gravitational polarization of the quantum vacuum

[t-dub]

Sooooo . . . this was my morning recreational wake-an-vake thrill. I have always considered the cosmic theory of inflation a "compromise" in the model for something we do not yet understand. So are the terms dark energy and matter. This guy has it nailed. From the article:

The key message of my paper is that dark matter may not exist and that phenomena attributed to dark matter may be explained by the gravitational polarization of the quantum vacuum,

Concerning gravity, mainstream physics assumes that there is only one gravitational charge (identified with the inertial mass) while I have assumed that, as in the case of electromagnetic interactions, there are two gravitational charges: positive gravitational charge for matter and negative gravitational charge for antimatter,

Here's the nugget: "If matter and antimatter are gravitationally repulsive, then it would mean that the virtual particle-antiparticle pairs that exist for a limited time in the quantum vacuum are gravitational dipoles. That is, each pair forms a system in which the virtual particle has a positive gravitational charge, while the virtual antiparticle has a negative gravitational charge. In this scenario, the quantum vacuum contains many virtual gravitational dipoles, taking the form of a dipolar fluid."

Multidimensional dipolar quantum fluid . . . hmmm . . . Put that in your vape and . . . well vape it!

t-dub This SHORT paper is WELL worth the read if you are into this stuff.

Web: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-dark-illusion-quantum-vacuum.html

PDF: http://www.physorg.com/pdf232276878.pdf

Edit: What does this mean when you consider the non-locality of the multiverse? Infinite in all directions. You are everywhere and nowhere, all at the same "time", in time and space. Matter is frozen energy. The universe could be a holograph with the "resolution of reality" being the Planck length . . .

Edit: Imagine if after we die we find out that this was all a "game" designed to reveal our innermost qualities and develop them in a positive direction . . .

 

[Stu]

I live for this shit. I'm an ameteur physicist (this means I watch a lot of PBS really high) and I find this stuff fascinating. I'm gonna vape a bowl and read the pdf.

 

[Peloton]

I'm an ameteur physicist (this means I watch a lot of PBS really high)

That gave me a good laugh Stu.

 

[t-dub]

I thought I might find a kindred spirit or two here. This is a passion of mine. Dr. Michio Kaku has written some amazing books as well.

 

[Stu]

There is nothing better to really channel my "highness" than by watching physics documentaries. The Nova ones are the best. I can't tell you how many times I've watched those damn String Theory documentries by Brian Greene. And the quantum mechanics stuff really gets me off, too. It's like a party for my stoned mind and I dig it. I also love the historical ones about Galileo, Newton, Einstein et al. Great shit when you're vaped.

 

[tuscan tins]

Excellent post t-dub, always glad to see some more "amateur physicists" around !

 

[t-dub]

There will be more to come then. Thanks! This particular paper was a real mindfuck though . . . the implications are huge philosophically speaking right now for me. I'm really into non-locality and uncertainty and quantum effects, basically thinking the whole thing could be some kind of multidimensional, vibrating holographic projection . . . Brian Green wrote one of my favorite books: "The fabric of the cosmos. Space time and the TEXTURE of reality" Reality DOES have a texture AND a resolution, like a monitor . . . and its tight!

Edit: Others please share. PLEASE!

 

[treecityrnd]

Nice dubs. You know I'd be here
I'm a subscriber to Brian Greene's M-theory. About 11 or 17 parallel dimensions depending on the string frequencies. But you've got me very curious...
Time for some weekend reading...and vaping. Not in that order of course.
I shall return more insightful and wiser...or at least in less pain and able to eat

Hope your vacation was relaxing!

 

[pakalolo]

I'm not a physicist but I used to follow quantum physics and astrophysics theory as best I could through writers like Paul Davies, John Gribbin, Steven Weinberg, even Gary Zukav. I've read Heinz Pagels and Roger Penrose and Steven Hawkings. As you can probably tell from that list, I haven't been keeping up. These days I mostly follow the research of Dr. Sheldon Cooper into string theory.

What has always bothered me is the "discovery" of dark matter and dark energy for which there is no direct evidence (and the little indirect evidence is questionable at best) but which conveniently make theories work. Richard Feynman, brilliant as he was (read/watch some of his lectures), used virtual particles to eliminate the infinities in his equations. That always struck me as a bit of nothing-up-my-sleeve-oh-look-over there-poof manipulation. I know there are supposed to be manifestations (the Wikipedia word) that support the idea but that doesn't make me any more comfortable.

Anyway, astrophysics in particular has always seemed to me to be built on assumption after assumption of increasingly shaky theories designed to make the math work. I have no idea whether they are correct or not but I can't get past the feeling that it's all a house of cards built on sand.

 

[t-dub]

Nice dubs. You know I'd be here . . . Hope your vacation was relaxing!

Like a moth to a flame Tree!!! And yes the cruise was fantastic. I spent the week in the spa in the hydro therapy and thermal suites . . . ahhhhhhhhhh . . .

Edit: @pakalolo: Yeah dark matter and energy, cosmic inflation etc. These are all work arounds for things we do not yet understand. Your reading history is impressive. But your right, even Hawking is starting to become dated these days (although his book "Universe in a Nutshell" is still a goto for educating noobs to basic principles.) I look forward to more results from CERN regarding the Higgs boson, and the fate of the standard model, and the artificial neutrino beams they have been shooting through the Earth which have been arriving a little too "early". "Things are NOT as they seem"

 

[madnezz344]

This was good read . Thanks for sharing t-dub

 

[t-dub]

This was good read . Thanks for sharing t-dub

My pleasure, more to come, someone just released an updated dark matter map made from gravitational lensing of starlight. Not sure on details yet.

 

[crawdad]

i began majoring in physics in college and eventually switched to engineering (quicker jump into job market), however i really love researching and pondering the existence of things we see and have yet to see in our physical universe. many of the modern "educational" shows i see on discovery channels tend to swirl knowledge, imagination, special effects and hype so much that i cannot watch as i feel (at times) it borderlines a science fiction short story as it requires too many assumptions for my liking. i dont want to believe, i want to know.

i tend to view our predicament as fish in a fish bowl trying to understand how a door's locking mechanism in another room operates and who built it anyhow; we need more probes out there collecting data.

for those who like to read on related subjects i suggest : the conscious universe. im about done with it, finally.

 

[t-dub]

Interesting, thanks for the book link crawdad. In the description: "They go on to suggest that consciousness can no longer be divorced from the way science operates" which brings up a book I am in the middle of right now:

BIOCENTRISM by Robert Lanza, the FATHER of modern genetics. Its a fascinating read that brings consciousness into the equation. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocentrism_(cosmology)

"Lanza argues that the primacy of consciousness features in the work of Descartes, Kant, Leibniz, Berkeley, Schopenhauer, and Bergson. He sees this as supporting the central claim that what we call space and time are forms of animal sense perception, rather than external physical objects. Lanza argues that biocentrism offers insight into several major puzzles of science, including Heisenbergs uncertainty principle, the double-slit experiment, and the fine tuning of the forces, constants, and laws that shape the universe as we perceive it. According to a Discover magazine article adapted from Lanza's book, biocentrism offers a more promising way to bring together all of physics, as scientists have been trying to do since Einsteins unsuccessful unified field theories of eight decades ago."

This subject actually needs its own thread, eventually, maybe . . .

http://www.amazon.com/Biocentrism-Consciousness-Understanding-Nature-Universe/dp/1933771690