Title: Dual and Dynamic Nature of Space Space is Both Absolute and Relative Absolute Motion Without Absolute Space
Abstract: Space (or motion) has dual properties: absolute and relative. The change from absolute nature to relative nature (or vice versa) is governed by dynamic nature of space. Absolute motion is absolute and has no connection with relative motion. Absolute motion is evident only from the changes in the laws and phenomena of nature (physics). Absolute motion is relative to a dynamic absolute reference frame, but this reference frame itself depends on absolute motion! The laws and phenomena of nature (physics) exist in their simplest forms in physical systems that are at absolute rest and become distorted / transformed in physical systems that are in absolute motion. The behavior of physical systems (such as Michelson - Morley's apparatus) can be predicted correctly only in their associated dynamic absolute reference frames. The laws and phenomena of nature (physics) depend on the absolute motion of physical systems. The relative speed of the observer or (inertial) reference frame is irrelevant in determining the laws and phenomena of physics, and this is in accordance with Galilean invariance principle (and Einstein's two postulates).Only (absolute) motion of a physical system itself has significance. A physical system is affected by its own absolute motion and not by its motion relative motion or by the motion of an observer. In steady state, the speed of light is always equal to C, independent of the speed of the source and of the speed of the observer, in accordance with Einstein's light postulate. However, the speed of light is equal to C± Vabs in non-inertial conditions, in the imaginary dynamic absolute reference frame [1], where Vabs is the absolute velocity of the physical system (such as MM device). The speed of the light beam in the MM device is the same C for all other inertial detectors (observers) but the speed of the same light beam is C± Vabs for the detector in the MM device. This can be explained by the dual property hypothesis: space is both absolute and relative. The behavior (fringe shift) of the MM device depends only on its own (absolute) velocity and any relative velocity of the device is irrelevant in determining the fringe shift. The behavior of physical systems (such as MM device) can be predicted correctly in the associated dynamic absolute reference frame (in all conditions, steady state or non-steady state). At steady state, the absolute velocity of the MM device is zero. Galileo's invariance principle holds only in steady state condition. But then how else can the speed of light be the same for two observers that are in relative motion, other than the length contraction time dilation hypothesis? The theory 'Relativity of Electromagnetic Fields' [2] proposed by the present author explains this. The absolute motion of Michelson-Morley device (and hence its behavior, i.e. fringe shift) has no connection with any relative motion of the device (relative to the sun or relative to an observer's reference frame). Absolute motion of the Michelson-Morley (MM) device is evident only from a fringe shift and can be predicted only in the imaginary dynamic absolute reference frame, but this reference frame itself depends on absolute motion of the device! The unexpected null fringe shift only shows that the absolute velocity of the MM device is zero and not invalidity of absolute motion. This theory has the potential to explain and reconcile the results of many of the experiments and phenomena associated with the nature of the speed of light including the Michelson Morley experiment, Sagnac effect, Stellar aberration, ‘GPS corrections’: slow down or speed up of clocks may be connected with absolute motion and experiments confirming the source speed independence of the speed of light. This theory might also be applied to better understand planetary systems, such phenomena as 'elliptic' orbits and Mercury perihelion advance. Mercury perihelion advance and elliptic orbits may be affected by absolute motion of the solar system. This theory reconciles the ever existing notion of absolute motion with Galilean invariance principle and Einstein's two postulates. This theory gives a hint on consciousness! A paradox in this theory can be resolved if parts of a physical system ‘know’ that they are parts of the system! Physical systems may have ‘consciousness’! The notion of absolute motion gives hint on the mystery of consciousness!
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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