An excursion in speculative physics
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:05 pm
Let us propose a "gravity frame", defined in the Newtonian limit by
where:
V = velocity of the gravity frame
mass = mass increment
V(m) = velocity of above mass
R = radius from point of interest to mass
Let us further postulate that the speed of light is constant relative to the gravity frame.
Observations:
The gravity frame tends to have a low velocity relative to a laboratory fixed to the surface of a planet, and variation in gravity frame velocity even less. This makes effects of gravity frame velocity difficult to observe. But non-zero and thus observable to a sufficiently sensitive experiment. Of significance, certain experiments which fail conservation of energy in a relativistic universe may conserve energy if the gravity frame holds.
Running numeric calculations based on the above hypothesis and Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) (Dziewonski & Anderson, 1981) for distribution of mass throughout the Earth, I find the gravity frame to move at roughly 200m/s relative to a point fixed on the equator. Referencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson ... experiment I find 3 experiments listed with both sufficient sensitivity and clear sensitivity to the right kind of effect to note the gravity frame if this hypothesis is valid. Hypothesis busted.
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V = sum(mass * V(m) / R^2) / sum(V(m) / R^2)V = velocity of the gravity frame
mass = mass increment
V(m) = velocity of above mass
R = radius from point of interest to mass
Let us further postulate that the speed of light is constant relative to the gravity frame.
Observations:
The gravity frame tends to have a low velocity relative to a laboratory fixed to the surface of a planet, and variation in gravity frame velocity even less. This makes effects of gravity frame velocity difficult to observe. But non-zero and thus observable to a sufficiently sensitive experiment. Of significance, certain experiments which fail conservation of energy in a relativistic universe may conserve energy if the gravity frame holds.
Running numeric calculations based on the above hypothesis and Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) (Dziewonski & Anderson, 1981) for distribution of mass throughout the Earth, I find the gravity frame to move at roughly 200m/s relative to a point fixed on the equator. Referencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson ... experiment I find 3 experiments listed with both sufficient sensitivity and clear sensitivity to the right kind of effect to note the gravity frame if this hypothesis is valid. Hypothesis busted.