A theory of mass and gravity in 4-dimensional optics

TL;DR

This paper proposes a 4-dimensional optics framework to explain mass and gravity, deriving particle properties from wave patterns and suggesting graviton exchanges as observable phenomena affecting pendulum behavior.

Contribution

It introduces a novel formalism linking mass, gravity, and wave patterns in 4D optics, providing explanations for anomalies in pendulum experiments and proposing graviton exchanges as evidence.

Findings

Mass and gravity derived from waveguide models.

Explains pendulum anomalies via graviton exchanges.

Suggests experimental evidence for gravitons.

Abstract

The paper deals with the concepts of mass and gravity in the formalism of 4-dimensional optics, previously introduced by the author. It is shown that elementary particles can be associated with 4-dimensional standing wave patterns with the Compton wavelength and both inertial and gravitational mass are derived from this concept and shown to be attributable to an waveguide laid along the particle's worldline; the same formalism is shown to accommodate also mass due to binding energy within compact bodies. Momentum exchange with accelerated bodies through gravitons is discussed and shown similar to mode exchange in optical fibers. Reported anomalies on the behaviour of the Foucault pendulum, both periodic and exceptional on the occasion of solar eclipses, are explained not only qualitatively but also on order of magnitude, resorting to graviton exchanges between Earth and the Sun or the Moon. It is argued that these effects provide experimental evidence of gravitons.