Gravitation and Cosmology: From the Hubble Radius to the Planck Scale
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Gravitation and Cosmology: From the Hubble Radius to the Planck Scale Proceedings of a Symposium in Honour of the 80th Birthday of Jean-Pierre Vigier Edited by Richard L. Amoroso Noetic Advanced Studies Institute, Orinda, CA, U.S.A. Geoffrey Hunter York University, Toronto, Canada Menas Kafatos George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A. and Jean-Pierre Vigier Pierre et Marie Curie Universite, Paris, France KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication - v Foreword xi Preface xiii Group Photos xvii Part I - Astrophysics & Cosmology 1. From the Cosmological Term to the Planck Constant Jose G. Vargas and D. G. Torr 1 2. Creation of Matter and Anomalous Redshifts Jayant V. Narlikar 11 3. The Origin of CMBR as Intrinsic Blackbody Cavity-QED Resonance Inherent in the Dynamics of the Continuous State Topology of the Dirac Vacuum Richard L. Amoroso and Jean-Pierre Vigier 27 4. Some New Results in Theoretical Cosmology Wolfgang Rindler 39 5. Whitehead Meets Feynman and the Big Bang Geoffrey Chew 51 6. Developing the Cosmology of a Continuous State Universe Richard L. Amoroso 59 7. The Problem of Observation in Cosmology and the Big Bang Menas Kafatos 65 8. Absorber Theory of Radiation in Expanding Universes Jayant V. Narlikar 81 9. Bohm & Vigier Ideas as a Basis for a Fractal Universe Corneliu Ciubotariu, Viorel Stancu and Ciprian Ciubotariu 85 10. A Random Walk in a Flat Universe Fotini Pallikari 95 11. Multiple Scattering Theory in Wolfs Mechanism and Implications in QSO Redshift Sisir Roy and S. Datta 103 12. Connections Between Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, and Special Astrophysical Processes Daniel C. Cole 111
viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Part II - Extended Electromagnetic Theory 13. New Developments in Electromagnetic Field Theory . BoLehnert 125 14. Comparison of near and Far Field Double-slit Interferometry for Dispersion in Propagation of the Photon Wave-packet Richard L. Amoroso, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Menas Kafatos & Geoffrey Hunter 147 15. Photon Diameter Measurements G. Hunter, M. Kowalski, R.Mani, L.P. Wadlinger, F. Engler & T. Richardson 157 16. What Is the Evans-vigier Field? Valeri V. Dvoeglazov 167 17. Non-Abelian Gauge Groups for Real and Complex Amended Maxwell's Equations Elizabeth Rauscher 183 18. Experimental Evidence of Near-Field Superluminally Propagating Electromagnetic Fields William D. Walker 189 19. The Photon Spin and Other Topological Features of Classical Electromagnetism Robert M. Kiehn 197 20. The Process of Photon Emission from Atomic Hydrogen Marian Kowalski 207 21. Holographic Mind - Overview: The Integration of Seer, Seeing, and Seen Edmond Chouinard ITi 22. Photons from the Future Ralph G.Beil 233 Part HI - Gravitation Theory 23. Can One Unify Gravity and Electromagnetic Fields? Jean-Pierre Vigier &Richard L. Amoroso 241 24. The Dipolar Zero-Modes of Einstein Action Giovanni Modanese 259 25. Theoretical and Experimental Progress on the GEM (Gravity-Electro-Magnetism) Theory of Field Unification John Brandenburg, J. F. Kline and Vincent Di Pietro 267 26. Can Gravity Be Included in Grand Unification ? Peter Rowlands and John P. Cullerne 279 27. Gravitational Energy-Momentum in the Tetrad and Quadratic Spinor Representation of General Relativity Roh S. Tung and James M. Nester 287
GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY ix 28. Spinors in Affine Theory of Gravity Horst V. Borzeszkowski and Hans-J. Treder 295 29. A New Approach to Quantum Gravity, An Overview Sarah B. Bell, John P. Cullerne and Bernard M. Diaz 303 30. Multidimensional Gravity and Cosmology and Problems of G M.A. Grebeniuk and Vitaly N. Melnikov 313 31. Quantum Gravity Operators and Nascent Cosmologies Lawrence B. Crowell 321 32. Gravitational Magnetism: An Update Saul-Paul Sirag 331 Part IV - Quantum Theory 33. Quantum Hall Enigmas Malcolm H. Macgreggor 337 34. On the Possible Existence of Tight Bound States in Quantum Mechanics A. Dragic, Z. Marie & J-P Vigier 349 35. A Chaotic-stochastic Model of An Atom Corneliu Ciubotariu, Viorel Stancu & Ciprian Ciubotariu 357 36. Syncronization Versus Simultaneity Relations, with Implications for Interpretations of Quantum Measurements Jose G. Vargas and Douglas G. Torr 367 37. Can Non-local Interferometry Experiments Reveal a Local Model of Matter? Joao Marto andJ. R. Croca 311 38. Beyond Heisenberg's Uncertainty Limits Josee R. Croca 385 39. Towards a Classical Re-interpretation of the Schrodinger Equation According to Stochastic Electrodynamics . K. Dechoum, Humberto Franca and C. P. Malta 393 4O.The Philosophy of the Trajectory Representation of Quantum Mechanics Edward R. Floyd 401 41. Some Physical and Philosophical Problems of Causality in the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Bogdan Lange 409 4 5 42. The Force £ /G , the Power C /G and the Basic Equations of Quantum Mechanics Ludwik Kostro 413 43.Progress in Post-Quantum Physics and Unified Field Theory JackSarfatti 419
TABLE OF CONTENTS Part V -Vacuum Dynamics & Spacetime 44. Polarizable-vacuum Approach to General Relativity . . Harold E. Puthoff 431 45. The Inertia Reaction Force and its Vacuum Origin Alfonso Rueda and Bernard Haisch 447 46. Engineering the Vacuum Trevor Marshall 459 47. The Photon as a Charge-Neutral and Mass-Neutral Composite Particle Hector A. Munera 469 48. Pregeometry Via Uniform Spaces Mark Stuckey and Wyeth Raws 411 49. A ZPF-Mediated Cosmological Origin of Electron Inertia Michael Ibison 483 50. Vacuum Radiation, Entropy and the Arrow of Time Jean Burns 491 51. Quaternions, Torsion and the Physical Vacuum: Theories of M. Sachs and G. Shipov Compared David Cyganski and William S. Page 499 52. Homoloidal Webs, Space Cremona Transformations and the Dimensionality and Signature of Macro-spacetime MetodSaniga 507 53. Pulse Interaction in Nonlinear Vacuum Electrodynamics A. M. Ignatov & Vladimir Poponin 511 54. Proposal for Teleportation by Help of Vacuum Holes Constantin Leshan, S. Octeabriscoe andR.L. Singerei 515 55. Cosmology, the Quantum Universe, and Electron Spin Milo Wolff 517 56. On Some Implications of the Local Theory Th(G)and of Popper's Experiment Thomas D. Angelidis 525 Index 537
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