Autodynamics

Autodynamics is a relativistic replacement for special relativity and general relativity proposed by physicist Ricardo Carezani, in the early 1940s. Much of what is known about Autodynamics comes from the Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics, which in particular publishes Carezani's book and maintains a webpage http://www.autodynamics.org/index.shtml.

Related Topics:
Special relativity - General relativity - Ricardo Carezani

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The primary claim of Autodynamics is that the equations of the Lorentz transformation are incorrectly formulated to describe relativistic effects, which as a result causes special relativity and general relativity to be invalid. The effect of the revised equations proposed by Autodynamics is to cause particle mass to decrease with particle velocity, being exchanged with kinetic energy (with mass being zero and kinetic energy being equal to the rest mass at c). This exchange between mass and energy is the proposed mechanism underlying most of the derived conclusions of Autodynamics.

Related Topics:
Lorentz transformation - Special relativity - General relativity

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Secondary claims of Autodynamics are the nonexistence of the neutrino, the existence of additional particles that have not been observed by mainstream physicists (including the "picograviton" and the "electromuon"), and the existence of additional decay modes for muons and interaction modes for energetic atomic nuclei. In particular, they cite a 1946 experiment by William W. Buechner and Robert J. Van de Graaff which failed to observe any "missing energy" when a high-energy electron beam stopped in a calorimeter; however, this result is also consistent with mainstream physics, which does not predict neutrino emission in an electromagnetic process. Proponents also claim that all published observations of the neutrino are due to experimental errors.

Related Topics:
Neutrino - Robert J. Van de Graaff

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A 1999 article in the popular magazine Wired quotes Pierre Noyes, a professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, as claiming "most scientists consider Autodynamics little more than a 'crackpot theory'". Autodynamics supporters dispute this claim, and say that the design of the experiment performed by Noyes rendered its results useless and therefore did not constitute a definitive refutation of autodynamics. Nobel Laureate, Dr. Luis Alvarez of the University of California, Berkeley was interested in helping Carezani design an improved version of this experiment. According to Lee Smolin, a physics professor at the Perimeter Institute and adjunct at the University of Waterloo, that there has been "no serious attempt to make an argument or to discuss experimental data that refute their basic claims". Autodynamicists reject these claims.

Related Topics:
1999 - Wired - Pierre Noyes - Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - Luis Alvarez - University of California, Berkeley - Lee Smolin - Perimeter Institute - University of Waterloo

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Autodynamics states,

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:At small velocities SR is closer to Classic Mechanics, but at large and at small velocities AD conserves energy and momentum, and SR doesn't.

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Special relativity, in its pure form, is proven to be mathematically consistent (see the Special relativity article). Similarly, conservation of energy is a thermodynamic law, not a relativistic one. Thus, claims by AD proponents that SR is "wrong" cannot be an argument against SR itself, which is merely a mathematical description of one particular type of space-time (specifically, a Minkowski space). Rather, AD proponents must be claiming that SR is not an accurate description of the space-time we live in.

Related Topics:
Special relativity - Thermodynamic - Minkowski space

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The claim that conservation theories based on SR do not conserve energy and momentum is at odds with the mainstream view; this claim rests on the AD assumption that the neutrino does not exist, or perhaps on misunderstanding of the SR equations. However, relativistic energy-momentum conservation has been tested extensively in neutrinoless phenomena.

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Autodynamics is not considered an active research area in mainstream science.

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