Gauss's Law for gravity and observational evidence reveal no solar lensing in empty vacuum space

E. H. Dowdye Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.888473

28 September 2011 Gauss's Law for gravity and observational evidence reveal no solar lensing in empty vacuum space

E. H. Dowdye Jr.

Proceedings Volume 8121, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? IV; 812106 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888473
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Findings show that the rays of star light are lensed primarily in the plasma rim of the sun and hardly in the vacuum space just slightly above the rim. Since the lower boundary of this vacuum space is only a fraction of a solar radius above the solar plasma rim, it is exposed to virtually the same gravitational field. The thin plasma atmosphere of the sun appears to represent an indirect interaction involving an interfering plasma medium between the gravitational field of the sun and the rays of star light. The very same light bending equation obtained by General Relativity was derived from classical assumptions of a minimum energy path of a light ray in the plasma rim, exposed to the gravitational gradient field of the sun. The resulting calculation was found to be independent of frequency. An intense search of the star filled skies reveals a clear lack of lensing among the countless numbers of stars, where there are many candidates for gravitational lensing according to the assumptions of General Relativity. Assuming the validity of the light bending rule of General Relativity, the sky should be filled with images of Einstein rings. Moreover, a lack of evidence for gravitational lensing is clearly revealed in the time resolved images of the rapidly moving stellar objects orbiting about Sagittarius A*.

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E. H. Dowdye Jr. "Gauss's Law for gravity and observational evidence reveal no solar lensing in empty vacuum space", Proc. SPIE 8121, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? IV, 812106 (28 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.888473

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