Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apjs...41..243c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 41, Oct. 1979, p. 243-262.
Physics
Atomic Physics
26
Background Radiation, Cosmology, Covariance, Gravitation Theory, Relativity, Atomic Clocks, Atomic Physics, Conservation Laws, Minkowski Space, Space-Time Functions, Thermodynamics
Scientific paper
Within the framework of a scale-covariant theory of gravitation, a semiclassical description of particles and photons is given. Thermodynamic relations consistent with the modified conservation equations are derived. Application to a system of radiation shows that the observed 3-K background radiation can be interpreted, within the present framework, as a remnant of equilibrium radiation in the past. As the theory postulates a nonstandard coupling between gravitation and electrodynamics, the assumption that Einstein's theory of gravitation is unchanged forces modifications at the atomic level. The use of Minkowskian spacetime in atomic physics is found to be adequate only over small, but not large, time scales compared with the age of the universe. As a result, a relation between energy and the frequency of a free photon is demonstrated. Possible observational consequences of this relation are discussed.
Canuto Vittorio M.
Hsieh S. H.
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