Contents — Physics Without Einstein (1969)

A three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust in the Carina Nebula, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope for its 20th anniversary
Three-light-year-tall star-forming pillar in the Carina Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Livio — Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) · NASA Image Library ↗

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PHYSICS
WITHOUT EINSTEIN

BY

HAROLD ASPDEN

Doctor of Philosophy of Trinity College
in the University of Cambridge

SABBERTON PUBLICATIONS
P.O. Box 35, Southampton, England

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Contents

Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
1 THE ELECTRON
Electron Charge 1
What is an Electron? 1
The Electron in Motion 2
X-ray Scattering by Electrons 3
Magnetic Energy of the Electron 4
Electrostatic Rest Mass Energy of Electron 5
Electric Field Induction by Motion of Electric Charge 5
Is Magnetic Energy Negative? 7
Accelerated Charge 8
Superconductivity 14
The Velocity-dependence of Mass 16
Fast Electron Collision 17
Electrons and Positrons as Nuclear Components 18
Summary 22
2 MUTUAL INTERACTION EFFECTS
Reaction Effects 23
Mutual Kinetic Energy 24
The Nature of Induced EMF 27
Magnetocaloric Effects 28
Evidence of Magnetic Reaction Effects 30
The Gyromagnetic Ratio 32
The Aether 36
Thermonuclear Reactor Problems 37
The Law of Electrodynamics 39
Summary 47

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3 THE NATURE OF FERROMAGNETISM
Heisenberg’s Theory 48
The Cause of Ferromagnetism 49
Stress Energy Analysis due to Orbit-Orbit Interactions in a Ferromagnetic Crystal Lattice 50
Discussion of New Theory 55
Summary 57
4 WAVE MECHANICS
Universal Time 58
The Michelson–Morley Experiment 59
The Principle of Equivalence 60
Energy and Angular Momentum of Space–time 61
Heisenberg’s Principle of Uncertainty 63
Space–time Spin Vector 64
Planck’s Radiation Law 64
The Bohr Atom 68
Electron-Positron Annihilation 69
The Schrödinger Equation 70
Photon Momentum 75
Anomalous Electron Behaviour 76
Summary 77
5 GRAVITATION
The Nature of Space–time 78
Tests of Einstein’s General Theory 80
Mercury’s Perihelion 83
The Nature of Gravity 88
Summary 94
6 SPACE–TIME ANALYSIS
Space–time Motion 95
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation 99
Balance in Space–time 106
Space Polarization Energy 111
Derivation of Planck’s Constant 111
Electron Mass 116
The Muon 117
Summary 123

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7 NUCLEAR THEORY
Electron-Positron Creation 125
Mass of Aggregations of Electric Charge 127
The Deuteron Reaction 128
Particle Inversion 130
The Proton 132
The Neutron 133
The Origin of the Basic Nucleons 139
Atomic Nuclei 145
Nuclear Bonds 147
The Pion 149
Proton Spin 152
Neutron Spin 156
Deuteron Spin 158
Electron Spin 160
Summary 164
8 COSMIC THEORY
Geomagnetism 166
Jupiter 170
The Sun 171
The Zodiacal Light 172
The Solar System 174
Quasars 177
The Origin of Matter 178
Derivation of Graviton Mass 181
Perihelion Motions 184
Summary 186
9 GENERAL DISCUSSION
Relativity 187
Electromagnetic Energy Transfer 198
The Nature of Spin 202
Electrodynamics 206
APPENDICES
I Electrostatic Energy and Magnetic Moment of Spinning Charge 209

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II Magnetic Field Angular Momentum Analysis 211
III Magnetic Spin Properties of Space–time 214
REFERENCES 217
INDEX 221