The Merging of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

The merging of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity has been a challenge for physicists for many years. Both theories are highly successful in their respective domains, but they seem to be incompatible when it comes to explaining the nature of the universe at its most fundamental level. Quantum Mechanics deals with the behavior of subatomic particles and their interactions with each other, while Relativity describes the behavior of large objects and the structure of space-time.

One of the major obstacles in merging these two theories is the concept of space-time. According to Einstein's theory of General Relativity, space and time are intertwined and affected by mass and energy. This concept is not compatible with the idea of quantum mechanics, where space is believed to be filled with virtual particles and energy fluctuations. Moreover, Quantum Mechanics suggests that there is no preferred reference frame for the speed of light, while Relativity posits that the speed of light is constant for the observer in all inertial frames. The merging of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity is a challenging problem for physicists, but recent efforts have led to a modified theory of Relativity that incorporates some elements of Quantum Mechanics. This new theory posits that empty space is not really empty but is filled with a physical medium that affects the behavior of particles and light.

The Higgs field is a fundamental component of the standard model of particle physics and is believed to give rise to the mass of subatomic particles. According to the modified theory of

Relativity, the Higgs field also affects the rate of time. The greater the resistance from the Higgs field, the slower the rate of acceleration of an equal mass by an equal force, and consequently, the slower the rate of time. Therefore, the Higgs field gives rise to inertial mass and the rate of time, which are inversely related to each other.

This modified theory of Relativity also suggests that there is a preferred reference frame for the speed of light, which is empty space itself. This means that the speed of light is not constant relative to the observer in all inertial frames but is constant only in empty space. Moreover, this new theory posits that there is an ether, which is a physical medium that fills empty space and affects the behavior of light.

The modified theory of Relativity has some interesting implications for our understanding of the nature of the universe. It suggests that space is not really empty but is filled with a physical medium that affects the behavior of particles and light.

Now for a further elucidation.

QM Attributes

• Empty space gives rise to virtual particles.

• Empty space gives rise to the vacuum energy.

• Empty space gives rise to Inertial mass (Higgs Field)

• Empty Space is something rather than nothing (physical attributes).

Relativity Attributes

• Empty space is space-time, affected by mass and energy.

• There is no ether (the preferred frame for the speed of light)

• Empty space is space-time (a mathematical concept).

At this time, the author intends to show that assuming the concept of the ether (the referred frame for the speed of light, instead of the observer) can be incorporated into Relativity, then QM and Relativity can be merged into one overall single unified theory.

See below for very simplified but incomplete explanation.

• The Higgs field gives rise to inertial mass (rate of acceleration of matter = (F= ma))

• The greater the resistance from the Higgs field, then the slower the rate of acceleration of an equal mass by an equal force.

• Time is motion for without motion there is no time. For example, with respect to movies when time is portrayed to stop, all motion stops.

• Therefore, the Higgs Field gives rise to Inertial mass and the “the rate of time “(rate of motion).

As a simplified, but not entirely correct analogy.

• Assume water is the ether. If one accelerates an object within the water, it will then obtain a given velocity.

• Now instead presume molasses is the ether. If one accelerates the same object with an equal force, within the molasses, then it will obtain a lesser velocity.

• Observe, all motion slows down in the molasses, so “the rate of time” slows down within the molasses, including the observer’s time frame, which then effects the observer’s rate of thinking. (Thinking involves atomic/chemical motion within the brain.)

• So, the Higgs field gives rise to inertial mass and “the rate of time”. This is why as inertial mass increases, then the rate of time decreases, because they are both a function of the Higgs field. They are inversely related to one another, again both as a function of the Higgs Field.

• There are two definitions of distance (1) distance as measured by a physical ruler (constant) and (2) distance as a function of time/motion (D = r x t = variable).

• The observer on Earth possesses a given time frame and incorporates the constant (physical ruler measurement) into the equation (D= r x t). Remember: r and t are a function of “the rate of time”.

• Alternatively, an observer on the surface of Jupiter would possess a slower “rate of time” (greater gravitational field) and would then incorporate the constant (physical ruler measurement) into the equation D = r x t.

• D would be different between these two frames, since t would be different.

• Consequently, velocity would differ between these two frames (V = d/t) (c = d/t).

• Mankind’s only actual experimental reference frame for measuring the speed of light is from the fame of the Earth’s surface (a specific time frame; we are confined/trapped in this frame).

Other than from the reference of Earth’s surface time frame, all other assumption that the speed is c relative to the observer are mathematical based on the equations of relativity, moreover, not based on experimental observed evidence. Essentially, we assume c is always relative to the observer, because we have never experimentally measured the speed of light other than from the time frame of the Earth’s surface. However, If the observer could measure the speed of light from a different time frame, then the velocity on light would be dissimilar between those two frames, but most importantly there is now an ether.

The above is a very rudimentary incomplete explanation of this new concept only presented to pique your interest.

For a thorough explanation, this modified relativity theory can be accessed at the website theethebyramsey.com (see chapters 1 and 4). At that site, the author will show in more complete detail, how the Higgs field of QM gives rise to inertial mass and the “rate of time” including the observers “rate of time.” Furthermore, how the observers “rate of time” in conjunction with two constants (1) physical ruler measurement and (2) the movement of light with no time frame, then gives rise to empty space as being the preferred frame for the speed of light, rather than from the frame of the observer. In other words. there truly exists the classic definition of an ether as one component as to what most of us would consider empty space. If so, QM and relativity are intertwined and are then apart of one overall unified theory.