Nothing is Dark in the New Physics

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Abstract

In previous APS meetings, I have presented a geometrical explanation of Dark Matter and Dark Energy that makes testable predictions and is thus completely falsifiable. The theory is based on a macroscopically extended fourth dimension of space, yielding a five-dimensional space-time structure. In this structure, the four-dimensional space-time of relativity is extrinsically curved in the higher spatial dimension. Dark Matter is curvature in the higher dimension that is not directly associated with local matter, but instead a result of the interaction between local matter or curvature and the global curvature due to all matter in the universe. Criticisms were leveled that the theory was not mathematical, i.e., there were no algebraic equations to describe the geometrical structure. However, a simple algebraic formula that describes and explains the geometry of the four-dimensional structure of space has since been derived. Although the algebraic formula appears to be Newtonian, it implies a five-dimensional unification of the gravitational and electromagnetic fields such as that accomplished by Kaluza in 1921 and extended by Einstein and his colleagues in the late 1930s. The new equation also shows how gravity can be quantized on the basis of relativity without hypothesizing the discrete nature of matter, i.e., the existence of specific ``particles'' of gravity, inherent in quantum mechanics, the Standard Model and other quantum models.

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Authors

  • Doug Petkie

    AFRL/RX, AFRL/RX, Systran Systems Inc, UCSD, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Ohio Northern University, BFS, Germany, Florida State University, Monmouth College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Physics Department, John Carroll University, Department of Chemistry, Knight Chemical Laboratories, The University of Akron, Australian National University, Miami University, Oxford, OH, University of Cincinnati, University of Findlay, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, Cleveland State University, Health Sciences Dept, Cleveland State University, Physics Dept, Cleveland State University, Bucknell University, Wright State University, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Wright State University, Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Mechanical Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB and UES, Inc., Department of Environmental Science and Policy, School of Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA, AFRL/711 HPW, EPA Sustainable Technology Division, University of Akron, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Harvard University, LSU, Ohio University, Wittenberg University, Student