Relativistic Dialectics Relativistic Dialectics |
| Georges Metanomski Step 3, Centrifugal Model |
In one of the letters written to the Infeld group in Warsaw Einstein wrote: |
=================================================== Step 3, Centrifugal Model =================================================== STEP 3. In previous steps the observer OF ascertained the existence of field in F and, looking at F from OI's point of view considered it as acceleration field generated by rotation of F. He noticed that F's geometry was non-Euclidian and that its curvature (indicated by the ratio S/R) increased with R, thus with the tangential speed, thus with the strength of the acceleration field. These findings are essential, but much too vague to found a theory. In order to refine them we will look at F in more detail considering it as stand alone referential. We may therefore drop the indicator "F" and designate radius, circumference, unit rod, etc. as Rn, Sn, Un, ... We shall consider in F several circles Sn of radii Rn. Inside of S1 field is negligible and geometry Euclidian. Let's, as in step 1, make a straight unit rod of length U1 covering with acceptable approximation an element dS1 of S1. Let's further construct an elementary physical space body D (detector) in form of cube dX2*dX3*dX4=ds^3, where ds=dS1. By physical we mean that D is capable to react to potential forces of field and in turn to create acceleration field when accelerated. (A rotating physical body generates for instance Coriolis field, etc.) D may be used as free falling LIR (Local Inertial Referential), as a covering body of 3D space patterns, etc. Let's further consider OF free to observe F via instruments of OI, seeing F as rotating and attributing its field to acceleration, or to use his own laboratory, observing F as stationary and attributing its field to gravity. Then, let's associate F with an orthogonal coordinates system: X1: lighttime ct X2: a particular R X3: orthogonal to X2 in the plane of S1 X4: orthogonal to the plane of S1. This system will be cartesian within S1 and outside of it will become Gaussian, embracing the #space curvature generated by field. =================================================== FREE FALLING D IN CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATION FIELD. Let: t: time observed by OI. Rt: R reached by D at t. VRt: R component of free fall speed at t. St: circumference of a circle of Rt (or "circle St"). W: constant angular speed of F = 1. VSt: tangential speed at t Then: Centrifugal force K(Rt)=Vt^2/Rt=Rt*W^2 = Rt (as W=1) Thus acceleration A(Rt)=K(Rt)=Rt Consequently Rt is a simple linear function of e^t. We shall take as first approximation Rt=e^t. Then, due to f'(e^t) = e^t: Rt=VRt=ARt=e^t. VRt causes LC of D(Rt) thus dilating and bending dRt. Rt as the whole dilates by factor of integral of these dRt's from 0 to t. VSt=Rt (as W=1) resulting in LC in X3 direction. VX4t is local centrifugal effect caused by Dt /bin/bash: q: command not found rough approximation we shall assume the curvature of dRt as inverse of its LC: dRt/dRIt. Finally curvature of Rt combined with VSt generates VCt Coriolis component directed along tangential speed when D moves along R towards increasing curvature. Thus in our case VCt adds to VSt and contributes to LC(X3), in a decisive way with increasing t. Postulate of constant C requires: dX1^2 = dX2^2+dX3^2+dX4^2 Simple calculation gives: ______________________________________________ t__________11_____12______12.6____12.605_12.61 e^t_________59874_162754__296558__298045_299539 LC(X2(t))__0.9798_0.84____0.1510__0.1139_0.0554 dX2(t)_____1.0205_1.1904__6.6210__8.7738_18.046 dX3(t)_____1.0829_1.8341__86.675__152.96_650.30 dX4(t)_____1.0205_1.1904__6.6210__8.7738_18.046 dX1(t)_____1.8043_3.0878__87.180__153.02_650.80 V(X2(t))___33863___62745___22523___17089_460.29 V(X3(t))___69118__149385__298255__299800_299800 ______________________________________________ DISCUSSION: On a sphere we observe Coriolis forces oriented in the direction of rotation when the detector moves from smaller to greater curvature. Analogically, D falling free at Rt will observe Coriolis force of magnitude growing with dSt/dRt and oriented in the direction of rotation. The originally R direction of the free fall is bent towards the direction of rotation. With LC tending towards 0 D's trajectory tends towards S. At the limit D will rotate along a boundary Sb of Rb which it will never cross. This purely abstract consideration must be as usually approximated in Physics by introduction of "horizon radius" (Rh)sm(Rb) in our case t approximately greater than 12.6 . The region between Sh and Sb is undetermined and represents the physically unknown "black" matter ring. Observable phenomena stop at the "horizon radius" Rh or at the "event horizon" circle Sh. Let's note that dR (dX2) increases exponentially with t while the speed along R after having reached a maximum decreases with t. At the theoretical boundary Rb the speed along R will become 0, so that D will never cross it and will rotate at C along Sb. But, as we said, this is purely abstract and physically speaking D will touch the event horizon Sh at a very sharp angle and disappear from observable PS. Let's note that VS (V(X3(t))) increases when approaching the event horizon. We shall recall it in the next, more realistic centripetal model, trying to justify the precession of the perihelion of Mercury. In our example when we reach the event horizon, for approximately t=12.6, the numerically most sensitive V(X3(t)) becomes close to C, but it's exact value is covered by round off error. The present centrifugal model is not most pertinent from the cosmological point of view, but is very much easier for initial, intuitive considerations. That's why Einstein used it as entry into GR. In the next step we shall consider the more pertinent but more difficult centripetal model. Before moving into it let's discuss and clarify as much as possible the present, centrifugal step. =================================================== EXERCISE AND COMMENTS =================================================== EXERCISE Let's repeat the reasoning of STEP 3 supposing that F is stationary and the "black matter" ring between the Horizon Radius and the Boundary Radius is rotating. Kind of rotating hollow body, doughnut or torus. Have fun. =================================================== COMMENTS Calculations of STEP 3 are not precise and have only indicative value guiding qualitative intuition. As such they seem correct. They indicate correctly that some U increases with V and does it more strongly with increasing W, without precising the rate of increase of U. The qualitative statements that for the free falling LIR, R and S tend to infinity, S much faster than R and Time slows down to zero appear to be correct. The whole train of thought can only give a rough qualitative indication, indispensable for further mathematical refinement, but not precise as such. The main reason is that we were taking 1)LC(Rt), deducing from it the rotational 2)LC(St), the Coriolis 3)LC(St) and 4)LC(X4). Now, that's not exact: 1) cannot be taken separately, because it's affected recursively by its effects 2,3,4. And, we should not forget, affected also by LC(X1), the lighttime dimension. To cut short a long story, we would have to have some construct Lambda expressing all mutual actions of all 4 dimensions on one another i.e. having 16 dimensions reduced by symmetry to 10, corresponding to the continuum in which GR's curved 4D #space is embedded. Lambda presupposes a metric. Now, to the best of our knowledge nobody determined a metric for centrifugal model, not because it's more difficult than the centripetal, but because it has been considered less interesting from the cosmological point of view. Such metric (eg. Schwarzschild's) exists for centripetal models. We shall discuss it in the next chapter. Now, centrifugal model is a map of the centripetal, so, if somebody has time to burn, he may try, as second exercise, to transform Schwarzschild's metric to the centrifugal case. =================================================== |
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