The centrally symmetrical momentum field of radiation around a point-like locally isotropic source undergoes an axisymmetric transformation due to relativistic Doppler shift when seen by a moving observer. In order to keep the source force-free, this transformation assigns to it a nonlinear velocity-dependent momentum vector. A novel concept, Radiation-Induced Mass (RIM) is introduced and equivalence of the derived mass term with the relativistic m=γm 0 is proved. In addition to the origin of inertia, the application of RIM in solving several other problems such as the structure of spacetime, the nature of “dark matter,” the large-scale dynamics of galaxies, and the arrow of time, is discussed.


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    Title :

    Non-machian, Lorentz-invariant inertia: The first step towards the theory of GravitoElectroMagnetism


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space technology and applications international forum -1999 ; 1999 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 458 , 1 ; 1033-1039


    Publication date :

    1999-01-22


    Size :

    7 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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