SQG6 - Quantum Gravity Phenomenology |
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Mayer, Alexander |
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An Experimentally Verifiable Theoretical Foundation for Quantum Gravity |
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According to the mathematical foundation for special relativity established by H. Minkowski, relativistic energy (E) is a complex number with |E| = mc^2 (i.e., mass energy), Re[E] = m.c^2 (i.e, rest energy) and Im[E] = pc (i.e., momentum energy). Thus, the E^2 term in the canonical energy-momentum equation is actually the square of a complex modulus (|E|^2 = EE*). Mass energy, which is the total extractable energy that can do work and incorporates only a subset of the momentum energy as relativistic kinetic energy, is generally a subset of the complete systemic relativistic energy budget, which is the linear sum of the rest energy and the momentum energy [mc^2 ≤ (m.c^2 + |ipc|)]. It is readily apparent from fundamental theoretical considerations that the momentum energy of a particle (|ipc|) manifests as a standing wave with a phase velocity of c (i.e., the speed of light) and that the “waving medium” is none other than spacetime, itself. The p-wave is a periodic distortion in the geometry of spacetime reflecting the periodic amplitude (i.e., spatially distributed energy) of the wave. At quantum scale, the distinction between a particle and its “momentum wave” or “p-wave” is analogous to the distinction between a source mass and its gravitational field. Superposition of decoherent p-waves sourced primarily from quark confinement in a source mass is consistent with creation of a large-scale deformation in the geometry of spacetime (i.e, the gravitational field). The existence of the p-wave and its role in gravity is experimentally verifiable. The nature of these experiments will be discussed. |
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