Someone has been telling me great things about a new theory called Zero Point Gravity. Anyone know anything about it? How do physicists treat this theory? I have no opinion on it whatsoever, just curious for more info…
AKA Zero Point energy -
http://www.ldolphin.org/zpe.html
Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations: A New Rosetta Stone of Physics?
Dr. H. E. Puthoff
"As it turns out, even though the zero-point energy in any particular mode of an electromagnetic field is minute, there are so many possible modes of propagation (frequencies, directions) in open space, the zero-point energy summed up over all possible modes is quite enormous; in fact, greater than, for example, nuclear energy densities. And this in all of so-called “empty” space around us. Let us concentrate on the effects of such electromagnetic zero-point fluctuations. With such large values, it might seem that the effects of electromagnetic zero-point energy should be quite obvious, but this is not the case because of its extremely uniform density. Just as a vase standing in a room is not likely to fall over spontaneously, so a vase bombarded uniformly on all sides by millions of ping pong balls would not do likewise because of the balanced conditions of the uniform bombardment. The only evidence of such a barrage might be minute jiggling of the vase, and similar mechanisms are thought to be involved in the quantum jiggle of zero-point motion.
However, there are certain conditions in which the uniformity of the background electromagnetic zero-point energy is slightly disturbed and leads to physical effects. One is the slight perturbation of the lines seen from transitions between atomic states known as the Lamb Shift (2), named after its discoverer, Willis Lamb. Another, also named for its discoverer, is the Casimir Effect, a unique attractive quantum force between closely-spaced metal plates. An elegant analysis by Milonni et. al. at Los Angeles National Laboratory (3) shows the Casimir force to be due to radiation pressure from the background electromagnetic zero-point energy which has become unbalanced due to the presence of the plates, and which results in the plates being pushed together. From this it would seem that it might be possible to extract electrical energy from the vacuum, and indeed the possibility of doing so (at least in principle) has been shown in a paper of that same name by Robert Forward (4) at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California."
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http://www.jse.com/haisch/mercury.html
"A Quantum Broom Sweeps Clean
Pity the astronomers and physicists. They toss and turn at night wondering why the universe is lumpy, and rack their brains trying to unify the four fundamental forces of nature. Now a new theory, which claims to solve both problems at once, will probably cost them more sleep.
BERNHARD HAISCH
Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, California ALFONSO RUEDA California State University, Long Beach published in MERCURY, Vol. 25, No. 2, March / April 1996, pp. 12-15 copyright 1996, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (posted on WWW with permission)
"Deep intergalactic space, where the large-scale structures began to form, is a cosmic desert. Out there, the density of gas is low, so low that gas particles are subject only to minute forces exerted by the vacuum that surrounds them. The word vacuum innocently implies empty,'' but nothing in quantum mechanics is ever so straightforward. The vacuum of modern physics is far from empty -- quite the opposite. It is a seething soup of subatomic particles and energy fields bubbling in and out of existence, a cauldron where the very notions of space’’ and ``time’’ may take on their meaning.
The not-so-empty vacuum is a consequence of the fact – recognized by German physicist Werner Heisenberg in 1927 – that you can never remove all the energy from anything. Take an electromagnetic field. It consists of photons, individual packets of energy each in a state defined by its direction, frequency, and polarization. Try as you might, you could never remove all the photons from any given state. According to the principles of quantum mechanics, every state must have a minimum population of either zero or one photon, with equal probability. The average of zero and one is one-half. Therefore there must be, on average, the equivalent of at least half a photon in every possible state. "
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So I’m confused? Who is proposing the theory? Barry Setterfield or someone else? How is it being received in the physics community? Positive, negative, indifferent or waiting for more data? Thank you.