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View SchemaGravitation, the 'Dark Matter' Effect and the Fine Structure Constant
| Authors | Reginald T. Cahill |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0401047 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0401047 |
| Journal | Apeiron 12 (2005) 144-177 |
Abstract
Gravitational anomalies such as the mine/borehole g anomaly, the near-flatness of the spiral galaxy rotation-velocity curves, currently interpreted as a `dark matter' effect, the absence of that effect in ordinary elliptical galaxies, and the ongoing problems in accurately determining Newton's gravitational constant G_N are explained by a generalisation of the Newtonian theory of gravity to a fluid-flow formalism with one new dimensionless constant. By analysing the borehole data this constant is shown to be the fine structure constant alpha=1/137. The spiral galaxy `dark matter' effect and the globular cluster `black hole' masses are then correctly predicted. This formalism also explains the cause of the long-standing uncertainties in G_N and leads to the introduction of a fundamental gravitational constant G not = G_N with value G=(6.6526 +/- 0.013)x 10^-11 m^3s^{-2}kg^{-1}. The occurrence of alpha implies that space has a quantum structure, and we have the first evidence of quantum gravity effects.
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"title": "Gravitation, the \u0027Dark Matter\u0027 Effect and the Fine Structure Constant",
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