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New Theories / Re: Does light emit a gravitational field?

« on: 08/11/2018 18:07:11 »

In the framework of the gravitoelectromagnetic description of gravity (GEM) a photon cannot be the source of a gravitational field because its rest mass is zero.

Indeed, from the first Maxwell-Heaviside equation it follows that the source of the gravitational field generated by an object is the rest mass of that object.  So a photon, being an object without rest mass, cannot generate a gravitational field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitoelectromagnetism

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 28/01/2018 18:04:46 »

On gravitoelectromagnetism

Gravitoelectromagnetism (GEM) is developed  in the context of classical physics (by O. Heaviside and others).   It widens the scope of Newtonian gravitation by taking into account the kinetics of the gravitating objects.  It is a classical field theory in whose context the “principle of equivalence” and the “principle of  relativity” are valid.

     1. The gravitational field  is set up by a given distribution of - whether or not moving - masses and it is - just like the electromagnetic field - defined by two three-dimensional  intertwined vector fields :  the “g-field”  E_g   and the “g-induction”  B_g . In the context of GEM  the gravitational field (E_g, B_g) is mathematically described by a set of four partial differential equations, the “GEM-equations” (or the “Maxwell-Heaviside equations”) that describe how  E_g    and B_g vary in space due to their sources - the masses and the mass flows - and how they are intertwined.  These equations are invariant under a Lorentztransformation.  The GEM equations nor their solutions indicate an existence of causal links between g-fields and g-induction fields. Therefore, we must conclude that a gravitational  field is a dual entity always having a g- and a b-component simultaneously created by their common sources: time-variable masses and mass flows.

     2. The gravitational field  (E_g, B_g) acts on a particle  in it.  This shows up in a force  F_G   that that particle (with rest mass m₀ and velocity v) experiences: F_G = m₀.[E_g  +  (v x B_g)].  This “force law of GEM” is analog to Lorentz force law.

The starting point of GEM differs fundamentally from the starting point of GRT, because space and time doesn't play an acitve role in the description by GEM of the gravitational phenomena and laws.  In the context of GEM,space and time are elements of the description of nature that do not participate in the physical processes.

It has been shown that certain concrete predictions made on the basis of the gravito-electromagnetic description of gravity are perfectly in line with the results of cosmological observations.


References:


1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328582899_The_Maxwell-Heaviside_equations



2. Antoine Acke:  GRAVITATION EXPLAINED BY GRAVITOELECTROMAGNETISM. (ISBN/ 978-613-9-93065-4)

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 03/06/2017 08:59:00 »

There is no electo-magnetism involved in gravity

"Gravitomagnetism is a widely used term referring specifically to the kinetic effects of gravity, in analogy to the magnetic effects of moving electric charge."  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitoelectromagnetism). 

This doesn't mean that electromagnetism is involved in gravity!

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 19/05/2017 10:21:38 »

There is a new version of the article "Gravitoelectromagnetism explained by the theory of informatons" on Research Gate.  (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301891607_GRAVITO-ELECTROMAGNETISM_EXPLAINED_BY_THE_THEORY_OF_INFORMATONS-2)

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New Theories / Re: What causes gravity?

« on: 04/12/2016 11:04:13 »

An alternative explanation for the gravitational phenomena is provided by “the theory of informatons”.  (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301891607_GRAVITO-ELECTROMAGNETISM_EXPLAINED_BY_THE_THEORY_OF_INFORMATONS-2)

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New Theories / Re: What is the true nature of 'space'?

« on: 01/12/2015 10:35:36 »

Space is the nothing between somethings.

I think it's better to identify "space" as the absolute emptiness in which we think the universe (the "somethings": objects, energy, fields, ...).
 
That implies that space is a mental construction: it can only exist in our mind because the real world is never empty.  The attributes of that construction are defined by geometry.  For example, the Euclidean geometry expresses what can and what cannot, what is possible and what is not possible in the "space" as it is traditionally conceived.

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New Theories / Re: What is the true nature of 'space'?

« on: 30/11/2015 19:11:22 »

Mathematical/virtual space and time are constructs of our minds.

I agree: space is a mental construction conceived to express "spatial" characteristics (extent, form, ...) of objects and "spatial" relationships (distance, direction, ...) between them;  and time is a mental construction conceived to express the duration of phenomena and to date events.

Its mental character implies that space-time only can play a passive role in physics, what doesn't exclude that it can be modeled in order to efficently describe (not explain) certain phenomena and processes.

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New Theories / Re: What is the true nature of 'space'?

« on: 28/11/2015 13:32:48 »

Are space and time - as "extent" and "duration" - elements of nature or are it elements of our thinking about nature?

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 07/03/2015 17:03:42 »

you are right on. gravity is em force

There is a formal analogy between the gravito-electromagnetic (GEM) description of gravitation and the mathematical description of the electromagnetic (EM) phenomena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitoelectromagnetism).
In the article "Fundamentals of the Theory of Informatons" (reply #30) it is shown that this analogy perfectly can be explained by the hypothesis that any material object manifests its substantiality (its physical presence) by the emission - at a  rate proportional to its rest mass - of granular  mass and energy less entities rushing away with the speed of light and carrying information about the position, the velocity and the electrical status of their emitter.  Because they carry nothing but information we call this entities "informatons". 
In the frame of that hypothesis gravitational and electromagnetic fields are understood as the macroscopic manifestations of the attributes of the informatons,  and the laws of GEM and Maxwell can be deduced from the kinematics of the informatons.

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 02/03/2015 09:05:34 »

Yeah, but  you've defined reasonable people as those people who agree with you

Where do you find that "definition"?

A friend of mine was over this Saturday. I showed him your paper and he agreed with me that it was written by a crackpot. And this friend is far from being just your average everyday physicist. He's last years winner of the Kavli prize in Astrophysics: http://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-prize

Thank your friend in my name because he had spent time for the evaluation of the work of a "crackpot".

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 01/03/2015 18:49:20 »

Ethos,

I agree with you.  I have no problems to discuss with reasonable people who have differing views and/or a different background than me, but I assume that a serious discussion requires  a minimum of respect.

Ernst39

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 25/02/2015 12:32:54 »

And I don't discuss with persons who are biased. 
If you had made the effort to browse the article you would have seen what I mean with "substantiallity", how  an "object" and an "informaton" are defined, what it means that informatons are the "constituent elements" of gravitational and EM fields, under what conditions an electrical charged body emits EM-radiation (photons"), ...

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 24/02/2015 19:58:55 »

Quote 1:
In &6 of the article,  I identify an "informaton carrying an energy package" with a "photon".  I don't believe that this is contrary to the classical definition, it's a specification.

Quote 2:
"The rate at which an object emits informatons depends only on its rest mass and not on its state of motion or on its electrical charge (factors that are essential for the emission of energy packages)". 
The theory of informatons starts from the hypothesis that a particle manifests its substantiallity by emitting informatons.
If an electrically charged particle is accelerated it is a source of EM energy.  In the context of the theory of informatons that means: some of the emitted informatons are loaded with a package of energy (and appear to the observer as photons). 
The temperature of a body is a macroscopic measure for the movements (oscillations) of the constituent particles on microscopic level.

Quote 3
The source of the emission of EM energy are accelerating particles at the microscopic level.

Quote 4
I did not rename the "photon" (see reaction on quote1).  I have introduced the informaton as the constituent element of gravitational and EM fields.  The photon (an informaton carrying an energy package") is - in the frame of the theory of informatons - still the constituent element of EM radiation.

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 22/02/2015 15:32:46 »

In the article "Fundamentals of the Theory of Informatons" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272506055_Fundamentals_of_the_Theory_of_Informatons)  the following topics are discussed:

1. Space as an imaginary boundless three-dimensional continuum in which objects and events can be located.
2. Time as an imaginary one-dimensional continuum in which events can be dated.
3. Reference frames as coordinate systems used to represent the position and the orientatien of objects and events at  a particular time.
4. Mass as the source of informatons.
5. Gravitational and electromagnetic fields as the macroscopic manifestations of the attributes of the informatons.
6. Gravitons and photons as informatons carrying a quantum of energy.

This article is complementary to more technical presentations of the theory of informatons published in vol 36/4 and vol 36/6 of HADRONIC JOURNAL (http://www.hadronicpress.com).

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 09/06/2013 16:46:55 »

Gravito-electromagnetism (GEM) describes the gravitational phenomena by introducing a gravitational field that can be viewed as a combination of two fields: a force field and an induction field.  It is assumed (Heaviside, Jefimenko, ...) that this composite field - that serves as a mediator for the gravitational interactions - is isomorphic with the electromagnetic field.

In the article "INFORMATION AS THE SUBSTANCE OF GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS"  (http://viXra.org/abs/1306.0008)  it is shown that the GEM-description of the gravitational interaction between two - whether or not moving particles - can perfectly be explained by the hypothesis that "information carried by informatons" is the substance of gravitational fields.

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 25/01/2013 10:36:56 »

There is a big difference between a "photon" and what is called an "informaton".

The theory of informatons about gravitation and electromagnetism starts from the idea that any material object manifests itself in space by the emission of "informatons".  The rest mass of the object is the only factor that determines the rate at which this happens (# 25 - paper referenced:§I).  According to the theory of informatons, informatons are at the basis of gravitational and electromagnetic phenomena.

Photons are emitted by accelerated electrically charged objects (for exemple by a point charge that harmonically oscillates).  In §6 of the paper referenced, the hypothesis is developed that some of the informatons emitted by an accelerated charge take along a quantum of energy, that they appear as "photons".  The wave character of light can be understood as the macroscopic manifestation of the dynamics of the informatons, and the corpuscular character as the manifestation of the fact that some of them are carriers of a quantum of energy.

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 20/01/2013 18:11:33 »

In the article "Electromagnetism explained by the Theory of Informatons" (http://vixra.org/abs/1301.0114) the electromagnetic phenomena and interactions are explained by the hypothesis that "information" (more accurate: "e-information") is the substance of the electromagnetic field.  The constituent element of that substance is called "an informaton".

According to "the Theory of Informatons" every material object manifests itself in space by the emission of informatons: granular mass and energy less entities that rush away with the speed of light, carrying information about the position, the velocity and the electrical status of the emitter.

In the article "Electromagnetism explained by the Theory of Informatons":
- The electromagnetic field (E,B) in a point is characterized as the macroscopic manifestation of the presence of a cloud of informatons near that point
- Maxwell's laws are mathematically deduced from the dynamics of the informatons
- The electromagnetic interactions are explained as the effect of the trend of an electrically charged object to become blind for flows of e-information generated by other charged objects
- Photons are identified as informatons carrying a quantum of energy, what helps us to understand the strange behaviour of light as described by QEM

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 03/09/2012 09:43:34 »

Dear William Mac Cormick,

As stated in my first post, the theory of informatons is about the physics studied in textbooks for a calculus based course for science and engineering students (for example: Hans C. Ohanian - PHYSICS).  Because your views on light, hydrogen, matter and gravity are contrary to what is taught in that context, it is obvious that you cannot agree with  my ideas about gravitation and electromagnetism.

Sincerely,

   Ernst39 

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 01/09/2012 14:01:21 »

In the article "The gravitational Field of an accelerating Mass - Gravitational Waves", published in PRESPACETIME JOURNAL - Vol 3 -No 10,
( http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/403/415 ) is demonstrated how gravitational waves can be explained by the theory of informatons.

It is shown that:
-  an oscillating point mass is the source of a "gravito-magnetic" wave that is analoguous to the EM wave generated by an
   oscillating point charge
-  an oscillating point mass emits energy in the form of granular entities - called "gravitons":  these are - in analogy
   with "photons" - identified as energy packages carried by informatons.

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New Theories / Re: Are gravitation and electromagnetism related?

« on: 17/03/2012 09:47:35 »

The deduction of gravito-electromagnetism (G.E.M) in 1893 by Oliver Heaviside in the article  "A gravitational and electromagnetic Analogy" (serg.fedosin.ru/Heavisid.htm) is the elaboration of the idea that gravitational and electromagnetic fields must be governed by analogue laws:  the laws of G.E.M. are formulated by analogy with Maxwell's laws.

In the article "Physical Foundation of Gravito-Electromagnetism - The Theory of Informatons"  (www.intellectualarchive.com/getfile.php?file=TPHZOulTfp4&orig_file=PHYSICAL FOUNDATION OF G.E.M..pdf) published on Intellectual Archive (www.intellectualarchive.com - branch: Natural Science; area: Physics; author: Antoine Acke), the idea is elaborated that this analogy points to the fact that both kind of fields are the macroscopic manifestation of the same microscopic phenomenon:  the "informaton" is introduced as the elementary constituent of both gravitational and electromagnetic fields.  We can say that the relation of the "theory of informatons" to the "theory of fields" is similar to that of the "kinetic theory of gases" to the "ideal-gas law":  the informatons play the role of the molecules.

The new article contains a complete exposition - including the mathematical derivations - of the theory of informatons with regard to the gravitational interactions.  The result is a continuouly regenerating field with a granular structure, that is isomorphic with the E.M. field and that macroscopically can be described as a continuum that is governed by the laws of G.E.M.   These laws can - from the point of view of G.R.T. - be considered as an approximation of the usual gravity field equations (www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitomagnetism).