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What is Substance? (old)

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Inertia characterizes the substance. If there is no inertia there is no substance, no interactions, and, therefore, no awareness. The interactions make us aware of substance. They form the basis of all our perceptions, feelings and experiences.

Matter is an aspect of substance that we are directly aware of. Matter has been contemplated upon since the beginning of human consciousness. It has long been thought to have been built out of discrete building blocks, the so-called particulate theory of matter.

Field is an aspect of substance that we are aware of only indirectly. We are aware of field when there are space, time and energy. Space is the manifestation of the extension of substance, time is the manifestation of changes in substance, and energy is the manifestation of the interactions of substance. When that substance is not matter, then it is field.

There are other aspects of substance – the most obvious being thought; but such aspects are not part of physics yet. The disturbance theory focuses on the matter and field aspects of substance but it may take up thought substance later. There is continuity, harmony and consistency among all different types of substances.

Matter and field interface with each other within the atom. The atom is mostly made up of a converging field that rapidly increases in frequency toward the center. At the center it ends up as matter. Matter consists of very high frequency that has condensed into mass. This interface between field and matter maintains continuity, harmony and consistency.

The above view of substance leads to some interesting conclusions. For example, a vacuum is not entirely empty even when there are no atoms and molecules of gaseous material. There is still field in that vacuum for space to be manifested. Furthermore, the idea that the fundamental constituents of atoms are point particles is a mathematical conjecture only. In reality, matter in atom uncondenses into field.

To summarize, matter directly forms the basis of all perception, feeling and experience. Field does so indirectly through space, time and energy. Matter and field, as substance, are the essential aspect of any interaction.

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The Spectrum of Inertia

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For a long time, in Physics, the basic substance was thought to be MATTER. Everything was matter. But this changed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was finally established that the electromagnetic phenomena consisted of a substance that was finer than matter. This substance was the electromagnetic field. The concept of substance suddenly expanded from matter to electromagnetic field consisting of a wide spectrum of frequencies.

The disturbance theory postulates that the actuality of substance is represented by inertia. Atomic matter is a substance of “high level” of inertia. Electromagnetic field is a substance of “low level” of inertia. Thus there is a spectrum of inertia. The lower part of this spectrum is occupied by the field. The upper part of this spectrum is occupied by matter. The field has its own spectrum that includes the electromagnetic spectrum. The matter also has a spectrum, that includes gases, liquids, solids, plasma, and the substances of neutron stars and black holes.

The zero on the spectrum of inertia is the theoretical point of zero inertia, which means complete “absence of substance”. We may label it as EMPTINESS. Emptiness is also be a point of non-actuality because actuality comes from the presence of substance. The disturbance theory postulates that actuality of substance appears in the form of a “disturbance”. It has a characteristic frequency. Thus, frequency is an indication of inertia. This is supported by the fact that frequency of radiation maintains itself until it is forced to change through some interaction.

Matter appears on this spectrum when the frequency has become so high that it collapses into mass. The appearance of nucleus within an atom is an example of this phenomenon. The Disturbance theory looks at atom as a whirlpool within the field where frequency is rapidly increasing toward the center. At the center, the frequency  becomes so high that it collapses into mass. Infinity of inertia indicates an extremely dense substance, such as that of the neutron star or black hole.

Space and time are characteristics of substances. They are not substances themselves.  Therefore, the presence of space and time indicates that there is some underlying substance. Thus matter has the characteristics of rigid space and enduring time.  On the other hand, field includes the whole electromagnetic spectrum and it behaves like the rough surface of a sea with its dynamically changing frequencies. The space of field is not rigid, and its time is fluctuating. The space that we see around us, has field underlying it. It is full of frequency gradients and force. This explains the presence of dark energy and dark matter in space. It is incorrect to think that space is something that matter occupies.

Thus, the spectrum of inertia ranges from theoretical zero frequency of EMPTINESS to “infinitely complex frequency” of extremely dense substance. This spectrum covers the range of all possible substances including so-called thought substance.

The spectrum of inertia is a brand new concept. It provides a structure to describe all possible substances. Its usefulness shall be ascertained with the unfolding of the disturbance theory.

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On the Theory of Relativity

 

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This was the title of a lecture given by Einstein at King’s College, London, 1921. It was published in Mein Weltbild, Amsterdam: Querido Verlag, 1934.

The Disturbance Theory summarizes this lecture as follows.

SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY: The ratio of space and time is constant, because they both are characteristics of the same field in terms of wavelength and period. Space and time contract and expand together with frequency.

GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY: Inertia is generated by frequency and rotation. Gravitation is generated by frequency and gradient. Rotation is balanced by gradient. Therefore, inertial mass is equivalent to gravitational mass.

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Is the Universe Finite?

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Einstein, in his lecture of January 27, 1921, GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, made a case for the universe being finite. He uses the postulates of his theory of relativity to make his point. The Disturbance theory provides a much simpler reasoning for making the same point as follows.

Per the Disturbance theory, the whole universe may be described in terms of disturbance. Most of the disturbance may be described by the electromagnetic spectrum. The Disturbance theory adds “Emptiness” for zero frequency at the bottom of the spectrum. It also adds matter at the upper end of the spectrum beyond gamma range.

Space describes the dimensions of the electromagnetic field and matter. At zero frequency there is neither field nor matter; and no space either. There is only emptiness, which is absence of all substance. Space and time describe the dimensions of substance. They don’t exist in the absence of substance.

The universe consists of the disturbance spectrum that describes both field and matter. The core of the universe is made up of matter, and it is bounded by zero frequency of emptiness. The universe is, therefore, finite. Beyond the universe is emptiness of no matter, no field, no space, no time, and no awareness.

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Comments on Electric Charge

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Electric Charge – Wikipedia

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. There are two types of electric charges: positive and negative (commonly carried by protons and electrons respectively). Like charges repel and unlike attract. An absence of net charge is referred to as neutral. An object is negatively charged if it has an excess of electrons, and is otherwise positively charged or uncharged. The SI derived unit of electric charge is the coulomb (C). In electrical engineering, it is also common to use the ampere-hour (Ah), and, in chemistry, it is common to use the elementary charge (e) as a unit. The symbol Q often denotes charge. Early knowledge of how charged substances interact is now called classical electrodynamics, and is still accurate for problems that don’t require consideration of quantum effects.

Force is experienced when electrically charged matter is brought in vicinity of another electrically charged matter. The “charges” seems to be part of fields. The fields interact as if to establish some kind of equilibrium. The interaction takes the form of attractive and repulsive forces. Force implies change in momentum. In case of field, force implies frequency gradient.

The frequency gradient seems to be established by eddy type formation in which frequency increases toward the center of the eddy. The higher frequency at the center represents negative charge; the lower frequency at the periphery represents positive charge. The center is denser in terms of lines of force and appears as a particle in contrast to the periphery. Therefore, electrons are more likely to be observed as particles than positrons.

In an atom the negatively charged “center of electronic region” is aligned with the positively charged “periphery of the nucleus” (see the picture above). This is because nucleus appears at the center of the electronic region. The “periphery of the electronic region” is positively charged as shown. The “center of the nucleus” is negatively charged as shown. It is incorrect to view the whole electron as negative and the whole nucleus as positive. The “attractive force” between electrons and the nucleus is better understood in terms of alignment of the frequency gradient.

An equilibrium is sought in terms of alignment of frequency gradients. Interaction takes place between fields when the frequency gradients are not aligned. So we see attractive and repulsive forces between the charges. We have a frequency gradient within the atom that is well aligned from the center of the nucleus to the outer periphery of the atom and balanced by the eddy-like rotations within the atom.

From Newton’s second law of motion, Newton’s law of gravity and Coulomb’s law we get the dimensions of mass and charge to be the same.

[M] = [Q] = [L3-2]

Mass is the constant of proportionality between force and acceleration.
Force = mass x acceleration

Similarly, charge could be defined as the constant of proportionality between force and frequency.
Force = charge x [velocity of light] x frequency

This is dimensionally accurate. Therefore,
CHARGE = FORCE / (VELOCITY OF LIGHT x FREQUENCY)

The electric charge is a fundamental conserved property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interaction. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields. The interaction between a moving charge and an electromagnetic field is the source of the electromagnetic force, which is one of the four fundamental forces (See also: magnetic field).

The charge, like mass, is closely related to inertia. It is conserved like mass is conserved. It may appear that charge produces EM field, but charge is simply a part of the electromagnetic phenomenon. Movement of charge is the shifting of frequency gradient in the field, and this manifests as force. Normally this frequency gradient is balanced by the eddy-like motion within the field.

Twentieth-century experiments demonstrated that electric charge is quantized; that is, it comes in integer multiples of individual small units called the elementary charge, e, approximately equal to 1.602×10−19 coulombs (except for particles called quarks, which have charges that are integer multiples of ⅓ e). The proton has a charge of +e, and the electron has a charge of −e. The study of charged particles, and how their interactions are mediated by photons, is called quantum electrodynamics.

Quantization of electrical charge means that only the multiples of a basic frequency gradient are permitted in the structure of atom. The charge of an electron represents that basic frequency gradient. The electron may be modeled as a 3D vortex in the electromagnetic field. The mathematics of this model may reveal the fundamental frequency gradient. It may also provide a meaning to “conservation of charge” or “conservation of force” as hinted by Michael Faraday. This may lead to understanding of stable configurations of elementary particles and the quantization of properties at atomic dimensions.

It is this gradient of frequency that appears as the four fundamental forces – gravitational, electromagnetic, and strong and weak interactions. The details need to be worked out.

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