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- Title
Exploring the inflation and gravity of the universe with Eyring's rate process theory and free volume concepts.
- Authors
Tian Hao; Yuanze Xu; Ting Hao
- Abstract
In the light of many mysterious and contradictory claims and explanations on our universe, an alternative new theory focusing on free space and associated energy is proposed to explore the inflation and gravity, on the basis of the very successful free volume theory applicable to wide length scales from electrons to small molecules, macromolecules, colloidal particles and even granules. Hypothetical particles dubbed "freevons" of very high frequency and energy are proposed to fill up the free volume available in any system from microscopic atomic world to the macroscopic universe. The Eyring's rate process theory that is originated from quantum mechanics and has a wide applicability to many chemical and physical processes is assumed to govern the behavior of freevons. It turns out that for keeping the universe to expand in an accelerated manner, the freevons must form the paired structures, very similar to electrons paired in superconductivity state and helium-3 atoms paired in a superfluidity state. Our theory predicts that there should be a temperature induced phase transition at about 5K and the Hubble's constant should dramatically increase at this critical point, implying that the universe will inflate even further rapidly. The universe is therefore viewed as particles, stars, and galaxies, dispersed in a superfluidity freevon sea and the gravity would be induced from the force density, usually defined as a negative gradient of pressure in fluid mechanics. The Newton's gravity equation is thus easily obtained under these assumptions, and similarly the Coulomb's Law can also be obtained using the same approach. In this superfluidity freevon framework, the volumes rather than the masses of particles are found to be important in determining the gravitational forces. The inflation driving force comes from the activity or concentration gradient of freevons formed possibly at the beginning of the big bang. Our approach may bridge various theories in astrophysics fields.
- Subjects
GRAVITY; SPACE exploration; RATE processes; FREE-space optical technology; PARTICLES (Nuclear physics)
- Publication
Physics Essays, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0836-1398
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4006/0836-1398-31.2.177