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Foundations of Physics Letters | 2001

Explanation of the Motionless Electromagnetic Generator with O(3) Electrodynamics

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; J. K. Moscicki; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

Recently, Bearden el al. developed a device which is known as a motionless electromagnetic generator (MEG) and which produces a coefficient of performance (COP) far in excess of unity. The device has been independently replicated by Naudin. In this communication, the fundamental operational principle of the MEG is explained using a version of higher symmetry electrodynamics known as O(3) electrodynamics, which is based on the empirical existence of two circular polarization states of electromagnetic radiation, and which has been developed extensively in the literature. The theoretical explanation of the MEG with O(3) electrodynamics is straightforward: Magnetic energy is taken directly ex vacua and used to replenish the permanent magnets of the MEG device, which therefore produces a source of energy that, in theory, can be replenished indefinitely from the vacuum. Such a result is incomprehensible in U(1) Maxwell-Heaviside electrodynamics.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2014

Self-Inconsistencies of the U(1) Theory of Electrodynamics: Michelson Interferometry

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; G. J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; S. Jeffers; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

The Michelson interferogram from perfectly reflecting mirrors does not exist in the U(1) gauge theory of electrodynamics, which is therefore seriously flawed. The adoption of an O(3) internal gauge field symmetry allows these flaws to be remedied self-consistently and leads to several developments in electrodynamics, enriching the subject considerably.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2013

Derivation of O(3) Electrodynamics from the Irreducible Representations of the Einstein Group

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

By considering the irreducible representations of the Einstein group (the Lie group of general relativity), Sachs [1] has shown that the electromagnetic field tensor can be developed in terms of a metric qμ, which is a set of four quaternion-valued components of four-vector. Using this method, it is shown that the electromagnetic field vanishes [1] in flat spacetime, and that electromagnetism in general is a non-Abelian field theory. In this paper the non-Abelian component of the field tensor is developed to show the presence of the B(3) field of the O(3) electrodynamics, and the basic structure of O(3) electrodynamics is shown to be a sub-structure of general relativity as developed by Sachs. The extensive empirical evidence for both theories is summarized.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2003

Derivation of O(3) Electrodynamics from the Einstein–Sachs Theory of General Relativity

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; J. K. Moscicki; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

General relativity is reduced to O(3) electrodynamics by consideration of the irreducible representations of the Einstein group and through a particular choice of basis. The photon is shown always to possess a scalar curvature R, and so the origin of quantization is found in general relativity.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2001

Anti-Gravity Effects in the Sachs Theory of Electrodynamics

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

It is demonstrated to a first approximation that anti-gravity effects can occur in the most general theory of electromagnetism, developed by Sachs [1] from the irreducible representations of the Einstein group.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2014

Inconsistencies of the U(1) Theory of Electrodynamics: Stress Energy Momentum Tensor

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; S. Jeffers; A. Labounsky; D. Leporini; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; J. K. Moscicki; P. R. Molnár; H. Múnera; E. Recami; D. Roscoe; Sisir Roy

The internal gauge space of electrodynamics considered as a U(1) gauge field theory is a scalar. This leads to the result that in free space, and for plane waves, the Poynting vector and energy vanish. This result is consistent with the fact that U(1) gauge field theory results in a null third Stokes parameter, meaning again that the field energy vanishes in free space. A self consistent definition of the stress energy momentum tensor is obtained with a Yang Mills theory applied with an O(3) symmetry internal gauge space. This theory produces the third Stokes parameter self consistently in terms of the self-dual Evans-Vigier fields B(3).


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2014

A General Theory of Non-Abelian Electrodynamics

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; S. Jeffers; A. Labounsky; D. Leporini; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; J. K. Moscicki; P. R. Molnár; H. Múnera; E. Recami; D. Roscoe; Sisir Roy

The general theory of gauge fields is used to develop a theory of electrodynamics in which the fundamental structure is non-Abelian and in which the internal gauge field symmetry is O(3), based on the existence of circular polarization and the third Stokes parameter. The theory is used to provide an explanation for the Sagnac effect with platform at rest and in motion. The Sagnac formula is obtained by considering the platform in motion to be a gauge transformation. The topological phases can be described straightforwardly with non Abelian electrodynamics, which produces a novel magnetic field component for all types of radiation, a component which is proportional to the third Stokes parameter. The theory provides a natural explanation for the inverse Faraday effect without phenomenology.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2001

Derivation of the B (3) Field and Concomitant Vacuum Energy Density from the Sachs Theory of Electrodynamics

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; J. K. Moscicki; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

The archetypical and phaseless vacuum magnetic flux density of O(3) electrodynamics, the B(3) field, is derived from the irreducible representation of the Einstein group and is shown to be accompanied by a vacuum energy density which depends directly on the square of the scalar curvature R of curved spacetime. The B(3) field and the vacuum energy density are obtained respectively from the non-Abelian part of the field tensor Fμν and the non-Abelian part of the metrical field equation. Both of these terms are given by Sachs [5].


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2003

Inverse Faraday Effect from the First Principles of General Relativity

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; Gareth J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; J. K. Moscicki; Sisir Roy; J. P. Vigier

The inverse Faraday effect is described from the first principles of general relativity, using the irreducible representations of the Einstein group.


Foundations of Physics Letters | 2000

DERIVATION OF THE LEHNERT FIELD EQUATIONS FROM GAUGE THEORY IN VACUUM: SPACE CHARGE AND CURRENT

P. K. Anastasovski; T. E. Bearden; C. Ciubotariu; W. T. Coffey; L. B. Crowell; G. J. Evans; Myron W. Evans; R. Flower; S. Jeffers; A. Labounsky; Bo Lehnert; M. Mészáros; P. R. Molnár; J. P. Vigier; Sisir Roy

It is shown that the Lehnert field equations in vacuum, with concomitant space charge and current, can be derived straightforwardly from standard gauge theory applied in vacuum, using the concept of covariant derivative and Feynmans universal influence. The Lehnert and Proca field equations are shown to be inter-related through the well-known de Broglie theorem, in which the photon mass can be interpreted as finite. These ideas go some way towards addressing the inconsistency inherent in Maxwells famous displacement current, which has no concomitant vacuum space charge.

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Bo Lehnert

Royal Institute of Technology

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Sisir Roy

Indian Statistical Institute

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L. B. Crowell

University of New Mexico

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D. Roscoe

University of Sheffield

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C Ciubotariu

University of Stuttgart

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