Time
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Time is a Vector
The following are the differential equations for the vector Time:
(1)The Divergence of the vector Time equals one divided by c.
(2)The Curl of the vector Time equals the unit vector k divided by c.
where the unit vector k is the vector omega divided the absolute value=20
of the vector omega.
In the above equations, the value for c, the speed of light, comes from=20
the equation for the equivalence of mass and wave energy (i.e. Photon=20
energy:)
(3)one divided by c equals the square-root of (m divided by h-bar omega.)
where h-bar is the Dirac constant, and omega is the photon frequency=20
times two-pi. The vector omega defines the rotational axis for a photon=20
orbiting about a fixed point in space.
The source of equation (1) is a particle, whose source is a photon,=20
defined by equation (2). Photons are emitted by any body of mass which=20
has thermal energy. Consider a Star which emits photons: these photons=20
are snap-shots of the properties of the particles which emit them, at=20
the instant of time when they were emitted. The properties which the=20
photon has during its travel through space are constant. They do not=20
change. They are conserved. According to equation (3), those=20
properties are mass, time, frequency and energy. The frequency of the=20
photon is the rate of time at which the energy of the photon was=20
emitted. This is the color which visible photons have. Duration of=20
time is a property of the speed of light, which we know is a constant.=20
A photon is a snap-shot of history. In fact, everything you see about=20
you is history; even the image of the person sitting next to you is=20
delayed in time, and is past-time, history. When you see a Star on a=20
clear dark night what you are seeing is where that Star was millions of=20
years ago and a million light-years away.
Consider a thought experiment: light-posts are placed one-hundred feet=20
apart in all directions on a flat plane. The lights on top of these=20
posts are arranged so that they all flash 'simultaneously' (a difficult=20
thing to do.) If you were at the center of this array of lights, what=20
would you see when they flash? You would see a symmetrical ring of=20
light, with you at the center, traveling away from you at the speed of=20
light. In fact, anybody placed anywhere on that flat plane would see=20
the exact identical thing that you see: a symmetrical ring of light=20
traveling away from them at the speed of light, with them at the center=20
of the ring. What this says about light and time is that Time is a=20
local phenomena; time-zero exists only somewhere behind your eyes and=20
between your ears, and that is different for everyone. In fact, not=20
only does everybody have their own time-zero, but they have their own=20
rate of time also; this is what time dilation says. Time dilation (a=20
misnomer) is a property of time and matter-in-motion.
Getting back to equation (1), each photon has a value of time (the=20
distance it has traveled) which is constant and travels at the speed of=20
light. This is a vector. You could draw a spherically symmetric shell=20
at any distance, r, from the center of that Star, and every photon on=20
that shell would have the same value of time =96 a time which represents=20
the age and position of that Star at some time in the past.
Equation (1) says that photons are the messengers of time (time's=20
duration.) So, what is a photon? It is a constant, and it is=20
conserved. Its properties are described by the Dirac constant:
(4)h-bar equals mc-squared divided by omega.
Where omega represents the frequency of the photon's energy. The source=20
for equation (2) is the energy distribution of a photon orbiting about a=20
fixed point in space. It describes a ring of energy traveling at the=20
speed of light and circling a fixed point in space. This defines a=20
particle! It is the definition of a particle of mass, m, where that=20
stationary mass is equal to the 'mass of the photon', and the frequency=20
(or, rate of time) at which it orbits that point in space. A particle=20
of mass is fixed in space because equation (2) has no translational=20
energy. The vector omega in equation (2) defines the axis of symmetry=20
for the photon distribution about it. It follows the right-hand rule.=20
A particle of mass, m, is conserved because the photon, and the photon's=20
orbit about that fixed point, is conserved. Photons and particles are=20
quanta, with quantum number, n, defined by their energy:
(5)E is equal to nh.
Where h is the Planck Constant. The frequency of a photon, or a=20
particle, is conserved, it is an integer, n, and it is a quantum number.=20
Particles and photons are complimentary 'properties' of time; they are=20
two sides of the same coin. Particles describe the rate of time, and a=20
photon time's duration.
Equations (1) and (2) are the two most fundamental equations in physics.=20
One more equation should be presented to complete these time equations:
(6)the vector Time Cross (the Curl of the vector Time) equals minus the=20
unit vector j divided by acceleration, a
where,
(7)the acceleration, a equals c-squared divided by r,
(8)minus the unit vector j equals minus the vector r divided by the=20
absolute value of the vector r.
Equation (6) describes the acceleration on the mass distribution of a=20
photon orbiting a stationary point in space, which defines a particle as=20
given in equation (2). This acceleration should be an expected result,=20
as most students should realize. The photon is a stable quantum which=20
does no work and has no work done on it.
All of these equations should be obvious to any physics student, or=20
physicist. Yet, we have never overcome the obstacle that people think=20
of time as a scalar, or even a pseudo-scalar. However, Time has even=20
more properties than I have shown here: Time also has dimension.=20
Particles and photons exist in different dimensions of time; also, when=20
photons and particles interact, their combination, for a short period of=20
time, exists in still another dimension of time, an imaginary dimension=20
of Time. The dimensionality of the vector Time is seen when we consider=20
the physical aspects of a body in motion; that is, the rate of time=20
decreases, from it stationary state, when it is in motion with an=20
apparent speed, v. This phenomena is what we call time dilation, but=20
time is multidimensional, and the dilation of a scalar value of time=20
does not actually occur. This is why time dilation is a misnomer, a=20
body's rate of time is what changes. I will discuss this in another=20
paper, if there is enough interest in this paper.
So, what do you think?
Ron Poteet
12-30-2006