Stop writing about gravitational theories and old problems – make fields that act exactly like gravity
Tony, I have been finishing up some projects. July 23, 2024 was the 26th Anniversary of the Internet Foundation.
I did a quick read of this last paper, and your earlier ones. You are arguing theories, when I think you ought to be studying the technologies, instruments, sensors and data. I recommend “gravitational engineering” not theory and papers and models on paper.
You are leaving out the gravitational potential itself. The total potential for the universe is about c^2 = 8.9875518E16 Joules/Kilogram. This is the sum over all mass in the universe times G and divided by the distance. It is nearly isotropic and only nearby masses have much variation. The gradient of this potential is readily observable, but there are many direct ways to measure the potential and its effects. In 1970 I used the earth’s gravitational potential model for the first time calculating the orbits of all things in orbit then. It then was a simple but precise mathematical model that was calibrated by using the observed orbits and working backwards. By 1978 I was using a much more detailed model of the geopotential and working with Steve Klosko on a NASA project to improve the calibration. This used the observed orbits with not only radar, but laser tracking and altimeters in the satellites. Now, the GRACE and GRACE Follow ON projects map the earth potential field continuosly and post a 2160×2160 spherical harmonic model once a month. it is fine enough detail for mapping moisture from storm, and making sure that satellites are carefully tracked. The modeling is sophisticated and precise. There are many groups taking measurements on the earth with a variety of sensors and methods. There are atomic clock networks, gravimeters, tensor instruments, atomic interferometers, Mossbauer, Bose Einstein condensate methods and many more. When i got to about 40 methods, I stopped trying to keep track of the all.
You are missing a BIG piece of the puzzle. The gravitational potential is what goes in to the equation for the relativistic effect on time, along with the velocity. The terms are in units of Joules/Kilogram. That is potential. And there are terms for magnetic potential in those units, and electric potential in those units, and now people routinely are aiming to make magnetic and electromagnetic fields strong enough to mimic the natural gravitational fields. As I have said many times, that is about 380 Tesla for the magnetic field that matches the energy density of the earth’s gravitational field.
Since you are not working on projects where you use these synthesized fields, it is a bit hard to explain. A good example is if you work out the velocity potential and the gravitational potential changes needed to lift the SpaceX Starshio second stage to orbital height and velocity. Then work out the fields and power needed to create those kinds of forces. There ARE technologies for that now. I follow them closely. There have been huge advances in magnetic fields in the last decades or so and much in the last year. The earth’s 380 Tesla gravitational field can be exceeded now as groups are making lasers and ion beams and other devices that can exceed KiloTesla and MegaTesla. When they do, they interact with the field itself, which is the basis of the relativistic effects on time, radioactive decay and the relativistic changes with velocity. It would take me a couple of hours to write out what I have found recently. But I am happy that groups made it finally. I have been waiting for those technologies since about 1978. It is tied to fusion. The fusion criteria can be written in terms of the gravitational potential and the magnetic vector potential.
Generally you are writing things that are OK. But I think you are making a huge mistake not getting your hands dirty to actually make fields that move things. Laser and magnetic levitation are advancing very rapidly now. And the controls and sensors in the last year or two now can handle the sampling, machine learning and controls. The same tools used for fusion also work for making synthetic acceleration fields that can be indistinguishable from natural gravitational potential and acceleration fields.
The earth’s gravitational potential has a spectrum that is both electromagnetic, and turbulent superfluid. It can be modeled and measured and replicated. It energy density puts most of the energy in the extreme ultraviolet through the soft x-ray range. And those are the fields of study and development that enable instruments and generators that can mimic gravitational fields precisely.
Understanding well enough to predict where things are happening and what groups to pay attention to is one thing. Finding groups who can actually do things and are willing to try, that is not easy. There are thousands like you going over what is written. Each person makes their own personal models and guesses and hopes. It is not wrong, but it is not enough. Look closely at laser tweezers in DETAIL. And calculate the fields in SI units. Avoid the tensor people, and the “natural units” people. They are killing their own chances by making methods that are hard to learn and use. Ignore the LIGO groups. They are sitting on their behinds and only playing with old technologies that Robert Forward gave them. They are not innovating and they are not sharing and collaborating openly, except to write papers and papers and papers – never actually making anything.
Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation
Gravitational signals do – and they are now almost detectable with atom interferometer arrays and Bose-Einstein arrays. Black holes do not trap all gravitational signals.
