SELFPROOF 0208 - PRIMORDIAL B-MODE POLARISATION
Note:
This comment is based on a preliminary announcement, issued in March
2014, regarding observations made with BICEP2 radiotelescope. As
yet, the
observations have not been peer reviewed, formally published, or
replicated by independent others.
Note 2: By October 2014, a retreat from the original interpretation of the observations was well underway.
However,
on 19 June 2014, lowered confidence in confirming the findings was
reported and on 19 September 2014 new results of the Planck experiment
reported that the results of BICEP2 can be fully attributed to dust.
Hence there is on experimental evidence for primordial gravitational
waves, to date. (Wikipedia 10 Dec 2014).
Nevertheless
Selfproof 0208 can stand unchanged, partly as a bit of history, partly
as a comment on the use of the media by some in the scientific
community to establish priority, but mainly because it gives a
description of cosmic inflation, as seen by the Malta
Template, in a form that doesn't appear anywhere else.
CURRENT
COSMOLOGY MODEL:
“The
most important result we're focused on is the implications of the
signal we detected for models of inflation. We are seeing a direct
image of a (primordial) gravitational wave, causing light to be
polarised in a particular way. The Cosmic Background Radiation is a
snapshot of the Universe 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the
radiation first streamed freely into space, but the
gravitational-wave signal was imprinted on the CBR a tiny fraction of
a second after the birth of the Universe.” (John Kovak, leader of
the South Pole telescope team using BICEP2 radiotelescope – Nature,
17 March 2014)
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The
research involved using a radiotelescope located at the South Pole
(thus in superior observing conditions) to detect B-mode
polarisations in the photons of the Cosmic Background Radiation (cosmic photons).
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One
B-mode polarisation has already been identified in the CBR.
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This
B-mode polarisation is believed to be caused by the gravitypull of
matter on the cosmic photons.
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It
has been predicted that an underlying and much weaker B-mode
polarisation should also be present.
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This
B-mode polarisation is believed to be caused by gravitywaves
generated at the moment of the Big Bang (cosmic gravitywaves).
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It
is theorised that the cosmic gravitywaves momentarily compressed,
energised, heated the cosmic photons, imprinting them with a B-mode
polarisation pattern that should still be apparent.
That
an underlying B-mode polarisation is claimed to have been
detected is taken provisionally as evidence that:
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Cosmic
inflation, as described in the Inflation Theory of Alan Guth et al,
happened.
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Gravitywaves, as described in the General Relativity Theory of Albert
Einstein, do exist.
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Gravity
is a quantised property.
Cautionary Notes:
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The
principal raison d'etre of the theory of cosmic inflation is that
it it resolves the Horizon Problem (see C0204 – Horizon Problem)
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To
date, cosmic inflation remains an unproved idea.
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Cosmic
inflation is also an unexplained idea in that, while a number of
reasons are in play as to why the Universe should have inflated, no
one reason has yet become dominant and the reasons all remain
unproved.
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In
the event that the existence of the underlying B-mode polarisation
is confirmed, it will be evidence that cosmic inflation actually
happened.
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It
will not be exclusive evidence however – it will not be evidence
showing that cosmic inflation, and only cosmic inflation, can
resolve the Horizon Problem
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Gravitational
waves are ripples in the curvature of spacetime which propagate as
a wave traveling outward from the source. Predicted to exist by
Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general
relativity, gravitational waves theoretically transport energy as
gravitational radiation. (Wikipedia 24 March 2012)
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The
hunt for confirmation that gravitywaves exist has been underway
for many years, in many parts of the world, and with a number of
different types of devices.
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To
date, no such confirmation has been found.
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In
the event that the existence of the underlying B-mode polarisation
is confirmed, it will be evidence that gravitywaves actually
exist.
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It
will not be exclusive evidence however – other explanations are
possible for the underlying B-mode polarisation.
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Gravity
is a natural phenomenon by which physical bodies attract with a
force proportional to their mass. (Wikipedia 24 March 2012)
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The
notion that gravity is a quantised property, that it comes in
discrete packets with each packet possibly having the same
measure/value, is widely held but unproven.
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Refer:
graviton, dilaton.
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A
theory of quantum gravity is a “holy grail” which many are
seeking but no one has yet established to the agreement of all.
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In
the event that the existence of the underlying B-mode polarisation
is confirmed, it will be evidence that gravity is quantised.
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The
nature of that quantisation however, will still be unconfirmed.
MALTA
COSMOLOGY TEMPLATE:
- Each
type of elementary fermion is made out of a different combination of
numbers of the fundamental particle: the teel. (see Argument 0101)
- The principal properties of the teel are mass, spin, and rejectivity. (see Argument 0102)
- Every
teel is gravitationally attracted toward every other teel in the
Universe at a rate proportional to the product of their masses and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. (see
Argument 0109)
- Energy in an
individual teel can be as spin, speed, or as spinspeed which is the sum of its spin and speed. (see Argument 0115)
- Speed
in a teel can be as realspeed, potentialspeed, or as totalspeed which
is the sum of its realspeed and potentialspeed. (see Argument 0116)
- The Universe consists of space and teels. (see Argument 0119)
- Space has no properties independent of the properties of the teels within it and is thus nothingness. (see Argument 0120)
- The Universe at Moment Zero consists of teels drawn together to the limits of their rejectivity. (see Argument 0203)
- The diameter of the whole Universe at Moment Zero is (notionally) one billion lightyears. (see Argument 0215)
- At Moment Zero, because the Universe is 100% dense and its energy is 100% kineticenergy, it must expand. (see Argument 0217)
- At Moment Zero, the rate at which the Universe expands is beyond lightspeed. (see Argument 0218)
- As the Universe expands, the rate of that expansion slows as kineticenergy progressively transmutes to potentialenergy. (see Argument 0219)
- As the Universe expands after Moment Zero, successive inflations begin.
- Each successive inflation proceeds concurrently with those which began previously.
- Each successive inflation proceeds within those which began previously.
- In order, the inflations are:
- The teel-inflation which begins at Moment Zero (initially superluminal).
- The cosmic blackhole-inflation (initially superluminal).
- The cosmic photon-inflation (the cosmic background radiation) (initally luminal).
- The cosmic electron-inflation (subluminal).
- The nucleon-inflation (subluminal).
- The star-inflation (subluminal).
- The galaxy-inflation (subluminal).
- The galactic cluster-inflation (subluminal).
- For
each object (blackhole, photon, electron, etc) to stabilise, it must
have less spinspeed than the object(s) out of which it is made.
- Thus
the spinspeed of a stabilised blackhole is less than the sum of the
spinspeed of the original accretion of teels out of which it formed.
(see Chapter 3 - Blackholes)
- Thus the spinspeed of a stabilised photon is less than that of the blackhole out of which it formed. (see Chapter 6 - Photons)
- Thus the spinspeed of a stabilised electron is less than that of the blackholepair out of which it formed. (see Chapter 7 - Electrons)
- And so on.
- The Horizon Problem does not arise within the Malta Cosmology Template. (see C0204
– Horizon Problem)
- The
teel-inflation is superluminal in that, overall, the teels move away
from the Ucentre at a rate faster than lightspeed. (see Chapter 4 - Darkenergy)
- The superluminal teel-inflation polarises the cosmic photons of the cosmic background radiation as they stabilise.
- After Moment Zero the Universe is an expanding teel “medium”.
(see C0201 – Big Bang Standard Model)
- Waves
pass through a teel medium in the same way they pass through an air
or water medium. (see C0119 – Gravitational Waves)
- Any
convulsion (a supernova, a galactic collision, a sunquake, a big
bang) will trigger teelwaves moving outward from the source. (see C0119 – Gravitational Waves)
- Gravitywaves as described in the Current Cosmology Model and teelwaves as
described in the Malta Cosmology Template are currently indistinguishable from one another. (see C0122 - On teels)
- The
teelwaves in the superluminal teel-inflation polarise the cosmic
photons of the cosmic background radiation as they stabilise.
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Gravity
is the fundamental force of attraction that all objects have for
each other. It has effectively infinite range and obeys the inverse
square law. (American Heritage Science Dictionary)
- Quantum:
(a) the smallest quantity of some physical property, such
as energy, that a system can possess according to the quantum theory
(b) a particle with such a unit of energy. (Collins English
Dictionary)
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The
teel is the (notional) fundamental particle, out of numbers of
which every other object in the Universe is made. (see Argument
0101)
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All
teels (notionally) have the same mass. (see Argument 0103)
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All
teels (notionally) are spherical. (see Argument 0107)
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All
teels (notionally) have the same dimensions. (see Argument 0106)
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Teels
are gravitationally attracted toward every other teel in the
Universe at a rate proportional to the product of their masses and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
(see Argument 0109)
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Thus each teel is identical to every other teel and therefore each teel is a quantum of
gravity. (but see C0122 - On teels)
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In
the Malta Cosmology Template, lightspeed is a cosmic speed limit
for photons but not for the teels out of which photons are made.
(See C0111 – Speed)
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After Moment Zero, some teels accrete into blackholes, some of which subsequently stabilise within the
photonic masses, at lightspeed, and with spin and speed in
equilibrium, thus becoming cosmic photons. (see Chapter 6 - Photons)
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Photons
are centrifugally structured with a solidbonded teelcore and a
gasbonded teelosphere. (see Chapter 6 - Photons)
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Because
photons are centrifugally structured, they can be polarised.
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The
cosmic photons are polarised as they are overtaken by waves in
the teel medium originating from the Moment Zero convulsion.
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This
polarisation may be detectable as an underlying B-mode polarisation
in the Cosmic Background Radiation.
COMMENTARY
- The
BICEP2 observations are a clever way of indirectly confirming the
existence of cosmic gravitywaves.
- The BICEP2 observations are also a clever way of indirectly confirming the existence of cosmic teelwaves.
- Which
raises the obvious question: is the underlying B-mode
polarisation due to cosmic gravitywaves or to cosmic teelwaves?
- Consider this:
- An individual teel is a quantum of gravity.
- Teels en masse become a medium through which waves can pass.
- Thus, at this level of observation, cosmic teelwaves are indistinguishable from cosmic gravitywaves.
- If cosmic teelwaves are indistinguishable from cosmic gravitywaves, can they be considered to be one and the same?
- Consider this:
- Subsequently the cosmic gravitywaves and cosmic teelwaves are both able to polarise the cosmic photons of the CBR.
- Subsequently,
the strength of the cosmic gravitywaves weakens as the
Universe expands to the extent that all experiments have, thus far,
all failed to detect them.
- Subsequently, the
strength of the cosmic teelwaves weakens due to the loss of
wave coherence and are thus (probably) undetectable. (see C0119 - Gravitational Waves)
- Cosmic
teelwaves and cosmic gravitywaves are indistinguishable at this level
of observation throughout their history and are thus, to all intents
and purposes, the same.
- Where cosmic teelwaves do differ from cosmic gravitywaves is in their context.
- Cosmic gravitywaves are an integral part of the Current Cosmology Model which is devolutionary in character.
- Cosmic teelwaves are an integral part of the Malta Cosmology Template which is evolutionary in character.
- Therefore
the choice between cosmic teelwaves and cosmic gravitywaves will
(or should) be decided on the basis of whether it is the Current
Cosmology Model or the Malta Cosmology Template that best
resolves the many conundrums that presently litter the
cosmology knowledgebase.
CAVEAT ONE
- The Malta Cosmology Template has no explanation for gravity. (see C0105 - Gravity)
- This is because the Malta Cosmology Template is compiled per the rules of the Bedrock Templature methodology. (see Explanatory Notes - Bedrock Templature)
- In Bedrock Templature, any assumption or conclusion has to be justified by facts.
- From the facts currently available, the least substantial object in the Universe is the hypothetical teel. (see Argument 0101)
- Every
teel is gravitationally attracted toward every other teel in the
Universe at a rate proportional to the product of their masses and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. (see Argument 0109)
- This, unfortunately, is not an explanation for gravity, merely an acknowledgement that gravity exists.
- The
absence of any explanation for gravity, at the level of teels,
leads to speculation that teels are not actually fundamental. (see
C0122 - On Teels)
- Teels may themselves be composed of less substantial objects.
- Or, below the level of teels,
space may have properties of its own which could justify the "space curvature" ideas of the Current Cosmology Model.
- It may be that in either, or both, of these speculations there is an explanation for gravity
- Or it may not and the explanation may be found elsewhere.
- It
is worth emphasising that these are "idle" speculations, unjustified by any currently
known facts.
CAVEAT TWO
- Neither
the Current Cosmology Model nor the Malta Cosmology Template is a true
description of the early Universe.
- Each is "the best that can be drawn from its methodology, given the current state of the cosmology factbase".
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