Recently added articles from Progress in Physics:
The "scattering of the results of measurements" of processes of diverse nature is determined by the earth's motion in the inhomogeneous space-time continuum. The effect of "half-year palindromes".(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Shnoll, Simon E. ... As obtained in this experimental research, the sequence of the shapes of histograms (the spectra of the amplitudes of fluctuations), measured during an astronomical day from 6 h to 18 h of the local time, is very similar (with high precision of probability) to the sequence of the histogram ...
The length of the day: a cosmological perspective.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Arbab, Arbab I. ... We have found an empirical law for the variation of the length of the Earth's day with geologic time employing Wells's data. We attribute the lengthening of the Earth's day to the present cosmic expansion of the Universe. The prediction of law has been found to be in agreement with the ...
A quantum theory of magnetism.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Gift, Stephan ... In this paper, a new Quantum Theory of Magnetic Interaction is proposed. This is done under a relaxation of the requirement of covariance for Lorentz Boost Transformations. A modified form of local gauge invariance in which fermion field phase is allowed to vary with each space point but ...
The Planck vacuum.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Daywitt, William C. ... This paper argues that there is a polarizable vacuum state (the Planck vacuum) that is the source of the quantum vacuum; the free particles; the gravitational, fine structure, and Planck constants; the gravitational field and the spacetime of General Relativity; the Maxwell equations and ...
The source of the quantum vacuum.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Daywitt, William C. ... The quantum vacuum consists of virtual particles randomly appearing and disappearing in free space. Ordinarily the wavenumber (or frequency) spectrum of the zero-point fields for these virtual particles is assumed to be unbounded. The unbounded nature of the spectrum leads in turn to an ...
A unified theory of interaction: gravitation, electrodynamics and the strong force.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Wagener, Pieter ... A unified model of gravitation and electromagnetism is extended to derive the Yukawa potential for the strong force. The model satisfies the fundamental characteristics of the strong force and calculates the mass of the pion. 1 Introduction A unified theory of ...
The logarithmic potential and an exponential mass function for elementary particles.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Paasch, Klaus ... The assumption that elementary particles with nonzero rest mass consist of relativistic constituents moving with constant energy pc results in a logarithmic potential and exponential expression for particle masses. This approach is put to a test by assigning each elementary particles mass ...
A note of extended Proca equations and superconductivity.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Christianto, Vic ... It has been known for quite long time that the electrodynamics of Maxwell equations can be extended and generalized further into Proca equations. The implications of introducing Proca equations include an alternative description of superconductivity, via extending London equations. In the ...
Phase transitions in even-even palladium isotopes.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Diab, Sohair M. ... The positive and negative parity states of the even-even palladium isotopes were studied within the frame work of the interacting boson approximation model (IBA-1). The energy spectra, potential energy surfaces, electromagnetic transition probabilities, back bending and staggering effect ...
The apparent lack of Lorentz invariance in zero-point fields with truncated spectra.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Daywitt, William C. ... The integrals that describe the expectation values of the zero-point quantum-field-theoretic vacuum state are semi-infinite, as are the integrals for the stochastic electro-dynamic vacuum. The unbounded upper limit to these integrals leads in turn to infinite energy densities and ...
On the tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon system: a cosmological model.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Arbab, Arbab I. ... We have presented a cosmological model for the tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon system. We have found that the expansion of the universe has immense consequences on our local systems. The model can be compared with the present observational data. The close approach problem inflicting the ...
Parameters for viability check on gravitational theories regarding the experimental data.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Celakoska, Emilija G. ... Parameterized post-Newtonian formalism requires an existence of a symmetric metric in a gravitational theory in order to perform a viability check regarding the experimental data. The requirement of a symmetric metric is a strong constraint satisfied by very narrow class of theories. In ...
An asymptotic solution for the Navier-Stokes equation.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Romate, Emilio Casuso ... We have used as the velocity field of a fluid the functional form derived in Casuso (2007), obtained by studying the origin of turbulence as a consequence of a new description of the density distribution of matter as a modified discontinuous Dirichlet integral. As an interesting result we ...
On PT-symmetric periodic potential, Quark Confinement, and other impossible pursuits.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Christianto, Vic ... As we know, it has been quite common nowadays for particle physicists to think of six impossible things before breakfast, just like what their cosmology fellows used to do. In the present paper, we discuss a number of those impossible things, including PT-symmetric periodic potential, its ...
An explanation of Hubble redshift due to the global non-holonomity of space.(LETTERS TO PROGRESS IN PHYSICS)(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Rabounski, Dmitri ... In General Relativity, the change of the energy of a freely moving photon should be the solution to the scalar equation of the isotropic geodesic equations, which manifests the work produced on the photon being moved along the path. I solved the equation in terms of physical observables ...
A few remarks on "the length of day: a cosmological perspective".(LETTERS TO PROGRESS IN PHYSICS)(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Christianto, Vic ... An interesting hypothesis concerning the varying length of day has been formulated in this edition, proposed by A.I. Arbab, based on a proposition of varying gravitational constant, G. The main ideas are pointed out, and alternative frameworks are also discussed in particular with respect ...
Israel L. Bershtein (1908-2000)--the founder of the theory of fluctuations in self-oscillating systems: (in commemorating the 100th birthday anniversary).(LETTERS TO PROGRESS IN PHYSICS)(In memoriam)
Jan 01, 2009; Malykin, Gregory B. ... Israel L. Bershtein (1908-2000) was one of the famous radio physicists in the world. He had constructed the theory of amplitude and frequency fluctuations for the electromagnetic wave generators working in the radio and optical scales. He also had developed numerous methods for precise ...
Frank Robert Tangherlini--the founder of an alternative relativistic kinematics: (on the occasion of his 85th birthday).(LETTERS TO PROGRESS IN PHYSICS)(In memoriam)
Jan 01, 2009; Malykin, Gregory B. ... Already fifty years ago, Frank Robert Tangherlini, an American theoretical physicist, suggested an original procedure which, targeting the synchronization of clocks located in two different inertial reference frames of the space, was different from that Einstein had introduced. As a result ...
