Conflict between the Gravitational Field Energy and the Experiments

TL;DR

This paper argues that gravitational field energy conflicts with experimental evidence and the equivalence principle, suggesting matter varies with position and that energy exchange with the field is not supported by current tests.

Contribution

It introduces a general principle that matter's properties change with position in a gravitational field, challenging the conventional notion of gravitational energy exchange.

Findings

Matter varies with position relative to gravitational bodies.

Transformations based on Lorenz and G relate measurements in different potentials.

G tests do not support energy exchange between field and bodies.

Abstract

From the equivalence principle and true gravitational (G) time dilation experiments it is concluded that ``matter is not invariable after a change of relative position with respect to other bodies''. As a general principle (GP), such variations cannot be locally detected because the basic parameters of all of the 'well-defined parts' of the instruments change, lineally, in the same proportion with respect to their original values''. Only observers that don't change of position can detect them. Thus, to relate quantities measured by observers in different G potentials they must be previously transformed after Lorenz and G transformations derived from experiments. They are account for all of the ``G tests''. However ``they are not consistent with the presumed energy exchange between the field and the bodies''. The lack of energy of the G field is justified from the GP, according to which particles models made up of photons in stationary state obey same inertial and G laws as particle. Such model has been previously tested with relativistic quantum-mechanics and all of the G tests. PACS: 04.80.cc, 04.20.Cv, 04.80.-y, 98.80.Cq