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2013 Volume 2 2013 Volume 2 The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, including Related Themes from Mathematics PROGRESS IN PHYSICS “All scientists shall have the right to present their scientific research results, in whole or in part, at relevant scientific conferences, and to publish the same in printed scientific journals, electronic archives, and any other media.” — Declaration of Academic Freedom, Article 8 ISSN 1555-5534 The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, including Related Themes from Mathematics PROGRESS IN PHYSICS A quarterly issue scientific journal, registered with the Library of Congress (DC, USA). This journal is peer reviewed and included in the ab- stracting and indexing coverage of: Mathematical Reviews and MathSciNet (AMS, USA), DOAJ of Lund University (Sweden), Zentralblatt MATH (Germany), Scientific Commons of the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Open-J-Gate (India), Referativnyi Zhurnal VINITI (Russia), etc. Electronic version of this journal: APRIL 2013 VOLUME 2 http://www.ptep-online.com Editorial Board CONTENTS Dmitri Rabounski, Editor-in-Chief rabounski@ptep-online.com Hafele J. C. Causal Version of Newtonian Theory by Time–Retardation of the Gravita- Florentin Smarandache, Assoc. Editor tional Field Explains the Flyby Anomalies............... ........................3 smarand@unm.edu Cahill R.T. and Deane S.T. Dynamical 3-Space Gravitational Waves: Reverberation Larissa Borissova, Assoc. Editor Effects............................................... ........................9 borissova@ptep-online.com Millette P.A. Derivation of Electromagnetism from the Elastodynamics of the Space- Editorial Team timeContinuum...................................... .......................12 Gunn Quznetsov quznetsov@ptep-online.com Seshavatharam U. V.S. and Lakshminarayana S. Peculiar Relations in Cosmology . 16 Andreas Ries Heymann Y. Change of Measure between Light Travel Time and Euclidean Distances . 17 ries@ptep-online.com Diab S.M. and Eid S.A. E(5) Characters to 100RuIsotope............................20 Ebenezer Chifu ndikilar@ptep-online.com Kritov A. A New Large Number Numerical Coincidences . .............25 Felix Scholkmann Wade S. ProperSpaceKinematics.............................. ....................29 scholkmann@ptep-online.com Robitaille P.-M. Liquid Metallic Hydrogen II. A Critical Assessment of Current and Pierre Millette Primordial HeliumLevels in the Sun..................... ......................35 millette@ptep-online.com Comay E. 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The resulting causal theory explains exactly the six flyby anomalies reported by Anderson et al. in 2008. It also explains exactly an anomalous decrease in the Moon’s orbital speed. No other known theory has been shown to explain both the flyby anomalies and the lunar orbit anomaly. 1 Introduction tional physics and experimentalsystems, or are they the In 2008 Anderson et al. reported that anomalous orbital- harbingers of exciting new physics?” energy changes have been observed during six spacecraft fly- It appears that a new and possibly unconventional theory is bys of the Earth [1]. The reportedspeed-changesrangefrom a needed. maximum of +13.28 mm/sfor the NEAR flybyto a minimum The empirical prediction formula found by Anderson of −4.6 mm/s for the Galileo-II flyby. Anderson et al. also et al. is not based on any mainstream theory (it was sim- found an empirical prediction formula that gives calculated ply “picked out of the air”), but it is remarkably simple and speed-changes that are close to the observed speed-changes. does produce calculated speed-changes that are surprisingly If the speed-change for the empirical prediction formula is close to the observed speed-changes. The formula for δvemp designated by δvemp, it can be expressed as follows (1) gives three clues for properties that need to be satisfied by any theory that is developed to explain the flyby anomaly: 2veq 1) the theory must produce a speed-change that is propor- δvemp = vin (cos λin − cos λout) = c tional to the ratio veq/c, 2) the anomalous force acting on the t 2veq out dλ spacecraft must change the λ component of the spacecraft’s = − v sin λ(t) dt , (1) in v c tin dt speed, and 3) the speed-change must be proportional to in. The objective of this article is threefold: 1) derive a new where veq is the Earth’s equatorial rotational surface speed, causal
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