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PHYSICS UNIFIED
BY
HAROLD ASPDEN
Doctor of Philosophy of Trinity College in the University of Cambridge
SABBERTON PUBLICATIONS P.O. Box 35, Southampton, England
Contents
Introduction
UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
The Challenge of the Unified Field; Einstein’s efforts to unify electrodynamic and gravitational theory; unification of force rather than field
The Electrodynamic Force; self-action of interacting moving charge with energy conservation; reaction to avoid self-induced angular momentum
The Neumann Potential; electrodynamic interaction between two moving electric charges; analysis of their vector component interactions
The Law of Electrodynamics; general three-component law of force; Maxwell’s empirical laws of electrodynamics; anomalous ion acceleration; Trouton and Noble experiment
Inverse-Square Laws of Force; empirical analysis of spatial energy distribution; the two alternative forms of dis- tribution
GRAVITATION AND MAGNETISM
Retardation; spatial energy distribution in Coulomb inter- action; retardation effects due to finite speed of energy transfer
The Law of Gravitation; derivation of Einstein’s law of gravitation; Mercury’s perihelion anomaly; Gerber’s 1898 space-time gravitation propagation hypothesis
Electromagnetism; displacement theory; Ampére formula; retardation of electrodynamic field action
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The Gyromagnetic Reaction; nature of magnetic energy; free electron diamagnetism; half-field reaction and the gyromagnetic anomaly 36 The Graviton; Dicke’s terminology; electrodynamic basis for gravitational action; role of graviton; formulation of G 40
3. THE STRUCTURE OF THE VACUUM
Cosmic Radiation Anisotropy; electromagnetic and cosmic frames of reference; aether drag; Lodge experiment; Sagnac experiment; Michelson and Morley experiment; Earth rotation; Michelson, Gale and Pearson experi- ment; Townes maser experiment 47
The Transverse Doppler Effect; Fitzgerald contraction; Kennedy and Thorndike experiment; time dilation; Ives and Stilwell experiment; thermal red shift; equivalence of mass and energy 59
Aberration; Fresnel formula; lateral deflection of light; linear versus rotary motion; rotation of vacuum structure; Champeney experiment 64
4 THE ROLE OF ENERGY
Relativistic Mass Increase; Jeans 1904 mass-energy trans- mutation proposition; E = Mc? 70 Energy Radiation; paradoxical aspects of classical radiation by accelerated charge; breakdown of space-time laws within an electron; Pauli non-radiation hypothesis; Schott energy; conflict with quantum theory 74 The Energy-Mass Formula; Einstein analysis; Hasenohrl trapped radiation inertia hypothesis; Thomson derivation of Larmor formula; effect of accelerating field; non- radiation inertia hypothesis 80 Charge Equivalence; Rowland experiment; Einstein depend- ence upon Maxwell theory; Schuster—-Wilson hypothesis; meaning of c in E=Mc? 84
CONTENTS ix 5 QUANTU’M MECHANICS
Universal Time; rhythmic nature of microcosmic world according to Einstein, Schroedinger and Dirac; C and G frame hypothesis; lattice particles of the structured vacuum 87
Planck’s Law; Heisenberg Principle of Uncertainty; electron spin; lattice rotation; photon units; derivation of E=hv. 90
The Schroedinger Equation; derivation of the Schroedinger equation; determination of standard photon unit angular
momentum 96 The Electron g-factor; derivation of the anomalous g-factor of the spin magnetic moment of the electron 99
6 THE VACUUM PARTICLES
The Lattice Particles; particle mass formula; analysis of vacuum structure; determination of photon unit struc- ture; derivation of fine structure constant in terms of lattice geometry ; determination of mass of lattice particle 103
The Virtual Electrons and Positrons; conservation rules relating to energy, space and charge; lattice particle inter- action with electrons and positrons; numerical determin- ation of dimensionless fine structure constant; the dimuon energy quantum; graviton decay processes and empirical derivation of 2-587 Gev graviton mass: evaluation of G 110
The H-particles; energy formulation for charge pairing; the derivation of proton-electron mass ratio; charge inter- action stability; pair creation stability; the psi particles; experimental evidence of graviton energy quantum 115
7 PARTICLES OF MATTER
The Deuteron; quark theory; deuteron structure; confirma- tion of Thomson mass-energy formula for electron; deuteron binding energy; ground state separation 123 The Proton, the structure of the proton; deuteron decay; polarity inversion; inversion energy loss; evaluation of end point energy of beta spectrum in neutron decay 128 The Pion; particle reactions leading to pion creation; evaluation of pion-electron mass ratio 133
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The Muon; evaluation of muon-electron mass ratio; evalua- tion of muon anomalous g-factor; proton spin magnetic moment; evaluation of muon lifetime at rest; muon life- time as a function of speed
Quarks, particle creation by half-synthesis process; the creation of the 2°587 Gev graviton; multiple charge quarks; the neutral pion; the MacGregor quarks
THE COSMIC WORLD
The Solar System; cyclic gravitation in relation to vacuum structure; the creation of the sun; satellite formation; the Earth-moon system
Cosmic Space; induction of charge by vacuum rotation; induction of magnetic fields by vacuum rotation; mass density of lattice structure
Space Domains; gravitational potential and angular momen- tum of vacuum medium; source of stellar angular momentum; domain structure in space; charge reversal at boundaries
Geomagnetism; evaluation of geomagnetic moment; geo- magnetic field reversals; geological evidence of space domains; G variation linked with galactic motion
GENERAL DISCUSSION
The 2-7° Cosmic Background; black holes; time reversal theory; temperature of the space lattice in terms of local gravitational potential
Gravitational Potential; spatial distribution of gravitational interaction energy
The Gravitational Deflection of Light; depletion of lattice particle energy by local gravitational potential; effect on speed of light
The Clock Paradox, flying clock experiment; Pound and Rebka experiment
Mass-energy Equivalence; interaction energy; spectral emis- sion; the problem of the universal equivalence of mass and energy
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Moving E-frames; lattice structure in motion; free particles in reverse flow; distinction between rotation and linear motion; energy of rotating vacuum lattice system; ball lightning; Tunguska; tornadoes
The Hadron Ether; graviton as hadronic vacuum particle; critical energy quanta of vacuum at 38 kev and 2:587 Gev; Goldstone bosons and Higgs scalar
Importance of Unification; the question of fusion; need for electrodynamic law; enigma
APPENDIXI Uniform Charge Induction in Self-gravitating Electron-Proton Gas
APPENDIX II TheAngular Momentum of the Solar System APPENDIX iil The Fine Structure Constant EPILOGUE
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