A conjecture regarding quantum fluctuation of gravitation and elementary particles as excitons in a turbulent gravitational field
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Woehler, K.E.
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1971-01-01
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Elsevier
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en_US
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Based on Wheeler's conjecture that the quantum fluctuations of the metric create a multiple connected foam-like structure of the vacuum with a structure constant of L ∗ = ( h ̵ G c 3 ) 1 2 ≈ 10 −33 cm and large virtual energy densities of the order c 4 GL ∗2 ≈ 10 115 erg/cm 3 and that elementary particles are exciton-like weak coherent perturbations in the violent vacuum physics, a model theory is constructed in which real turbulent fluctuations are superimposed on the average metric with the fluctuating metric satisfying the free space Einstein equations.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(71)90118-7
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Journal Name: Ann. Phys. (N. Y.) 64: No. 2, 631-46(1 Jun 1971).; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-71
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.