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Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics

Since Carezani's original publication, no papers on autodynamics have appeared in the scientific literature, though some have been published in "alternative" journals such as Physics Essays. However, the theory has been championed outside the mainstream scientific literature by the Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics (SAA), an organization founded by David de Hilster of Long Beach, California. The SAA sells Carezani's two books on autodynamics at its webpage. Physics Essays An International Journal Dedicated To Fundamental Questions In Physics is a quarterly international publication started in 1988, by the Editor, Emilo Panarella, a fusion researcher, Chief Technology Officer of ALFT (at the time, Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology, Inc. ... Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought of the majority. ... Nickname: The International City (on flag), Friendly City (in Latin on citys seal), or the LBC Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ...

According to the SAA website, Carezani proposed his theory "after he found a mathematical error in Einstein's calculations for the theory of relativity." Nonetheless, as the SAA admits, "currently, there are no known physicist [sic] that support Autodynamics."

In 2005, a company called Bootstrap Productions, which is apparently owned by de Hilster, produced a documentary, Einstein Wrong: The Miracle Year. The film follows David de Hilster and his mother for one year "as they enter the underworld of physics to take on relativity and the icon of 20th century physics". 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Main tenets of autodynamics

The primary claim of Autodynamics is that the equations of the Lorentz transformation are incorrectly formulated to describe relativistic effects, which would invalidate special relativity, general relativity, and Maxwell's equations. The effect of the revised equations proposed in 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. A Lorentz transformation (LT) is a linear transformation that preserves the spacetime interval between any two events in Minkowski space, while leaving the origin fixed (=rotation of Minkowski space). ... The special theory of relativity was proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in his article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. Some three centuries earlier, Galileos principle of relativity had stated that all uniform motion was relative, and that there was no absolute and well-defined state of rest... General relativity (GR) [also called the general theory of relativity (GTR) and general relativity theory (GRT)] is the geometrical theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915/16. ... In electromagnetism, Maxwells equations are a set of equations, developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century by James Clerk Maxwell. ...

Ancillary claims of Autodynamics include:

• the nonexistence of the neutrino,
• the existence of additional particles that have not been observed by mainstream physicists (including the "picograviton" and the "electromuon"),
• the existence of additional decay modes for muons and interaction modes for energetic atomic nuclei.

Neutrinos are elementary particles denoted by the symbol ν. Travelling close to the speed of light, lacking electric charge and able to pass through ordinary matter almost undisturbed, they are extremely difficult to detect. ...

Status of autodynamics

Autodynamics is wholly rejected by the mainstream scientific community. A 1999 article in the popular magazine Wired^[2] quotes Pierre Noyes, a professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center as stating "most scientists consider Autodynamics little more than a 'crackpot theory'". Despite this, Noyes et al. performed an experiment in an attempt to compare the predictions of SR and AD, but concluded that the values calculated by SR were significantly closer to what was observed^[9]. Carezani later argued that the experiment was not relevant for comparing the two theories by pointing out that AD applies specifically to decay cases, yet the electrons in the Noyes experiment received energy from the external medium (klystron EM field)^[10]. According to Lee Smolin,^[2], there has been "no serious attempt [by the autodynamics supporters] to make an argument or to discuss experimental data that refute their basic claims". This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Wired is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. ... The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. ... Reflex klystron Type 2K25 or 723 A/B. The threaded adjustment rod on the right side allows the position of the reflector to be adjusted (by compressing the reflex cavity), and thus the natural resonant frequency of the device. ... Lee Smolin at Harvard. ...

Special relativity, in its pure form, is proven to be mathematically consistent (see the Special relativity article). Alleged errors have been documented in the on-line literature that attempts to support autodynamics, including: The special theory of relativity was proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in his article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. Some three centuries earlier, Galileos principle of relativity had stated that all uniform motion was relative, and that there was no absolute and well-defined state of rest...

• a Lorentz contraction is incorrectly applied to the distance between a stationary observer and a moving object.^[7]
• the claim that reference frames are "unnecessary" and "cannot be measured" is incorrect.^[6]
• a Lorentz length contraction is incorrectly described as an "extra velocity" and energy is incorrectly attributed to it leading circularly to the claim that special relativity does not conserve energy and momentum..^[8]
• the above claim is further bolstered by autodynamics assumption that the neutrino does not exist, even though relativistic energy-momentum conservation has been tested extensively in neutrinoless phenomena.^[6]

Problem of velocity addition in autodynamics

The autodynamics velocity addition equation is^[5]:

where

For common experiences where v < < c, this reduces to

This fact marks a significant advantage Special Relativity has over autodynamics; at speeds much less than the speed of light, the Lorentz transformations reduce to the Galilean transformations, and Special Relativity predicts for v < < c the expected result: The special theory of relativity was proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in his article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. Some three centuries earlier, Galileos principle of relativity had stated that all uniform motion was relative, and that there was no absolute and well-defined state of rest... A line showing the speed of light on a scale model of Earth and the Moon The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning swiftness. ... The Lorentz transformation (LT), named after its discoverer, the Dutch physicist and mathematician Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928), forms the basis for the special theory of relativity, which has been introduced to remove contradictions between the theories of electromagnetism and classical mechanics. ... The Galilean transformation is used to transform between the coordinates of two coordinate systems in a constant relative motion in Newtonian physics. ...

From this it is clear that autodynamics contradicts common experience. For example, if an object that was traveling at a velocity of 3 meters per second with respect to a stationary observer were to measure a third object moving in the same direction to have a velocity of an additional 4 meters per second, autodynamics would predict that the stationary observer would measure a velocity of approximately meters per second while special relativity would predict a velocity of approximately 3 + 4 = 7 meters per second. Thus, this prediction of autodynamics is contradicted by simple velocity addition experiments (including such basic ones as those that occur when moving in common modes of transport such as automobiles, trains, and airplanes).

Critics

There are a number of critics of autodynamics. For example, Mark Norris has devoted much time to pointing out the more obvious flaws with autodynamics. Other examples of objections to Autodynamics dating back to the early 1990's can be found on various physics forums, one such argument is provided by Tom Roberts in his "A Physicist's Refutation of Autodynamics"

Footnotes

Caveat lector! These links are almost all to de Hilster's website. They are given here so that interested readers can verify the facts stated in the body of the article.

1. ^a  W. W. Buechner and R. J. Van de Graaff, Physical Review 70:3-4 (1946), Calorimetric Experiment on the Radiation Losses of 2-MeV Electrons
2. ^a b  Aforementioned Wired article about Autodynamics
3. ^a  Autodynamics response to the wired article
4. ^a  Report of Alvarez's Assistance
5. ^a  Article on the Sum Velocity
6. ^a b  Article on Galilean Simplification
7. ^a b  Article on Frames Derivation
8. ^a b  Article on Superfluous System
9. ^a b  D.R. Walz, H.P. Noyes, and R.L. Carezani, Phys. Rev. A 29:2110-2113 (1984), Calorimetric Test of Special Relativity
10. ^a  See endnote 2 of: Ricardo Carezani, The Muon Decay muon+ -> e+ e+ e+ and Autodynamics, Physics Essays: Volume 5, no. 1, March 1992
11. ^a  C.D. Ellis and B.A. Wooster, Proc. Roy. Soc. A117, 109 (1927)
12. ^a  L. Meitner and W. Orthmann, Zeits. f. Physik 60, 143 (1930)
13. ^a  Carezani, R.L., Discussion: Energy Loss by Electrons in Absorber
14. Ricardo Carezani, Autodynamics: Fundamental Basis for a New Relativistic Mechanics, ISBN 0-9665533-0-6
15. Ricardo L. Carezani, Autodynamics - A Storm in Physics, ISBN 0-9665533-4-9
16. ^a Autodynamics home page
17. ^a Autodynamics FAQ

See also

• Ricardo Carezani

Ricardo Libertario Carezani (b. ...

References

• A Calorimetric Test of Special Relativity, by Dieter R. Walz, H. Pierre Noyes, and Ricardo L. Carezani

• Carezani, Ricardo L. (1997). "Nucleus-Nucleus Collision And Autodynamics". Physics Essays 10: 193-197.  eprint version from autodynamicsuk.org website.

External links

• The Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics (SAA)
• Quantum Mechanics Autodynamics United Kingdom