The value of Sommerfeld's finestructure constant as a consequence of the Planck-aether hypothesis

Authors
Winterberg, F
Citation
F. Winterberg, The value of Sommerfeld's finestructure constant as a consequence of the Planck-aether hypothesis, Z NATURFO A, 56(9-10), 2001, pp. 681-684
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION A-A JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
09320784 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
681 - 684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0784(200109/10)56:9-10<681:TVOSFC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A value of the finestructure constant at the unification energy is obtained by a dimensional analysis of quantum gravity and fluid dynamics. The deriv ation assumes that the vacuum is a superfluid made up of positive and negat ive Planck mass particles obeying an exactly nonrelativistic law of motion with Lorentz invariance a low energy approximation. The dimensional analysi s presented gives a value for the finestructure constant in good agreement with the empirical value 1/alpha congruent to 25.