the planck vacuum (pv) is an omnipresent, polarizable, degenerate gas of negative-energy planck particles (pp) that is held together by van der waals forces. the pp is characterized by the bare charge (the true charge of the charged elementary particles), a mass equal to the planck mass, and a compton radius equal to the planck length.
about eleven years ago i derived simple expressions for the gravitational, planck, and fine structure constants (
download contants). although the derivation at that time left something to be desired, the simple elegance and connectedness of those three expressions has provided the motivation behind a search for their underlying physics and has resulted in the pv theory. the intent at the beginning of the investigations was not to discover some grand theory that unifies diverse areas of physics, although the search for the physics behind the expressions for the three constants appears to be doing just that.
the pv theory is not derived from some pre-existing theory, the quantum field theory in particular -- it is assumed to be the source of these pre-existing theories. the simple calculations in the second paper below lead to the above constants and from there to the many suggestions, assumptions, speculations, and hand-waving that necessarily characterize the pv theory at this early stage of development. it is expected, however, that the theory will eventually lead to a “sea change” in the way we view fundamental physics.
the pv theory to date is described in the following papers:
- a model for davies' universal superforce (the pv and pp are referred to in this paper as the super-particle vacuum and the superparticle respectively)
- the planck vacuum
- the source of the quantum vacuum
- the apparent lack of lorentz invariance in zero-point fields with truncated spectra
- the neutrino: evidence of a negative-energy vacuum state
- black holes and quantum gravity from a planck vacuum perspective
- a planck vacuum cosmology
- limits to the validity of the einstein field equations and general relativity from the viewpoint of the negative-energy planck vacuum state
- the planck vacuum and the schwarzschild metrics
- a heuristic model for the active galactic nucleus based on the planck vacuum theory /*
- a new paradigm: from quantum fields to the planck vacuum*/
- the radiation reaction of a point electron as a planck vacuum response phenomenon
- a massless-point-charge model for the electron
- a paradigm shift from quantum fields to the planck vacuum
- errata
the following vignettes are brief notes too short or speculative for formal publication:
- the newton and schwarzschild geodesics compared
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