
However, a new theory, based on including a stronger form of Mach�s Principle, predicts that these two types of mass should be identical, and indicates that gravity must have inertial origins.
When clarifying Mach�s Principle in 1916, Einstein stated that the distant masses in the universe and their motions relative to local masses must affect the local laws of motion and gravitation. But he was unable to fully embrace this concept within general relativity.
The new theory goes one stage further, by proposing that the local gravitational forces we observe are generated by the rotational inertial motion of matter in our galaxy relative to the distant matter in the universe. The theory predicts that the value of the gravitational constant G will vary within any galaxy, especially at the outer edge of the galaxy, and predicts that G will be zero in any intergalactic region of space where no rotation of matter occurs.
The value of G appropriate to the intergalactic region within a galaxy cluster will depend on the rotation and mean density of the cluster. Hence, the theory will predict that stable, non-rotating gas and dust clouds may exist in the intergalactic space within a galaxy cluster, but may not exist in intergalactic space external to a galaxy cluster. This prediction appears to conform with observations.
Hypothetical dark matter and dark energy (which are claimed to form 96 percent of the universe - at least according to current gravitational theory!) are not then needed to explain galactic stability, galaxy cluster stability, and the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The new theory predicts gravitational stability for all atomic particles having spin - and points out a rather obvious shortcoming of classical theory that seems to have been neglected...
For more information please look at
http://www.livit.co.uk/theoryofeverything/