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Two papers, one journal, 2011. The mathematical framework behind Quantum Relativity — publicly available and peer-reviewed.
Establishes the core mathematical framework of Quantum Relativity. Shows that time dilation, the invariance of the speed of light, E = mc², and relativistic mass increase all follow directly from the premise that particles are composed of circulating electromagnetic energy. The Lorentz transformation is derived from the spiral path geometry without any assumption about the nature of spacetime.
[Full symmetric reciprocal Lorentz transform detailed in Blackwell, 2016]
The paper also addresses the issues of static charge and matter-antimatter asymmetry. It further shows that differing perceptions of physical measurements and ordering of events are correctly understood as observer effects — the consequence of motion physically altering measuring instruments made of EM energy — rather than objective features of a multi-valued universe.
This paper provides a robust rationale for all effects attributed to General Relativity. It shows that extended electromagnetic fields of all matter collectively form an EM texture suffusing all of space, more dense around large masses, with a directional influence towards such masses * resulting from interaction between that collective field and the EM structure of affected particles. This gives a 'virtual curvature' to space - a true vector field which precisely mirrors the 'curved spacetime' of GR without any arbitrary spatial geometry requirements or 4D-in-3D complications.
[* Included but not explicitly highlighted in this paper, clarified in later writing. GR gives no causation for any such influence.]
This mirroring of GR's fundamental constructs guarantees that outcomes from this perspective will likewise mirror those from GR. These include GR results for garavitational lensing and precession of Mercury's orbit, as well as all aspects of the Equivalence Principle. Gravitational lensing and time dilation are both explicitly addressed, as are free fall, escape velocity and negative gravitational potential.
Quantum Relativity does not rest on new experiments. It draws on an existing experimental record — one that already supports the core premise that matter is constituted by electromagnetic energy.
First theoretical proposal that matter (electron-positron pairs) could be created from pure photons — establishing the conceptual foundation that matter and light are convertible forms of the same energy.
Internal jittery motion at the speed of light predicted inside electrons — precisely consistent with a particle constituted by circulating EM energy. Remained theoretical for decades.
Matter created from photon-photon collisions at SLAC — the first experimental confirmation that matter can be produced directly from light.
French physicists experimentally confirmed Schrödinger's predicted internal motion at the speed of light inside electrons. A direct observation of the EM circulation structure.
Electron-positron pairs created directly from photon-photon collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Matter from light, physically produced in the laboratory.
Aspect, Clauser, and Zeilinger confirmed quantum entanglement — correlations between particles propagating faster than light. Consistent with QR's reclassification of relativistic speed limits as observer effects, not absolute laws.
"The equations all work — so it must be right, mustn't it? I'm saying: the equations work for a slightly different reason from the one conventionally given. And that difference matters enormously for what physics can do next."
Grahame Blackwell
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