A new Unified Electro-Gravity (UEG) Theory attempts to unify all known fundamental forces and phenomena of nature. The new UEG theory introduces a general theoretical paradigm, unifying electrical, gravitational as well as mechanical principles, which can self-consistently model all elementary particles, as well as explain currently mysterious astrophysical, cosmological and quantum-mechanical phenomena.
Nirod K. Das, Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, is conducting research on the unified theory, reporting major findings. Prof. Das refers to his new theory as the Unified Electro-Gravity (UEG) Theory, which would fundamentally combine the Gauss’ law of electricity, Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism, Newton’s laws of gravity and mechanics, and Einstein’s principle of special relativity. The generality and validity of the theory are evident from successful application of the theory to a diverse set of fundamental problems, covering elementary particles in the small scale, as well s stellar, galactic and cosmological models in the large scale.
The complete theoretical details of the research is available in: “A Unified Electro-Gravity (UEG) Theory of Nature,” by Nirod K. Das, Copyright December 2018, ISBN: 978-1-7340630-1-1
For introductory reading, a thorough scientific review of all specific research covered in the above research book, in the context of historical developments and current state of knowledge in modern physics, is provided in the write-up: “New Perspectives in Gravitational Physics and Electrodynamics, Toward a Unified Electro-Gravity (UEG) Theory of Nature.”
Related Journal/Magazine Publications:
N. Das, “A New Unified Electro-Gravity Theory for the Electron, and the Fundamental Origin of the Fine Structure Constant and the Casimir Effect,” Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol.7, No.1, pp.66-87, January 2021. https://doi.org/10.4236/jhepgc.2021.71003
N. Das, “Introducing Maxwell’s Equations as Derived from Simple Relativity Transformation Principles,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, accepted for publication July 2020, published December 2021 (Vol.63, No.6, pp.122-136), https://doi.org/10.1109/MAP.2021.3115755 NDasIEEEAPMagazineJuly2020.pdf
Recent Conference Presentations:
N. Das, “A Unified Electro-Gravity Theory to Model Flat Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies without Dark Matter,’’ paper # 444.07, 235 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Honolulu, January 1-8, 2020. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS…23544407D/abstract Presentation Slides
N. Das, “A Unified Electro-Gravity Theory of a Spinning Electron, and the Fundamental Origins of the Fine Structure Constant and Quantum Concepts,’’ paper # Y15.0004, American Physical Society April 2020 Meeting, April 18-21, 2020 (Virtual Conference). https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR20/Session/Y15.4 Presentation Slides Video presentation
N. Das, “ A Unified Electro-Gravity Theory to Model Gravitational Mass in Galaxy Clusters without Dark Matter,’’ paper # 226.04, 236 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Virtual Conference), June 1-3, 2020. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS…23622606D/abstract Presentation Slides Video Presentation
N. Das, “A Unified Electro-Gravity Theory to Model Accelerated Expansion of the Universe without any Dark-Energy or Dark Matter,” paper # 410.02, 237 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (Virtual Conference), January 11-15, 2021. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AAS…23741002D/abstract Presentation Slides Video Presentation
N. Das, “A Generalized Unified Electro-Gravity Theory for the Proton, and Related Composite Particles,” American Physical Society April 2021 Meeting (Virtual Conference), April 17-20, 2021. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR21/Session/T16.5 Presentation Slides Video Presentation
N. Das, “Deriving Maxwell’s Equations from First Principles of Relativistic Charge Invariance and Space-Time
Relations,” IEEE APS/URSI Symposium, Singapore, December 4-12, 2021. Copy of the Paper Presentation Slides Video Presentation
Recent Preprints:
N. Das, “A New Unified Electro-Gravity Theory to Model Spiral Galaxies without Dark Matter,” preprint in https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201910.0375.v2, October 2019, revised September 2020.
N. Das, “A New Unified Electro-Gravity Theory for the Electron,” preprint in https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201907.0052.v2, July 2019, revised August 2019.
Colloquium Presentation:
N. Das, “A Unified Electro-Gravity (UEG) Theory of Nature: A New Electromagnetic Theory of Gravity, and its Application to a Complete Model of the Electron,” NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Applied Physics Department Colloquium, March 08 2022. Abstract Presentation Slides
I. The Basic Concept:
The central idea of the new UEG theory is to treat the electricity and gravitation as fundamentally complementary concepts, based on which all other physical phenomena can be modeled. As per the theory, the electric charge is the basic source of a force field, distributed in the surrounding “free-space’’ medium. Whereas, the characteristics of the surrounding “free-space’’ medium, in the form of spatial distribution of its permittivity, permeability and speed of light, are determined by general gravitational effects produced due to the energy density of the charge’s electric force field, expressed in terms of a new UEG function. In this process, new gravitational effects, new definitions of the energy distribution in the free-space, and consequent other new phenomena, are discovered, leading to re-writing the founding concepts of Newtonian gravitation, Gauss’ electricity or Maxwell’s electromagnetism in a single unified framework.
II. Application to Elementary Particles:
The simplest form of the UEG theory models an ideal “static’’ electron, the most elementary particle of nature, without any linear or spinning motion. A more general version of the theory also models all other known elementary particles of the standard model of particle physics, such as a proton, neutron, neutrino, and possibly even a Higg’s, W or Z boson, without requiring any additional concepts, making the weak and strong nuclear forces of particle physics theoretically redundant. An electrodynamic version of the UEG theory, that rigorously models the particle’s spinning motion, is shown to be consistent with basic quantum mechanics, and can explain many quantum electrodynamic phenomena without having to simply accept them as some “special quantum effects”, as they are currently understood. Effectively, a quantum wave function is shown to be equivalent to the electro-gravitational wave function of the free-space produced by a spinning electron. The theory leads to a stunning discovery of the common origin of two related fundamental constants of physics – the fine-structure constant and the Planck’s constant, as well as provides for the first time physical explanations for some fundamental quantum concepts – why an elementary particle comes with a fixed or quantized value for its charge, and why it strangely seems to behave both as a wave as well as a particle, and what is the physical meaning of a particle of light called a photon.
III. Application to Stellar, Galactic and Cosmological Problems:
The UEG theory is also applicable to problems in the large scales of nature. Gravitation of a star, such as our Sun, has been believed to be governed by the Newton’s Law of gravitation. However, the stellar gravitation needs to be reexamined by including the new UEG effect of the star’s light radiation. This may be accomplished by modeling UEG effects of stellar radiation on gravitation between binary stars, which determines the orbital dynamics of the binary stars, as well as on self-gravitation of a star, which determines the star’s light output through nuclear reaction. Measured luminosity and orbital parameters of binary stars, supported by the new theory, lead to discovery of a revised stellar Mass-Luminosity Relation (MLR), where the actual mass of a star is found to be less – significantly less for highly luminous stars – than the currently believed mass. It is discovered that the actual mass of Sun, the lone star in our solar system, is about half of the gravitational mass which is currently estimated based on Newtonian gravitation! The other half of the Sun’s gravitational mass comes from the new UEG effect due to the Sun’s radiation. The UEG theory is similarly extended in order to model gravitation in a spiral galaxy, by including the new UEG effect due to the galaxy’s light distribution. The new UEG effect could explain galactic rotation without need for any hypothetical “dark matter,” as well as explain gravitation at a galactic center without requiring any “super-massive black hole (SMBH)”. The UEG theory may also be applied in the largest possible scale of nature, to model cosmic expansion without need for any hypothetical “dark matter” or “dark energy”. This would be possible by including the new UEG effects due to the cosmic back-ground (CMB) radiation, as well as due to future radiation from any new stars made from collapsing of the remaining hydrogen in the universe.
IV. Unification with Newton’s Laws of Mechanics:
As per the new UEG theory, the electric charge and its electro-gravitational force fields are the origin of all material mass, as well as of all forms of forces and energy. Accordingly, one may expect that the fundamental electro-magnetic fields of an electrical charge, which is governed by the Coulomb-Gauss’ Law and certain basic principle of charge invariance, must be consistent with and supersede all mechanical principles. This is because the mass, force and energy, upon which all mechanical principles are empirically founded, trace their physical origin to the fields of an electric charge, which is now recognized to be the most basic entity of the material nature.
The above expectation is examined in two steps. In the first step, the Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetic theory is “derived” from first principles, based on the discovery of a new concept of general charge invariance, which is relativistically consistent across different inertial frames. The new concept of charge invariance allows a direct “derivation’’ of the Maxwell’s equations from first principles, based only on the basic definition of a charge using the Gauss’ law, and simple relativistic space-time transformation. This is accomplished without a priori knowledge of the mechanical theory of the Newton’s laws, or of the associated principles of relativistic transformation of mass, energy and momentum. Instead, the mechanical principles of the Newton’s laws can now be “derived” from the Maxwell’s equations, in the second step of the study, by deriving and relating the forces between specific charges under different conditions of motion, as they are observed in two inertial frames. The resulting transformation relations for the forces across reference frames, so derived directly from the Maxwell’s equations, would dictate the basic relations of the Newton’s laws of motion that must be satisfied in order to be consistent with the electrical principles of the Maxwell’s equations. The combined results of the above two-step study unify the basic electrical principles with the mechanical principles of the Newton’s laws, making the Newton’s laws theoretically redundant.
V. UEG Theory and Theory of Everything (TOE)?
The above unification of electrical concepts with the Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation would establish a new unified paradigm to model any physical phenomena of nature. This would make the weak, strong forces and quantum theory of elementary particles, and the hypothetical dark matter and dark energy of astrophysics and cosmology, theoretically redundant. This is the closest we have yet come to a complete unified theory of everything (TOE), which has been the ultimate aspiration of physical science. The basic UEG theory is remarkably validated in all diverse basic problems the theory is applied, but it is still not fully rigorous. A fully rigorous UEG theory would require future development of a complete, dynamic, unified electro-gravito-magnetic (UEGM) theory, including all possible higher-order UEG static as well as dynamic effects.
Nirod K. Das,
Brooklyn, New York, June 2019.