Astrophysical evidence shows no direct interaction between gravitation and electromagnetism in empty vacuum space

Edward H. Dowdye Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.824116

10 September 2009 Astrophysical evidence shows no direct interaction between gravitation and electromagnetism in empty vacuum space

Edward H. Dowdye Jr.

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Proceedings Volume 7421, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? III; 74210F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824116
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Findings show that important fundamental principles of mathematical Physics are consistently misapplied to concepts of gravitational lensing or just simply ignored. The thin plasma atmosphere of the sun represents an indirect interaction involving an interfering plasma medium between the gravitational field of the sun and the rays of light from the stars. There is convincing observational evidence that a direct interaction between light and gravitation in empty vacuum space is yet to be observed. Historically, the observed evidence of light bending occurred predominantly near the plasma rim of the sun, not in the vacuum space far above the rim. An intense search of the star filled sky will reveal a clear lack of lensing exists among the countless numbers of stars, where the lens and the source are by good chance co-linearly aligned with the earth based observer. With this condition at hand and assuming the validity of the light bending rule of General Relativity, the sky should be filled with images of Einstein rings. Moreover, the events taking place at the center of our galaxy under intense observations by the astrophysicists since 1992, presents convincing evidence that a direct interaction between light and gravitation simply does not take place. This highly studied region, known as Sagittarius A*, is thought to contain a super massive black hole, a most likely candidate for gravitational lensing. The evidence is clearly revealed in the time resolved images of the rapidly moving stellar objects orbiting about Sagittarius A*.

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Edward H. Dowdye Jr. "Astrophysical evidence shows no direct interaction between gravitation and electromagnetism in empty vacuum space", Proc. SPIE 7421, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? III, 74210F (10 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824116

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