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Mass, Curvature of Spacetime, Inertia, And Gravity

 
 
Reply Tue 21 Apr, 2020 12:25 pm
As a hard SciFi writer, San Diego Floating Airport Series on Amazon KDP, I've researched online and in my college studies, what constitutes Inertia and Gravity.
Based on integrating the various explanations and throwing out the contradictive elements, I've arrived at some conclusions:
1. No one will ever find a "Graviton" or gravitic force particle for the Standard Model; since Gravity describes the result of a Mass' combined Electromagnetism, weak force, and strong force. These forces in combination cause spacetime to warp and the curvature(s) causes separate masses to follow the curvature (the larger curvature overwhelming the smaller) into the to point of greatest distortion caused by the larger mass.
2. Centrifugal force is the effect of an area of mass' warped spacetime (gravity well) in which another moving mass tends to alter its straight-line course towards the center of the first mass' spacetime curvature (gravity well). If the moving mass' relative weight and speed, approach the right distance to the larger mass' warped spacetime, an equilibrium (between the two masses' warped spacetimes) can be achieved and the smaller mass will orbit within the larger mass' warped spacetime.

This brings me to a question. Has anyone found proof that a moving mass has a distorted (nonconcentric) region of warped spacetime?

If when a mass moves the warped spacetime around the mass tends to have a steeper curve in the direction of travel and a less steep curve in the direction opposite the direction of travel then inertia and the Alcubierre warp bubble may be essentially the same effect. Which means, the movement of mass below the speed of light is limited due to relativity as mass approaches infinity and energy diminishes to zero. What Alcubierre proposes requires pushing past this point in relativity by finding a way of projecting a combination of electromagnetism and Bosons to form an artificial mass in front of the objective mass. This projection would cause an artificial singularity to form further compressing the objective mass' warped spacetime beyond the boundary of relativity, and the area around the objective mass would become a separate "bubble" of spacetime which could now be able to move at velocities independent of relativity and the objective mass would be contained within this independent bubble of spacetime with a relative speed of zero.

If this line of logic seems consistent with latest explanations of inertia and gravity then I would appreciate verification or comments that provide insight into where the line of logic goes astray. I'm pretty confident of everything, up to where I believe the Alcubierre warp bubble might occur; and a method of projecting the necessary forms of energy+guage bosons to create a singularity.

If any of the last parts of my logic is valid, then the SciFi writer, Ian Douglas's Singularity Drive falls into the category of SciFi concepts that may very well become engineering reality is the future.
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Reply Tue 21 Apr, 2020 02:30 pm
@eericmatus1,
Although the "Sci" in "SciFi" stands for science. But, don't forget about the "Fi" part (which is an important part of "SciFi"). If you are writing Fiction, you should be happy writing fiction.

1. I am wondering how your claim that "no one will find a graviton" impacts your story. It works fine as fiction.

2. Your explanation that the "these forces cause space time to warp" is not scientifically accurate. Neither is your description of "centrifugal force".

3. Your question about a "moving mass" is not specific enough to give a scientific answer. You need to define a frame of reference, and once you do that the question might be mathematically trivial.

In Relativity there is no absolute motion. Whether an object is moving or not moving depends on the frame of reference (or in other words, the observer). Are you taking this into account?
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Reply Tue 21 Apr, 2020 02:38 pm
@eericmatus1,
I hadn't read about the Alcubierre Drive before (my last course in General Releativity was several decades ago... it would take me a long while to get back the mathematics). That is a cool idea.

From a quick read, if this type of drive is possible (which isn't clear), it could be catastrophic to the destination. The people inside the spaceship would be fine, but the people at the destination planet would all be killed.

There is also a cool mathematical idea that you couldn't go further than when the drive was invented (i.e. if the drive was invented 3 years ago, it could only go 3 light years). This might be a cool part of a science fiction story.



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