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The Dynamic Universe theory is a holistic description of the observable physical reality. It is a unifying theory converting spacetime in variable coordinates into dynamic space in absolute coordinates. The Dynamic Universe theory relies on an overall zero-energy balance in space and the conservation of the total energy in interactions in space. Relativity in DU space means relativity of local to the whole — relativity is a measure of the locally available share of the total energy in space. Atomic clocks in fast motion or in high gravitational field in DU space do not lose time because of slower flow of time but because they use part of their total energy for motion and local gravitation in space.
Predictions for local phenomena in DU space are essentially the same as the corresponding predictions given by the special and general theories of relativity. At extremes – at cosmological distances and in the vicinity of local singularities in space – differences in the predictions become meaningful. Reasons for the differences can be traced back to the differences in the basic assumptions and in the structures of the two approaches.
Whole in the Dynamic Universe is not composed as the sum of elementary units — the multiplicity of elementary units is a result of diversification of whole.
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The Dynamic Universe, Toward a unified picture of physical realityTuomo Suntola, Physics Foundations Society, ISBN 978-952-67236-0-0 174 x 235 mm, paper back, 334 pages (2009)
Contents, Introduction, Ordering Comments by Physics Foundations Society Members
The book gives a detailed introduction of the Dynamic Universe theory from its philosophical basis to predictions and comparisons to prevailing theories and observations. |
Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy In the Interpretations of Relativity Theory, Budapest 4-6 September 2009
In this presentation we look for answers to questions: What was the problem solved with the relativity theory, and, did the theory solve the right problem?
Newtonian physics is local by its nature. No local frame is in a special position in space. There are no overall limits to space or to physical quantities. Newtonian space is Euclidean until infinity, and velocities in Newtonian space grow linearly as long as there is constant force acting on an object.
Observations on the properties of the propagation of light in late 19th century showed contradiction with the unlimited, linear Newtonian space. Relativity theory broke the linearity and the Euclidean appearance of Newtonian space by redefining the coordinate quantities, time and distance. In the redefined coordinates the growth of velocities is limited to the velocity of light, which was defined a natural constant. The local nature of Newtonian physics remains in relativistic space, justified by the relativity principle claiming the same formulation of the laws of nature for any observer.
In a holistic perspective the finiteness of velocities can be seen as a consequence of the finiteness of total energy in space. In such an approach relativity appears primarily as relativity of local to the whole, and is expressed in terms of locally available share of total energy. Postulation of the finiteness of the total energy in space allows universal coordinate quantities, time and distance, and links the velocity of light to the energetic state of the universe. In spite of the totally different postulates and the different picture of reality in the two approaches, the predictions for local physical phenomena are essentially the same. Differences arise at the extremes, at cosmological distances and in the vicinity of local singularities in space. Global relativity links the sizes of gravitationally bound systems to the expansion of space, which explains the observed Euclidean appearance of galaxy space. Magnitude observations of supernovas are explained with high accuracy – without accelerating expansion, dark energy, or any other additional parameter. Global relativity based on finite total energy in space is analyzed in detail in Dynamic Universe model [1].
NPA Conference, Storrs, University of Connecticut, May 25-29, 2009
It has been known for several decades that the rest energy of all matter in space is essentially equal to the total gravitational energy in space. The Dynamic Universe model introduced in this paper studies the equality as a dynamic zero-energy balance of motion and gravitation in spherically closed space. In such a solution time is absolute, the fourth dimension has metric nature, and relativity appears as the measure of the locally available share of total energy in space. The study of the zero-energy balance in spherically closed space can be based on few postulates and the derivation of predictions for local physical phenomena and for cosmological observations can be carried out with fairly simple mathematics essentially free of additional parameters.
In all interactions in space the total energy is conserved. A clock in motion in space does not lose time because of slower flow of time but because motion in space diverts a share of the total energy of the device thus leaving less energy for the oscillation running the clock. In the DU framework a local state of rest can be related to the state of rest in hypothetical homogeneous space, which serves as a universal frame of reference for all local phenomena in space. The Dynamic Universe model discards the space-time marriage, the relativity principle, the Lorentz transformation, the equivalence principle, and dark energy. The DU model also discards the postulation of the constancy of the velocity of light but explains why the velocity of light is observed as being unaffected for observers in motion and for observers at different gravitational potentials.
In celestial mechanics, the Dynamic Universe leads to stable orbits down to the critical radius of local singularities (black holes), shows the perihelion shift of eccentric orbits, the Shapiro delay, the bending of light, etc. In the Dynamic Universe, gravitationally bound systems like planetary systems, galaxies and galaxy groups expand in direct proportion to the expansion of space. As a consequence, the Euclidean appearance of the angular sizes of galaxies is predicted. The DU's prediction for the magnitude versus redshift of standard candles is in an excellent agreement with recent supernova observations without assumptions of dark energy or free parameters.
The Dynamic Universe means a major change in the paradigm but offers a platform - with relativity built in and a firm anchor to human conception - to doctrines like Maxwell's equations and electromagnetism in general, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, and quantum mechanics.
Supplement: The derivation of the cosmological predictions, Appendix 1.
Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory, PIRT XI, London 12-15.9.2008
Newtonian physics is local by its nature. No local frame is in a special position in space. There are no overall limits to space or to physical quantities. Newtonian space is Euclidean until infinity, and velocities in space grow linearly as long as there is constant force acting on an object. Finiteness of physical quantities was observed for about 100 years ago – first as finiteness of velocities.
The theory of relativity introduces a mathematical structure for the description of the finiteness of velocities by modifying the coordinate quantities, time and distance for making the velocity of light appear as the maximum velocity in space and an invariant for the observer. Like in Newtonian physics, no local frame, or inertial observer, is in a special position in space. Friedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) metrics derived from the general theory of relativity predicts finiteness of space if a critical mass density in space is reached or exceeded.
In the Dynamic Universe approach space is described as the three-dimensional surface of a four-dimensional sphere. Finiteness of physical quantities in DU space comes from the finiteness of total energy in space — finiteness of velocities is a consequence of the zero-energy balance, which does not allow velocities higher than the velocity of space in the fourth dimension. The velocity of space in the fourth dimension is determined by the zero-energy balance of motion and gravitation of whole space and it serves as the reference for all velocities in space. Relativity in DU space means relativity of local to the whole — relativity is a measure of locally available share of the primary rest energy, the rest energy of the object in hypothetical homogeneous space. Atomic clocks in fast motion or in high gravitational field do not lose time because of slower flow of time but because part of their energy is bound into interactions in space. There is no space-time linkage in the Dynamic Universe; time is universal and the fourth dimension is metric by its nature. Local state of rest in DU space is the zero-momentum state in a local energy frame which is linked to hypothetical homogeneous space via a chain of nested energy frames.
Predictions for local phenomena in DU space are essentially the same as the corresponding predictions given by special and general theories of relativity. At extremes, at cosmological distances and in the vicinity of local singularities differences in the predictions become meaningful. Reasons for the differences can be traced back to the differences in the basic assumptions and in the structures of the two approaches.
Proceedings of PIRT Budapest 7-9.9.2007
PIRT-X, "Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory X", London, September 8-11, 2006
SPIE Optics & Photonics 2005 Conferences, Special Program SP200 “The Nature of Light: What is a Photon?”, San Diego, July 31 – August 4, 2005
SPIE Optics & Photonics 2005 Conferences, Special Program SP200 “The Nature of Light: What is a Photon?”, San Diego, July 31 – August 4, 2005
1st Crisis in Cosmology Conference (CCC-1), Monção, Portugal, June 23-25, 2005, arXiv/astro-ph/0509016 (2005
arXiv/astro-ph/0412701 (2004)
PIRT-IX, "Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory IX", London, September 3-9, 2004
Colloquium "Human Approaches to the Universe" in University of Helsinki, Finland September 26-27, 2003
Galilean Electrodynamics, 14, No.4 (2003)
Proceedings of seminar "GPS-Meteorologia", 27.11.2002, Finnish Meteorological Institute (in Finnish)
EPISTEME No. 6 (2002)
Apeiron, Vol. 8, No. 3 (July 2001)
Vol. 8, No. 3 (July 2001)
http://www.cosmology.info/, 1st Crisis In Cosmology Conference (CCC-I)
Physicists bid farewell to reality?, Nature News, Apr 18, 2007
Physicists question model of the Universe, News@Nature
446, 709 - 709 (12 Apr 2007)
Scientists question our understanding of the universe,
Physorg.com, March 22nd, 2007
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