Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
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American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting #39, #1.05
Physics
Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
Messier's drawing of the Orion Nebula shows a clear interface between nebula and void. A line extended along this front points straight towards the Milky Way. Ditto for the other well-known photodissociation region, M17, the Omega Nebula [1]. These nebulae differ in location: M17 is about 2000 pc away in the direction of the Galactic center. M42 is exactly 414 pc (Menten, Reid, Forbrich, and Brunthaler 2007) in the opposite direction. In this talk I will show how these observations support the 'Dual Proposal' which has a universal wave length of 400 pc. I also will suggest what further observations can distinguish this proposal from the standard theory.
The Dual Proposal [2] alters both the theory of electromagnetism and the theory of gravitation in complementary ways. Here the photon has a real mass and the graviton an imaginary one, both masses given by mc2=hc/λo = 10^[-25] eV, where λo = 400 pc. The resulting sinusoidal gravitational potential (φ = - (GM/r) Cos[kor], ko=2π/λo) has a unique feature: maxima of potential where gas can stall and create stars. Correspondingly the massive photon produces an electrostatic Yukawa potential φ= (Q/r) Exp[-kor] and generalizes Maxwell's stress tensor by adding terms in the vector potential A. For scales greater than 400 pc, even weak B-fields can have a strong influence on the plasma within the stream. Finally the new scale λo may, someday, relate gravitation to atomic physics. By equating inertial and gravitational energy densities, I find a numerical relationship: c4ko2/2πG = 13.6 eV/(137ao)3, where ao is the Bohr radius. Refs [1] Facts on File: Dictionary of Astronomy 5th ed (2006). [2]: "Analogies between electricity and gravity", Metrologia 41 (2004) S115-S124.
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