The New Physics
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The New Physics is a collection of
thought
experiments
written for the layman with a technical summary at the end for those
who
are so inclined. I recommend that you read chapter 3 and 4 before
proceeding
to the rest of the text and chapter 5-7 before proceed to chapters
8-17,
since they provide the foundation for much of the discussion.
The New Physics
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Errata
The New Physics was written based on a series of thought experiments I
went through starting in December 1999 when it first dawned on me that
photons really were a series of virtual partical pairs, zero
point energy, and ending approximately a year later. Peer review
edition A was distributed in March and April 2001 and published to the
internet. Since that time I have
noticed a few errors and filled in some blanks. I will mention the
errors here so that you can ignore those sections when you come to them.
Chapter 5 Atomic Structure and Quantum Mechanics
Not truly in error, but this chapter lacks somewhat in direction and
purpose. The point was that atomic structure can be and should be
examined in terms of force balance equations. Feel free to skim over it.
Chapter 8 The Photon Revisited
The description of a radiometer describes its behavior if the device is
enclosed in a high vacuum. Toy radiometers are only under a partial
vacuum and the gas causes them to behave differently. They spin
backwards.
Chapter 12 Gravity
The discussion of the cutoff frequency is incorrect. I have
determined the actual source of gravity and determined that gravity is
limited at a much lower frequency than the Planck length. It will be
included in a paper
that I hope to have published
soon.
Chapter 12 Part E. The decline
in pressure force at long range, Chapter 17 Part D. Vanishing
Gravity at a distance
As above this is not due to a
Planck length cut off frequency and should be ignored. The
explanation for this phenomenon is also included in the above mentioned
paper. Having said that there are frequency limitations to the
gravitational interaction, so the fundamental principles may still be
important.
Chapter 12 Part H. Gravitational Bending of Light
This one has always puzzled me as none of the ideas I have considered
really make sense. This part of Chapter 12 is incorrect and
should be ignored. The absence of Einstein rings in the
night sky and more generally the lack of experimental evidence of light
bending outside the plasma zone of the star leads me to think
that this is not a gravitational effect at all, but simply refraction.
No matter how I look at it I always
come back to some refraction type effect, and am convinced at this
point it is simply due to refraction due to the near surface solar
plasma.
Chapter 17 Part B The Photon
In my math of the photon I use the linear wavelength in one term and
the
circular wavelength in the other which is why the is a 2pi that does
not
cancel out. If you use either the linear or circular wavelength on both
sides of the equation the photon energy equals the parton energy for a
half wavelength. That said there is still a distribution of energy
across the zero point field within the photon wave front but it is
included in the total energy of the photon.
Chapter 17 Part C Equation 17-5, 17-6 and 17-7 and discussion
The incorrect cutoff frequency is referenced in the equations and
discussion. Also the gravitational force is more properly described as
a Van der Waals force not by these equations although they may be of
some utility. The constant G in this case should also only be thought
of only as the component due to the parton pressure force.
Ray Fleming
June 26, 2010