2000/10/06 by C. T. Ridgely, Ridgely, C. T. · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0010018
3 pages
arxiv created 2001/09/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
A current approach to the problem of inertia suggests that the origin of the inertial properties of matter is the interaction between matter and vacuum electromagnetic zero-point radiation. Herein, it is shown that zero-point phenomena can be treated as the origin of inertia only when one chooses to ignore the mass-energy content of matter. In the absence of any physical basis for such a choice, it is concluded that zero-point-induced forces must arise in addition to the intrinsic inertial properties of ordinary matter.