2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting
Volume 53, Number 5
Friday–Tuesday, April 11–15, 2008;
St. Louis, Missouri
Session X10: Alternative Gravity II
1:30 PM–3:06 PM,
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel),
Room: St. Louis A
Sponsoring
Unit:
GGR
Chair: David Garfinkle, Oakland University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.APR.X10.4
Abstract: X10.00004 : Quantized Gravitation of Electromagnetic Waves as a Possible Solution to the Pioneer Anomaly
2:06 PM–2:18 PM
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Abstract
Author:
Philmore Russell
(North Carolina Central University)
Analysis of radiometric data from the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes
indicate that
they are begin slowed by an anomalous constant acceleration with
an average
magnitude $a_{P} \quad \sim 8\times 10^{-8}cm/s^2$oriented with
respect to the
sun. We propose that the nature of the acceleration is due to a
curvature of
the space-time continuum caused by the suns light, which is
predicted by
G.R. We describe the acceleration as a quantized effect that
depends on the
frequency of the light and not the intensity, a kind of
photo-gravity effect
analogous to the photoelectric effect. The acceleration can be
described by
the equation:
\[
a=[h]\nu c
\]
The constant used is equal to Planck's constant and is placed in
brackets to
indicate it is dimensionless:
\[
[h]=6.626068\times 10^{-34}
\]
Although we associate the acceleration with the photons emitted
by the Sun,
we attribute the actual anomalous acceleration to gravitons
associated with
these photons. Any change in an emitted photon's energy is
accompanied by a
change in the energy of its associated graviton. We attribute the
observable
(acceleration) to the energy of the graviton. A photon's
graviton's energy
changes independently of its own, so we treat it as a separate
variable, in
the same manner that charge, spin and mass may be separate
characteristics
of the same particle.
Separating the magnitude of the acceleration from the energy of
its photon
effectively shows why the anomalous acceleration is not seen in
the planets.
The planets, through their gravity fields, attenuate the
acceleration
associated with the photons by changing their energy through
gravitational
red-shift. Photons approaching the planets experience an increase
in energy,
but a decrease in graviton energy, or acceleration. Subsequently,
planets
alter the degree of perturbation to their trajectories by the
acceleration.
As the mass of the planets are much larger than the mass of the
probes, they
are able to effectively mask the anomalous acceleration detected
in the
Pioneers.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2008.APR.X10.4