[General] Stiffness of space

Sun Oct 8 00:58:34 PDT 2017

Chip,

I think you would do well to follow Chandra's way of thinking here. There
are a few reasons:

1) It is much simpler.

2) The vacuum fluctuations are not without their problems. They give rise
to a prediction that is the worst in all of physics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant_problem

I was talking to Carver Mead about this issue and he pointed out that the
vacuum catastrophe has come about through explanation of the Lamb shift,
which is a tiny discrepancy in the energy levels of hydrogen. In his
opinion, we should be humble and admit we have not figured out the Lamb
shift yet, rather than accept the current explanation, which gives rise to
a prediction of the cosmological constant at least 10e40 times, ie
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times larger (and possibly even
another 10e60 times greater!!) than what is observed. Maybe John M has an
opinion about this.

3) In my humble opinion, you are on the right track to think about gravity
as the refraction of a wave. This is how I think about it, and I believe
this is clearly correct. (I could not tell if this is how you think about
gravity, really, because in the paper you sent out you use different terms
to explain it). Whatever theory you are looking for needs derive the
Einstein equation (as well as the Maxwell equations and Schrodinger
equation), not start from there. General Relativity is so profound, and
wonderful, it is because of it that you and I and Chandra et al. are
searching for a solution to the question in terms of an underlying ether,
fabric, CTF, what have you. However, GR only describes the reaction of that
fabric to mass and energy, it does not explain how mass and energy emerge.
These quantities are expressed by the stress energy tensor T_{\mu\nu} in
the right hand side of the Einstein equation, and Einstein called this
tensor an 'asylum ignorantiae'. It seems to me that you are looking to
explain the origin of energy and mass, which is what you should be doing,
so your explorations should be one level deeper than GR.

Adam

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Roychoudhuri, Chandra <
chandra.roychoudhuri at uconn.edu> wrote:

> Chip, Macken:
>
>
>
> I have a different approach to the stiffness of the space.
>
> *Just look at the Slide#12 in the attached document.*
>
> I conclude Ether as the Complex *Tension* Field (CTF) based on the fact
> that this CTF allows the perpetual velocity “c” for light *WAVES *through
> it*,* same everywhere. Therefore, from Maxwell’s equation “epsilon” and
> “mu” are the most important determinants of the space stiffness. These two
> constants have been measured repeatedly since the beginning of physics. I
> have presented this approach in my 2014 book (“Causal Physics”) and many of
> my earlier papers. Fortunately, math is accessible to undergraduate
> students (Slide #12).
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>
> Chandra.
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> PS: The attached document is a cut out version of my1-hr. seminar today to
> our graduate students.
>
> *From:* General [mailto:general-bounces+chandra.roychoudhuri=uconn.
> edu at lists.natureoflightandparticles.org] *On Behalf Of *John Macken
> *Sent:* Friday, October 06, 2017 1:30 PM
> *To:* 'Nature of Light and Particles - General Discussion' <general at lists.
> natureoflightandparticles.org>; 'Hodge John' <jchodge at frontier.com>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [General] Stiffness of space
>
>
>
> Hi Chip,
>
>
>
> I do have an answer for your question about the stiffness of space.  I
> have been working on this for a long time and I believe that I have come up
> with some amazing results.  Attached is my latest version of a paper I have
> been writing on this subject.  Here is the abstract from this paper.
>
>
>
> *Abstract: *Gravitational waves (GWs) have some characteristics of
> acoustic waves. For example, GWs have amplitude, frequency, intensity,
> propagation speed and encounter spacetime as having a quantifiable
> impedance.  These characteristics permit GWs to be analyzed to obtain the
> apparent “acoustic” properties of spacetime. The result is that GWs
> encounter spacetime as if it is an extremely stiff elastic medium with a
> large energy density. The energy density encountered by GWs scales with
> frequency squared and equals Planck energy density (∿10113 J/m3) at
> Planck frequency. This matches the vacuum energy density predicted by
> quantum field theory at this frequency. This finding makes a new
> contribution to one of the major mysteries of physics known as the
> cosmological constant problem. An analysis of the GW designated GW150914
> is also given as a numerical example. A model of vacuum energy is proposed
> to be Planck length vacuum fluctuations at Planck frequency.
>
>
>
> John M.
>
>
>
> *From:* General [mailto:general-bounces+john=macken.com at lists.
> natureoflightandparticles.org
> <general-bounces+john=macken.com at lists.natureoflightandparticles.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Chip Akins
> *Sent:* Friday, October 06, 2017 8:16 AM
> *To:* 'Hodge John' <jchodge at frontier.com>; 'Nature of Light and Particles
> - General Discussion' <general at lists.natureoflightandparticles.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [General] Stiffness of space
>
>
>
> Hi John H
>
>
>
> Not like inertia.
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> Chandra and I both feel that space is comprised of a tension medium.
>
> But if that is the case then it seems that medium must be very “stiff”.
>
> So that it would take a large force to displace space a small amount.
>
> But the stiffness would be due to the tensor strength of the medium.
>
> Space would then be “frictionless” for all practical purposes. But would
> oppose displacement with a force.
>
>
>
> Chip
>
>
>
> *From:* General [mailto:general-bounces+chipakins=gmail.com at lists.
> natureoflightandparticles.org
> <general-bounces+chipakins=gmail.com at lists.natureoflightandparticles.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Hodge John
> *Sent:* Friday, October 06, 2017 9:57 AM
> *To:* Nature of Light and Particles - General Discussion <general at lists.
> natureoflightandparticles.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [General] Stiffness of space
>
>
>
> "Stiff" like inertia?
>
> Hodge
>
>
>
> On Friday, October 6, 2017 7:22 AM, Chip Akins <chipakins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>
>
> Hi John M
>
>
>
> Earlier, while reading your work, I noticed you discussed the stiffness of
> space.
>
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>
> I am looking for some insight into how to quantify just how “stiff” the
> medium of space is.  Hoping to relate fundamental force to fundamental
> displacement.
>
>
>
> Do you have any thoughts on how to address this issue?
>
>
>
> Chip
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