Paul Jay's Ponderings

After reading some random stuff, this is how I think relations between anything in space could be described:

(X, Y, Z), t , (Xi, Yi, Zi), ti

Thus there are the normally observable portions of space X, Y, Z, definable at time t. But then there are the "imaginary" space components Xi, Yi, Zi and the ti for an imaginary time. The "i" component of these elements is more or less the same "i" seen in math using complex numbers. If you were to square their value, you'd see a negative real number.

I almost suspect that gravity would be the resultant of an imaginary square, since it is only observable as an attractive force. There might not be any "anti-gravity", but perhaps knowing how the relation of an imaginary space component ties into a standard one might allow you to zero out gravity or produce a strong attractor. (Still the net effect of a combined zeroing the influence of a natural attractor and production of an artificial accelerating force might look like antigravity in a practical sense.) Also this might be interesting for quantum particles that blink in and out of real space - squares of imaginary stuff would blink into negative components of real space. (Not necessarily antimatter, but it might be left handed where normally such things are right handed, etc.) Gets a little too funky for me to think of in detail, but that scratches the surface at least.

Labels: boredom, math, physics, rambling, randomness

Out of curiosity, I wonder how many people would take off (even if temporarily) if they had access to cheap and affordable anti-gravity technology? Think about it, with the right pressure vessel (just has to hold one atmosphere differential, some welding skills and a big compressed air tank should do) and anti-grav heading for space would be a lot less harder. Still unless it was an hour jaunt or so (wheee!), there'd be the issue of working out life support, space suits, air locks. But hell, at least you really know that you could get away from all the B.S. if you wanted. Anti-grav technology if it existed, would also mean that c is no longer the speed limit (you'd get over that whole inertia thing.) So if you had the time to work it out, you could also leave the solar system. Find other planets, maybe one with breathable air and edible plants and/or critters. Now that could be fun, afterall it's the basis for a lot of sci-fi.

Labels: earth, excaping, gravitics, randomness, sci-fi

Let's say there's a particle that's the opposite of the neutron and it can't really annihilate a neutron because it carries no charge. (It's like slamming inert objects into each other, not much bang to it.) But it does displace space, and being the opposite it will still try to get at the neutron. But the magnetic forces/dynamics inherent in atoms push these particles out like little spinning tops.

So these little displaced things take up volume and push the atoms together. Regular charges don't affect anti-neutrons, since the opposite charge of neutral is neutral. :p You get enough of this stuff, and it probably accounts for matter that can't be accounted for. That and its displacement might have something to do with the phenomena we call gravity. (Think of it as a relational vector buoyancy between objects based upon relative displacement rather than a direct field effect force. But that's crazy, isn't it?)

But you could probably find some neat things if you could tweak magnetic fields right. I'd be willing to bet you could do some neat photo-electric things with 'em as well. You might be able to change the particle to something other than an anti-neutron or make it blind to the neutron and slip on by.

This just might be the trick to kick-starting gravitics, and anti-neutrons just might be axions. But what do I know.

Labels: anti-neutrons, boredom, gravitics, randomness