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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I will try to summarize concisely my current position on the major topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Beliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel that matter is made up of small confined circulating EM waves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe there are no charges, only topological manifestations of charge, produced by confined fields (EM waves).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel the relativity is simply due to the transverse wave/field makeup of matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I think that photons (waves/ traveling fields) are the cause for relativity and our perception of time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe that relativistic corrections apply to matter and confined waves, but do not apply to photons or light speed waves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel that this approach indicates that there is a reference rest frame in space, but that we cannot detect it due to relativity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe that the coulomb field (the velocity of charge) is a longitudinal wave traveling faster than the speed of light.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel that wave interference in the electron is the mechanism which causes the exact magnetic moment and the exact value of the elementary charge, as well as one mechanism which engenders the fine structure constant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel the de Broglie’s harmony of phases is a natural artifact of a moving confined EM wave constituting a particle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe the wavefront velocity inside spin 1 photons is the square root of two times c, and that the wavefront velocity inside electrons is the same velocity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe we need to extend Maxwell’s equations to include twist, spin force for microscopic domains. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I feel that all forces, the strong nuclear force, the weak force, electric charge, magnetism, and gravity, originate from the corrected and updated version of Maxwell’s equations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>13.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Of course I believe, E=mc<sup>2,</sup> E=hv, c, h, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe that three dimensional space and the time it creates are fundamental, and the experiment can disclose to us the nature of the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe in causality, and in a more deterministic nature of the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>16.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I believe we need to question and rethink the “foundations” of physics or we will not be able to build a correct foundation for a more correct theory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>What I do not currently believe:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I do not believe that the “single point in spacetime” approach to photon exchange is valid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I do not believe that time, as we know it, is an inherent property of spacetime, but rather time is created by the speed of light, and particle (photon, field) interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I do not believe the speed of light is invariant, but that our perception of the speed of light is fixed due to relativistic transformations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I do not believe that our current understanding of quantum physics is the fundamental truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Nor do I believe that our current interpretation of relativity is the fundamental truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>I do not believe that the current interpretation of experiment is necessarily valid in all respects. I think there are factors we are missing or not considering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='color:black'>Chip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> General [mailto:general-bounces+chipakins=gmail.com@lists.natureoflightandparticles.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Meulenberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 28, 2015 1:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> Nature of Light and Particles - General Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [General] Post Deadline! papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>It looks as if Chandra has found an option within the SPIE framework that will allow us to proceed in a semi-organized manner. Let us take advantage of that. We also need to take advantage of our volunteers and help them as much as possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Mary (Dr. Mary Fletcher and wife of Bob Hudgins) and Rachel (my wife, a very quick learner) have volunteered to try and put together, in some form, a presentation poster of the many people and positions of this 'group'. They will not be able to read all of the email exchanges and extract the necessary (and filter out the unnecessary) comments of the group. They will need pointed inputs. I have volunteered to help them get started. To be successful, this effort will required each member of the group to contribute their own position (even if they are not planning on attending the conference itself).<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>This group is a bunch of volunteers already. However, we are all, by our natures, independent and 'mavericks' (and maybe over- committed). Trying to organize an effort involving something that all of us hold dear will not be easy. We can start with a few steps. You can:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Identify if you will be able to attend the conference or not. We can post (& update) a probable list of attendees and titles of any papers submitted (accepted) on the website. Submit to subject: 'attendance'<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>submit an individual position statement into the subject thread to be labeled 'positions'. It can be updated as new topics are discussed & integrated.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>identify topics for 'workshops' that you would be interested in attending. Submit to subject: 'topics'<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Volunteer to chair specific (or any of the) small workshops and to present (on the last morning) & to write up (within 2 weeks of the meeting) the meeting action/results/conclusions/etc. Submit to subject: 'volunteers'<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Andrew<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>___________________________<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:18 AM, chandra <<a href="mailto:chandra@phys.uconn.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>chandra@phys.uconn.edu</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Friends:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I am delighted to see that our discussions are heading towards defining a fruitful platform. As Martin has done; each of us need to unambiguously define our position pertaining to fundamental postulates (“accepted beliefs”); which are at the root of our individual theories for the discussion, “Electron</span> <--> Photon”. This will help us down select and define a very clear set of discussion-points that would be possible to carry out within the 3-hour time we have on the Thursday morning.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Of course, we will be able to advance this discussion quite a bit over this web-saved-emails, if all of us quickly define your positions regarding the fundamental postulates behind the theories that we believe in and we are using to advance your current models for electrons (photons). Then our volunteer editors can collect and group them. Then we can collectively iterate a few times and then we finalize the discussion-focal points. If we do this soon, we will have time to even re-assess whether we have succeeded in down selecting the best set of discussion issues while email-based discussion keeps on advancing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Remember, even though ours is “Special Conference” granted by SPIE; we still need to conform to its basic rules behind the publication of SPIE proceedings. Proceeding papers should be between 6 to 15 pages long, and never to exceed 20-pages. <b><i>All papers in the proceeding must have assigned conference numbers</i></b>. Obviously, our “discussion papers” do not have numbers; as we have not submitted abstracts for these papers yet.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a possible solution. My discussion with SPIE indicates that SPIE will be happy to assign paper numbers like post deadline! Papers; if we edit and group the output of our discussions into well-selected set of papers (between 6 to 20 pages) and authored by appropriate set of discussion participants. If all of you “sign up to this approach”; then we need to pro-actively organize the discussions-points and create<b><i>TENTATIVE</i></b> discussion groups who will author specific discussion-papers. “Tentative” implies that we should be able to re-organize our collective authorships, if necessary, as we finalize the separation of discussion outcomes into a well-defined set of papers.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Are all of you willing to organize our discussions issues with this mode of publication by several sub-groups, yet to be defined?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Chandra. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>