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Chapter Eleven

Electromagnetic energy:
a matter wave?
 

Chapter one hypothesized space is composed of four *spatial* dimensions and a continuous non-quantized form of mass.

However, Louis de Broglie was the first to theorize space may be composed of a continuous medium when in 1924 he realized that all particles including a photon have a wave component .  His theories were later confirmed by the discovery of electron diffraction by crystals in 1927 by Davisson and Germer.  However, that fact that all particles have a wave component means a continuous non-quantized medium must exist because even the smallest possible particle must have a wave component. Therefore, by definition its wave component must be made up of a continuous medium.

Chapter three derived the propagation of a electromagnetic energy in terms of a matter wave caused by oscillations in a continuous non-quantized form of mass moving at the velocity of light on a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.

However, it did not define the electromagnetic properties of a matter wave were or how it moved across a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.

Maxwell was able to define electromagnetic waves in terms of alternating displacements in electrical and magnetic fields but he was unable to define what these fields are made of other than the fact that they had electromagnetic properties.

However, it can be shown electrical and magnetic properties associated with electromagnetic waves are a result of the existence of a continuous non-quantized form of mass.

(Later in Chapter fifteen it will be shown the reason the velocity electromagnetic radiation is universally constant, despite the fact that it is transmitted on a physical medium consisting of a continuous non-quantized of mass is because of a relativistic property of time and four *spatial* dimensions.)

One can understood why by comparing a block of wood floating on the surface of water to a particle or photon of electromagnetic energy on a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold.

(Chapter two derived the particle properties of a electromagnetic wave or a photon in terms of a resonant system formed in space by a matter wave moving on a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.)

The surface of the water will represent a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension and the mass of the wood will represent the internal properties of a continuous non-quantized form of mass.

When an energy source applies a force to one side of the block of wood, part of its surface will become depressed while part of it will become elevated with respect to the surface of the water.  The buoyancy of the water would force the part of the wood that was depressed back to the surface.  The momentum due to the inertia associated with the mass of the wood would cause the part that was depressed to become elevated above the surface of the water.  Gravity would then force the elevated portion of the wood back to the surface of the water.  The block of wood would oscillate back and forth in this manner generating a wave on the surface of the water.

Electromagnetic energy is propagated by a similar mechanism.

Chapter ten showed how a force applied to a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold will cause it to become either "depressed" or "elevated" with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.  The energy associated with a "depression" in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension would cause the "depressed" portion back to the "surface" of that three-dimensional manifold.  The momentum due to the inertial properties of a continuous non-quantized mass component of three-dimensional space will then cause that "surface" to become "elevated" with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension above the equilibrium point.  Then the energy associated with the "elevated" "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold will cause it to return to the "surface" of that three-dimensional space manifold.  This will cause the "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold to oscillate back and forth generating a wave on the "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold.

These alternating "elevations" and "depressions" in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension would cause a matter wave to move across the a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold.

As mentioned earlier, Chapter ten derived all forms of energy or forces in terms of a distortion or "displacement" in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.

The "displacements" in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension caused by the peaks and valleys of a matter wave moving on its "surface" would result it becoming distorted with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.

The electrical component of electromagnetic energy is a result of the force associated with the "slope" of a distortion in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold that is parallel to the velocity vector of the matter wave.

However, the magnetic component of electromagnetic energy is a result of the force associated with a "slope" of a distortion in a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold that is perpendicular to the velocity vector of the matter wave.

The reason why the electrical and magnetic components of electromagnetic energy are always 90 degrees out of phase is because the slopes associated with these distortions with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension will always 90 degrees out of phase with each other.

This shows the electrical and magnetic fields associated with electromagnetic waves can be interpreted as a continuous non-quantized form of mass moving on a "surface" of a three-dimensional space manifold with respect to a fourth *spatial* dimension.

The universe's most powerful enabling tool is not
  knowledge or understanding but imagination
  because it extends the reality of
  one's environment."
"

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Copyright 1995 Jeffrey O'Callaghan