[Physics] Viscosity

[mikelawr at freenetname.co.uk]

Tom,

Yes, very much so. I have not gone into detail in the emails here 
because it can put people off. In the 'background' as I call it, I 
include not just the original merged pairs of particle and 
anti-particle, but also the short stack of contra-rotating loop and 
anti-loop. This latter, which I call as zeron, is the basis of all 'pair 
creation' events. When a particle hits such a zeron (typically electron 
and positron) with the correct energy, it breaks the zeron into its 
separate electron and positron loops, which then try to recombine. The 
zerons exist at every point in space at every integer Planck radius. 
They are the source of the pressure that drives plates together when the 
plates do not allow the smaller ones to remain between them, giving a 
net lack of pressure - the Casimir effect. They are also the source of 
zero point energy since each loop has an energy of 1/2 hw, where w is 
the frequency/size of the loop.

In addition to the background are all the separate particles. So the 
masses of planets, atoms, photons etc. This is the local environment. 
Where there are lots of masses, the local environment is denser than 
where there are fewer masses.

What this means is that the viscosity at any point will depend on how 
much there is of the background and how much of the local environment. 
In 'empty' space there will be the same viscosity on average as, for 
example, a photon travels across a volume. So the photon will experience 
a loss of energy in overcoming the viscosity as it moves that is 
proportional to the distance it has travelled (very nearly). As the 
photon gets close to a denser local environment, it will have a lower 
number for its velocity (since there is more viscosity present), but 
that number will still be the local light speed. It will also be bent in 
its travels, for instance past the Sun, towards the greater density 
volume because of the differential effect of the viscosity density 
across each loop - which is maybe the source of gravity.

So you are right that the viscosity will be different in different 
circumstances.

Cheers
Mike




On 2020-05-02 17:40, Tom Hollings wrote:
> Mike, as space is not empty, but full of gas at varying temperatures
> and densities, and moving in differing directions, would that not
> cause the viscosity to vary?
> Tom Hollings
> 
> 
> 
>> On 02 May 2020 at 15:47 mikelawr at freenetname.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Arend,
>> 
>> In my earlier response I forgot to mention that E and (shear) vicosity
>> both have the same dimensions, being Y^9. So it could be considered 
>> that
>> mechanically an electric field is like having viscosity through which
>> waves must travel. Equally, from my point of view, adjusting Maxwell 
>> to
>> include the effects of background viscosity would be equivalent to
>> simply adjusting the value of E in any equation - although it could
>> equally well be argued that the value of E already contains the
>> viscosity effect because we have not yet recognised it.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2020-04-30 16:30, Arend Lammertink wrote:
>> > Hi Mike,
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 6:08 PM <mikelawr at freenetname.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The paper shows that SI units actually hide that the strength of mass
>> >> and charge fields are the same at the fundamental level.
>> >
>> > That's very interesting, because I believe the electric field is one
>> > and the same as the field causing the gravitational force (as
>> > experienced on the surface of a planetary body) via the pushing/shadow
>> > gravity principle Paul proposed.   Will take a look at your paper.
>> >
>> > Greetz,
>> >
>> > Arend.
>>