The Planck numbers and the essence of gravitation: phenomenology
Serge F. Timashev

TL;DR
This paper proposes a phenomenological model where gravity arises from overlapping Casimir polarization domains of the electromagnetic vacuum around atomic nuclei, linking it to the universe's large-scale structure and Mach's principle.
Contribution
It introduces a novel vacuum-based explanation of gravity, extending Newton's law to systems with shifted centers of mass, and relates gravitational strength to the size of vacuum polarization domains.
Findings
Gravity results from overlapping EM vacuum polarization domains.
The smallness of gravity is due to the ratio of polarization domain size to the Hubble radius.
Generalization of Newton's law for systems with shifted centers of mass.
Abstract
We introduce phenomenological understanding of the electromagnetic component of the physical vacuum, the EM vacuum, as a basic medium for all masses of the expanding Universe, and "Casimir polarization" of this medium arising in the vicinity of any material object in the Universe as a result of conjugation of the electric field components of the EM vacuum on both sides ("external" and "internal") of atomic nucleus boundary of the each mass with vacuum. It is shown that the gravitational attraction of two material objects in accordance with Newton's law of gravity arises as a result of overlapping of the domains of the EM vacuum Casimir polarization created by atomic nuclei of the objects, taking into account the long-range gravitational influence of all masses of the Universe on each nucleus of these objects (Mach's idea). Newton's law of gravitational attraction between two bodies is…
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Taxonomy
TopicsQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect · Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques · Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
