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SELECTED PHYSICS PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS by Thomas E Chamberlain

American Physical Society 2024 April Meeting, 2024

Einstein’s “universal constant” speed of light has been the keystone in derivations of the Lorent... more Einstein’s “universal constant” speed of light has been the keystone in derivations of the Lorentz transformation up to the present time. This assumed universal constant is discretionary within the empirical/time-averaged unequal two-way speeds of light. Einstein’s (assumed) universal constant may accordingly be replaced by the (empirical) two-way universal constant. (i.e., c becomes c+ and c- in all moving IRFs). Here the Lorentz transformation is operationally derived given (unequal) two-way light-speeds in the moving frame. The two-way transformation exhibits space-time details in the moving frame that are absent in the overarching one-way transformation. Time continuity during the (operational) derivation is one such detail, where any one-way transformation sets-aside (e.g., atomic clock) tracking or following how the moving IRF state is achieved, whereas the procedure is explicit in the two-way light-speeds transformation. Einstein’s same-motion transformation plays a key role in the (novel) derivation. This mathematical development within the IRF system reveals extreme photonic behavior—in particular, the development admits or allows assumed near-infinite incoming light-speed—that helps, together with the Hubble expansion, to explain ongoing challenges—e.g., the dark sector.

The historic, unexpected discovery of cosmic acceleration--similar, in its potential effect on sp... more The historic, unexpected discovery of cosmic acceleration--similar, in its potential effect on space-time theory, to the null result of the Michelson-Morley ether-drift experiment--may promote a revolutionary 21 st century extension of relativity theory. Here, much as Einstein's stipulated isotropic light-speed in any given inertial frame emerged, in part, from the MM-experiment, now the (also stipulated) inward near-infinite light-speed to every space-time point emerges from discovered cosmic acceleration. This extreme anisotropic light-speed condition--functionally/ mathematically/predictively equivalent to Einstein's c=constant in his original/non-expanding inertial frame--gives outward-increasing time dilation in the Hubble expansion which, within a suitably revised Lorentz transformation, yields a relativistic cosmic acceleration in agreement with the type-Ia supernovae observational data in the local universe. Advanced telescopic observations of spiral galaxy rotation flattening in the cosmic acceleration crossover epoch could-by way of a new (crossover) "Tully-Fisher like" relation-falsify the inverse-radius "subfield" gravity, and thereby falsify the inward (near) infinite light-speed stipulation. (To access, Google "Broaden relativity theory to reduce tensions" or insert https://youtu.be/rgB66B1fFws in the https window.)

Anisotropic light-speed has been implicit in Einstein’s special relativity since his origina... more Anisotropic light-speed has been implicit in Einstein’s special relativity since his original 1905 article, but the condition was not recognized and developed by Einstein in his career, or by the physics community up to our present time, due to the believed absence of empirical significance—

“The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as
possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.”
(Albert Einstein, ‘On the Method of Theoretical Physics’, Oxford lecture given, 10 June 1933.)

Now, however, support for anisotropic light-speed in relativity physics (and other subjects, e.g., quantum mechanics) has been provided by the discovery of cosmic acceleration in the late 1990s. This totally unexpected empirical discovery has resulted in a change at the foundation of special relativity…the replacement of Einstein’s isotropic “c=constant” light-speed by more fundamental inward near-infinite light-speed to each space-time point—a change with empirical significance within Hubble space expansion.

The charts to follow give the theoretical developments in their order of presentation at conferences. Derivation of wide binary and spiral galaxy rotation flattening (2017/Rev. 2020) is accordingly the first chart with the more consequential derivation of cosmic acceleration (2019/Rev. 2020) placed second. Placed third is the initial development in quantum mechanics: “Near Instantaneous Forward Transfer of Momentum-Energy Along Lookback Time” (2021). We then return to classical theory with two charts on the Round-Trip Axiom in the Hubble flow (2021), the first giving a schematic on the subject and the second providing a mathematical modeling (to leading order).

Observed type Ia supernova luminosities [3,4] have revealed accelerating Hubble expansion thereby... more Observed type Ia supernova luminosities [3,4] have revealed accelerating Hubble expansion thereby indicating an unknown energy fluid fills space or, alternatively, that the excellence of general relativity on the solar scale is not matched on the cosmic scale. The latter alternative could mean that a deeper understanding of space-time physics is appropriate for resolving "dark energy" and related problems (e.g., tension in the Hubble parameter measurements [13]). The cosmological constant in general relativity has been recalled as possibly germane to cosmic acceleration [5]. However, a satisfactory relativistic explanation of this parameter has not been given. Here it is shown, in accordance with the Lorentz transformation, that postulated inward-infinite light-speed from any point along the lookback path-each photon on the path designated/named Lorentz photon, substituting for the isotropic Einstein photon along the epochal path-yields an outward-increasing cosmic time dilation which, when "rotated" into epochal space and inserted into the Lorentz transformation, gives a linearly increasing cosmic acceleration consistent with Hubble's law. This leading order result-in agreement with supernova type Ia magnitude data in the local universe (z ≲ 0.3)-adds to previous knowledge by giving relativistic formulations for cosmic acceleration and the corresponding cosmological constant. A closely related investigation [14] based on empirically significant lookback time continues on "too fast" cosmic-structure dynamics (e.g., of wide binary stars [15], spiral galaxies [16], and galaxy clusters [17]).

APS Far West Annual Conference, 2019

98th Annual AAAS-PD Meeting, 2017

Spectrographic observations of spiral galaxies since the 1960s have exhibited far field gravitati... more Spectrographic observations of spiral galaxies since the 1960s have exhibited far field gravitation declining inversely with radius, contrary to inverse-radius squared gravitation of Newtonian theory and general relativity. Vera Rubin, in her highly important discovery of galaxy rotation flattening, hypothesized the existence of undetected matter in necessarily prodigious amounts to comply with standard gravitational modeling. This “dark matter” eventually became integrated with the later discovered “dark energy” to form the successful LambdaCDM cosmological model with general relativity and Einstein’s cosmological constant (Lambda) at its core. The model is, however, increasingly challenged on empirical grounds—e.g., Hubble Tension—and from the theoretical side—e.g., the 2019 derivation of cosmic acceleration. Here we derive a novel time-dilation field associated with large scale baryonic entities (stars, galaxies, etc.) which, when plugged into the Einstein equations via the Minkowski metric and solved, gives a Hubble emergent, inverse-radius gravitation that agrees with “rotation flattening” around stars and spiral galaxies. This result greatly reduces—if not eliminates—the need for dark matter haloes around stars and galaxies, with a similar prospect for galaxy clusters. Additionally, because of agreement with observation, new credence is given to one-way infinite light-speed inward to each particle in direct comparison against Einstein’s isotropic (c=constant) light-speed. More generally, the new solution to the Einstein equations may influence our understanding of early-universe evolution, inasmuch as general relativity resides, as noted, at the core of the LambdaCDM model. This, in turn, could contribute to resolving the growing Hubble tension. It is anticipated that singularly anisotropic light-speed will help solve Einstein’s non-local influence problem in quantum mechanics by way of backward cause and effect via wave function collapse.

AAAS/Pacific Divison, 2015

"… any two clocks of [accelerated system] Σ are synchronous with respect to [nonaccelerated refer... more "… any two clocks of [accelerated system] Σ are synchronous with respect to [nonaccelerated reference system] S at the time t = 0, and undergo the same motion, they remain continuously synchronous with respect to S. On the other hand, we must not consider the [same-motion] local time σ as simply the "time" of Σ , because, in fact, two [clocks] at two different points of Σ are not [synchronous] in the sense of [special relativity] when their local times σ are equal to each other." Quotations in reversed order. (Albert Einstein, Principle of Relativity and Gravitation, 1907, p. 900) ABSTRACT While it is certainly true that Einstein's special and general theories of relativity are insightful and useful models of physical reality, they are interim theories destined to be contained within a deeper understanding. An examination of Einstein's 1907 essay Principle of Relativity and Gravitation reveals "same motion" acceleration within his "nonaccelerated reference system S " as the basis for an alternative transformation as foil or counterpoint to the standard Lorentz transformation. Using this alternative transformation − closely related to the recently substantiated optically-anisotropic Selleri gauge (Rizzi et al., 2008) − Einstein's progressive time-shift due to linear, first-order acceleration is re-derived at the deeper anisotropic level, thereby further validating the Selleri gauge. This same-motion transformation is again employed within Einstein's reference system S − but now in a two-phase procedure − to establish Selleri's optical anisotropy as a fundamental condition of space-time. Indeterminate space-time of relativistic-classical physics is also established in a similar (two-phase) procedure, by showing Schrödinger's cat to be (briefly) both alive and dead in the determination and conclusion of a removed observer. The traditional postulates-i.e., relativity principle and isotropic light-speed-are accordingly revised. These advances define a new neoclassical paradigm midway between the relativistic-classical and quantum-mechanical paradigms, and recommend singularly unbounded (i.e., one-way infinite) light-speed as the empirically-promoted basis for resolving the Bell-EPR impasse and ending the divide between classical physics and quantum theory.. ________________________________ * Independent Researcher. Los Angeles, CA. Rev 3; January 14, 2016. (Rev 1 clarified the Schrödinger cat alive-and-dead discussion in Section 6.2; no changes in the mathematical development. Rev 2 changed the title and edited the Abstract and Conclusion. Rev 3 corrects a Section 3.2 misstatement (page 9)). thomas.e.chamberlain@gmail.com \ www.chamberlain-west.com

AAAS-PD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2015

Presentation Charts for FUNDAMENTALLY ANISOTROPIC LIGHT-VELOCITY AT THE FOUNDATION OF CLASSICAL... more Presentation Charts for FUNDAMENTALLY ANISOTROPIC LIGHT-VELOCITY AT THE FOUNDATION OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS Given at the Annual AAAS-PD Conference (June 2015) in San FranciscoProbably the most recognized principle at the foundation of Einstein’s special relativity (1905) is isotropic light-speed—i.e., c=constant, irrespective of relative velocity between observer and the experimental apparatus (e.g., the Michelson-Morley setup). But is light-speed truly isotropic...and here we may keep in mind that Einstein himself allowed that the principle was a stipulation, rather than fundamental. (Einstein referred to the subject several times, beginning with his 1905 paper. A good overview is given by Selleri in “Recovering the Lorentz ether” (2004): “2. Conventional simultaneity”.) In fact, the c=constant “principle” is a special case—where the reader is referred to Rizzi et al. (2008) for an exhaustive treatise on the matter—a special case that greatly simplifies the mathematics (of the Maxwell equations, for example...see Rizzi et al. Appendix A,2) while encompassing space-time physics at the time, as did general relativity ten years later. Anisotropic light-speed by itself does not provide measureable empirical traction. But when we recognize singular anisotropic light-speed in conjunction with the Hubble expansion such traction does emerge. This is the subject of the next technical presentation at the AAAS-PD San Diego conference in 2016. Our interest now turns to the charts shown at the 2015 conference in San Francisco, which charts, as a primary intent, demonstrated the multi-state character of physical reality within the classical perspective (which I understand to include special and general relativity). Chart #4 (Schrodinger’s Cat---Dead and Alive) may be considered the core of the talk, with the two preceding charts addressing relevant coordinate transformations. This condition in classical theory follows from Einstein’s dual synchronization methods: a) synchronization via light-pulses (1905); and b) synchronization via same-motion acceleration (1907). At the end of synchronization ‘b’, repeat of synchronization ‘a’ immediately exhibits the multi-state character (two states in his case). While the relativistic theory presented below is not new in its empirical attributes—in other words, there are no new predictions or explanations—its (relativistic) extension for modeling galactic-rotation 96th Annual AAAS-PD Meeting 14-17 June 2015 San Francisco, California flattening by accounting for anisotropic light-velocity within the Hubble flow (presented at the 2016 AAAS-PD conference (San Diego)) is significant in that it resolves Newtonian/GRT predictive breakdown without recourse to dark matter.

SELECTED ECONOMICS PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS by Thomas E Chamberlain

Nature, 2020

After spending two decades drilling down on economic theory, I can testify that the field lags badly behind the development of hard science and engineering. Our universities must bring into the present the essential considerations of economics that were formed in the mid- to late-nineteenth century — when economic behaviour was explained in terms of the ‘marginal revolution’ (W. Jaffé Hist. Polit. Econ. 4, 379–405; 1972). To do so, they need to incorporate the important advances made since then in basic temporal and expectational economics.

Mathematical economics is not a sufficient condition for meeting the next decade’s challenges — but it is certainly a necessary one.

Nature 580, 590 (2020)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01269-w

... With this unification, several advances derived of applied mathematical economics on the Goss... more ... With this unification, several advances derived of applied mathematical economics on the Gossenian side???such as periodic micro/macro-economic function based on nested-characteristic-times, the risk-versus-marginal productivity relation, completion of the Walrasian input ...

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

One of the hallmarks of a distressed economy is the spread between the nation's government b... more One of the hallmarks of a distressed economy is the spread between the nation's government bond yield and the yield of comparable U.S. Treasuries It is understood that this spread can be symptomatic of an important level of economic distress in the developing nations. Many believe that this condition will be corrected (and prosperity achieved) by the prescription of privatization,

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

American Physical Society 2024 April Meeting, 2024

APS Far West Annual Conference, 2019

98th Annual AAAS-PD Meeting, 2017

AAAS/Pacific Divison, 2015

AAAS-PD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2015

Nature, 2020

Mathematical economics is not a sufficient condition for meeting the next decade’s challenges — but it is certainly a necessary one.

Nature 580, 590 (2020)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01269-w

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2000

A prominent neuroscientist A. Damasio has observed that “More may have been learned about the bra... more A prominent neuroscientist A. Damasio has observed that “More may have been learned about the brain and the mind in the 1990s... than during the entire previous history of psychology and neuroscience” (1999). This progress, which should continue at an exponentially increasing pace as we move into the 21st century, sets the stage for another revolution-in the scientific formulation of intentional behavior. Just as applied sciences such as fluid mechanics and solid-state electronics benefited from breakthroughs in physics, so it may be expected that social psychology and economics, for example, will similarly benefit from our expanding knowledge of psychosomatic and psychological function. Economics, however, with its basic concepts dating from the nineteenth century, must endure an extensive renewal. Toward this end, a new mathematical theory of behavior was formulated in the early 1990s based on the contributions of prominent psychologists and economists over the past two centuries. Presentation of the new approach at international conferences continued in 2000 with attention moving beyond the fundamentals into macroeconomic concerns including business cycles, productivity, and unemployment

: The lift on slender bodies at high angle of attack is strongly influenced by the separation of ... more : The lift on slender bodies at high angle of attack is strongly influenced by the separation of a pair of vortices from the lee side. An analytical model of the vortex separation was developed which predicts the vortex development and the consequent nonlinear lift distribution on bodies of elliptic cross section and very general longitudinal contour. The report describes comparisons of the theory with subsonic wind tunnel tests on families of body shapes. Nose contours included pointed ogives, blunt ogives, and hemispheres. Body fineness ratios from 4 to 15 were tested and cross sections from circular to 3.5:1 ellipses. In addition the elliptic bodies were tested with major axes in and normal to the pitch plane. All cases were run with and without boundary layer trips at angle of attack up to 28 degrees. Vortex trajectories, obtained from the behavior of tuft grids, were in general agreement with theory. Normal force and pitching moment predictions also agreed with experiment until...

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1965

Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Apr 17, 2018

Social Science Research Network, 2003

65th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Apr 12, 2008

ERSA conference papers, 1999

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2000

Nature, Apr 28, 2020

Hetan Shah rightly argues that social insight is needed to help meet the challenges of the next d... more Hetan Shah rightly argues that social insight is needed to help meet the challenges of the next decade (Nature 577, 295; 2020). The important question is whether social science — and economics, in particular, as the queen of the social sciences — is up to the task of informing government policy. After spending two decades drilling down on economic theory, I can testify that the field lags badly behind the development of hard science and engineering. Our universities must bring into the present the essential considerations of economics that were formed in the mid- to late-nineteenth century — when economic behaviour was explained in terms of the ‘marginal revolution’ (W. Jaffé Hist. Polit. Econ. 4, 379–405; 1972). To do so, they need to incorporate the important advances made since then in basic temporal and expectational economics. Mathematical economics is not a sufficient condition for meeting the next decade’s challenges — but it is certainly a necessary one.

Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Oct 19, 2018

Social Science Research Network, 2005

The significant difference in saving rates between the United States (near-zero) and the developi... more The significant difference in saving rates between the United States (near-zero) and the developing nations (exceeding 30%) is a contributing explanation for the record U.S. current-account deficit, now almost 700 billion USD per year. Analytic support for this conclusion is provided herein by application of the instant-utility methodology - an approach to the social sciences originating with Herman Gossen (1854) and developed by numerous researchers over the past 150 years. In this methodology neoclassical economics is taken one step deeper, where utility (satisfaction) is identified exclusively with human mental and physical activity, in the basic or essential formulation, rather than directly and improperly with the commodities we consume. As an extension of the 2003/4 paper demonstrating that uneven expected-risk contributes to global poverty, the present model shows that uneven risk in addition effects or promotes excessive saving. A potentially serious consequence, in our increasingly interactive and integrated world-economy, is the extraordinary net foreign borrowing of saving-deficient United States from the developing countries. This emerging danger to the economic health of the United States, and the global community, is closely associated with the continuing and deepening poverty of major parts of the world. The essential or underlying cause of this threat to economic well-being generally is uneven discretionary power - a direct, attending consequence of the profound divide between the advantaged and disadvantaged. The result is a greater expected risk in the investment planning of the disadvantaged (individuals and nations), and a tendency, or natural disposition, to withhold investment (in education, skills, and business) - and a simultaneous tendency to produce and acquire (commodity and monetary) assets as protection against potentially severe hardship. These analytic results reinforce the earlier conclusion (2003/4) that continuing resource-transfers and new institutional/policy-initiatives are necessary, within nations and between nations, to defeat and reverse the natural tendency of markets (in their free and open idealization) to increase inequality and poverty. Here we may agree that an adequate resolution of these connected problems - world-wide poverty and international-trade imbalance - must take account of their basic or essential causes.

Social Science Research Network, 2006

Social Science Research Network, 2007

It is clearly necessary that economic instability - the natural tendency of capital-intensity (e.... more It is clearly necessary that economic instability - the natural tendency of capital-intensity (e.g., commercial knowledge, business/manufacturing skills, and material assets) to become increasingly uneven in free and open markets - along with the resulting poverty must be defeated if permanent solutions to the global dangers of environmental degradation, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, etc., are to be achieved. And it is not reasonable that this overarching Economic Problem can be defeated without understanding its etiology or causes. Very recent advances in our understanding of economic behavior identify uneven discretionary power in the market as a prominent cause of inequality and poverty, and recommend two corrective governance measures: (1) Damping or smoothing of economic/financial transfers across international borders (of developing countries, in particular) thereby promoting investment confidence at all levels; and (2) Institution or creation of capital-redistribution (recapitalization) programs to reverse the natural tendency of markets to discourage self-investment by the poor (in education, skills, etc.). These measures are already employed with important success in Latin America. It is, however, not practical (e.g., it is not economically efficient) to completely rely on increasing the capital intensity of the poor to approach equality and defeat poverty, because many jobs - all contributing to the common good - do not require special or advanced education and training. A workable alternative is to combine recapitalization with the minimum wage, thereby achieving both economic stability and poverty elimination. In this paper Nozick's Minimal State is first critiqued, concluding that essential governmental functions must include economic stabilization (arrest/reversal of poverty). Then, after discussing how universal well-being could be achieved at least in principle through the education/training of everyone to a high or extraordinary level, the socio-economic system of Market + Discretionary-Power Principle of Justice + Minimum Wage is promoted as an approach to the good society. We have, in fact, crossed the threshold into a new age of domestic and international cooperation for the common good, an historic transition driven by: (1) The shared nuclear danger that serves to defeat mistrust and promote confidence; and (2) Deeper understanding of economic function and behavior. The old hegemonic competitions and interventions should now be obsolete, as we rapidly progress towards global harmony and well-being.

Social Science Research Network, 2005

Justice and well-being are of course necessary conditions for a peaceful world order, and we move... more Justice and well-being are of course necessary conditions for a peaceful world order, and we move closer to this goal as our understanding of social and economic behavior becomes more complete. Here it is certainly true that our knowledge of capital-function in mainstream economics is incomplete. For example - exactly how labor and capital work together, in our planning and decisions, to produce consumables and new capital is not substantively understood in our universities and governments, nor is it understood, not coincidentally, how the (marginal) efficiency or usefulness or productive-power of both labor and capital may increase, or contract, depending on the level of expected investment-risk in our economic planning. This incomplete knowledge is coupled to the need to deepen standard economics to its neuropsychological foundation.... Since neoclassical economics and capital-function reside at the heart of capitalism, it follows that this system of high-productivity is not yet comprehensive - a shortcoming that should be considered important, inasmuch as incomplete understanding of any complicated system eventually and inevitably produces unsatisfactory, and often tragic, consequences. As an example, in our global economic system free trade and open markets as policy goals or idealizations may be faulted for increasing expected risk in the economic planning of disadvantaged citizens, thereby tending to discourage their investment in education, skills, and business.... Two main themes along this line are addressed: First, that our understanding of economics, and the capitalist ideology, may be rendered "paradigmatically complete" by reaching down to the neuropsychological foundation; and second, that this deeper understanding will help solve the Economic Problem (poverty), and thereby clear the way for defeating the great dangers of our modern world. Principal attention is also given to our "post cold-war" detant or ease-of-tensions, and the unprecedented opportunity for important and continuing progress that it presents.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Aug 1, 2000

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Aug 1, 1999

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Aug 1, 1998

Social Science Research Network, 2009

Social Science Research Network, Jan 22, 2012

Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 1974