Emergent gravity from direct-action EM in a toy universe of electrons and positrons

TL;DR

This paper proposes a toy universe model where a Newtonian gravity-like force emerges from a direct-action electromagnetic theory, linking electromagnetic coherence to gravitational effects and predicting a dark energy-like background.

Contribution

It introduces a novel direct-action electromagnetic framework that derives gravity-like forces and predicts dark energy, differing from traditional gravity theories.

Findings

Gravity-like force emerges from electromagnetic phase correlations.

Force strength is comparable to van der Waals interactions.

Model predicts a background similar to dark energy.

Abstract

We sketch the derivation of a Newtonian gravity-like force emerging from a direct-action variant of classical electromagnetism. The binding energy is a consequence of maximal phase correlation of the sources mediated by approximately monochromatic direct-action fields. The resulting force then has the character of a strong version of the van der Waals force, whose superior strength can be attributed to relatively coherent primary fields (compared with the totally incoherent effects of the ZPF). The model also predicts the existence of a background having some of the character of dark energy.