Gravitational binding mass nonequivalence and the foundations of physics

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Int. J. Fusion Energy; (United States)

OSTI ID:6842941

Soldano, B A

Experimental parameters obtained from the Lageos satellite are used to set limits of validity for both general and special relativity. It is usually acknowledged that the theory of general relativity, whose basic premise is the absolute equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, paradoxically fails to properly account for the gravitational self-energy component of mass. This leads to the need for coordinate specification via pseudotensors, thereby marring the coordinate independence inherent in tensors. We shall demonstrate that a fractional difference between inertial and gravitational mass (m/sub G/ - m/sub i/) /m/sub G/ = -5.05 x 10/sup -12/, restricted solely to the gravitational binding component of mass, eliminates the aforementioned difficulty and provides solutions for a broad array of problems presently confronting physics. For example, the violation of CP invariance encountered in both strange and nonstrange particle physics as well as the problems of missing solar neutrinos are shown to arise from a gravitational binding mass nonequivalence omission in the present structure of science. A purely classical description of the quantum h is presented that originates in the aforementioned binding mass nonequivalence and a related fractional difference between ephemeris and atomic time. Many of the widely disparate, experimental upper limits presently associated with test of general relativity, such as those related to gravitational red shift and solar, radio wave, light bending are shown to actually represent the limit of validity for the theory of general relativity. Finally, the recent series of two-clock orientation invariance upper-limit tests of special relativity, in reality, represent validity limits of special relativity.

• Research Organization: Furman Univ., Greenville, SC
• OSTI ID: 6842941
• Journal Information: Int. J. Fusion Energy; (United States), Vol. 3:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS
RELATIVITY THEORY
CP INVARIANCE
LIMITING VALUES
QUANTUM MECHANICS
RED SHIFT
REST MASS
SATELLITES
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LEPTONS
MASS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MECHANICS
NEUTRINOS
RADIATIONS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation