Paul Alex LaViolette | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 8, 1947 |
| Died | December 19, 2022 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Zographou Cemetery, Athens, Greece |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | LaViolette universe |
| Spouse | Mariana Cristova |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Physics, Systems science |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Thesis | Galactic explosions, cosmic dust invasions, and climatic change (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | George G. Lendaris |
| Other academic advisors | Alan Marscher Aslam Khalil Donald G. Howard |
Paul Alex LaViolette (November 8, 1947 – December 19, 2022) was an American polymath physicist, systems scientist, inventor, and author notable for his 1986 theoretical model of the Universe.
The LaViolette Model of the Universe is considered the most persuasive formulation of the tired light class of redshift mechanisms and has gained support amongst opponents of the Big Bang theory of physics.[1] The model's validity was never disproved, and no known data forbid it.
Fundamental research edit
LaViolette Universe edit
In 1986, LaViolette published a seminal paper in the Astrophysical Journal proposing a physical model of the universe from the tired light class of hypothetical redshift mechanisms.[2] In that model, as photons lose energy along their paths due to some interaction, the relative loss of energy is proportionate to the length of that path.
In fundamental physics, four claims are extant in the literature concerning the dependence of redshifts on distance in the World map; only one of the following is correct:[3]
- The relation is linear everywhere, at all distances and times. The Standard Model requires it;
- The relation is approximately quadratic locally (to cz ~ 4000 km s-1); thereafter it becomes linear;
- The relation is quadratic everywhere;
- The relation is exponential as 1 + z = exp (HrR/c) (cf. LaViolette).
LaViolette has compared the tired light cosmology to the Standard Model of an expanding universe on four different observational tests, finding that the tired light hypothesis was superior on each.[4]
Besides an early ad hoc dispute,[5] the LaViolette model's validity has never been scientifically disproven. No data currently forbid the LaViolette model.[6]
Reception edit
In a 2018 paper, Milan M. Ćirković and Slobodan Perović, stated that the LaViolette model gives "one of the most cogent formulations" of the tired-light alternative to the Big Bang model, though the pair characterize tired-light alternatives to the Big Bang as experimentally refuted and pseudoscientific.[1]
A variety of physicists supported the LaViolette Universe, most notably the leading Big Bang opponents who praised it for its plausibility and superior simplicity, such as Jean-Claude Pecker, Grote Reber, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, and Paul Marmet who regarded it as extremely important for the comprehension of our universe as it gives best fit to data without need for ad hoc assumptions like that on rapid galaxy evolution.[8][unreliable source?]
Some other researchers support the 'tired light' theory within LaViolette's model of the universe, arguing it aligns better with observed data than traditional evolutionary cosmology.[9]
Priority claims edit
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LaViolette publicly claimed several fundamental scientific discoveries:
I was the first to disprove the expanding universe hypothesis by showing its inability to consistently fit cosmological test data (1). I was also the first to show that the jovian planets conform to the lower main sequence stellar mass-luminosity relation (2,3). My a priori prediction that brown dwarfs should also conform to this relation has now been twice verified (2,4). I was also the originator of the subquantum kinetics microphysics methodology (2). In addition, I was the first to discover high levels of cosmic dust in polar ice (5). My published prediction that interstellar dust has been entering the solar system from the galactic center direction was later verified by Ulysses satellite data (6,7). I was the first to suggest that cosmic rays can relativistically propagate long distances through our galaxy along rectilinear trajectories (6,8), later validated by observations of Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1. I was the first to predict that cosmic ray volleys repeatedly showered the Earth during the last ice age (8), subsequently demonstrating with Be-10 data. I was the first to demonstrate the occurrence of a global warming event at the end of the last ice age (6,8,9). Also, in 1977, while serving as a consultant to the Club of Rome Goals for Mankind Project, I demonstrated that a photovoltaic power plant would be cheaper to build than a nuclear power plant (10).
— Paul LaViolette (1999), Letter to Science Magazine[10]
Other work edit
Subquantum kinetics edit
In 1985, LaViolette proposed the subquantum kinetics (SQK) theory - a new fundamental interpretation of gravitation. According to SQK, physically realistic particle-like structures having mass and charge generate gravity potential fields capable of exerting forces on neighboring particles but whose strength declines to zero beyond distances of ~10 kpc, thus eliminating the need to assume the presence of dark matter.
Gravity in that scientific paradigm plays a broader role than in standard physics: creates subcritical conditions in intergalactic space that foster nonconservative photon energy damping - tired light redshifting, thus providing a static universe interpretation of the cosmological redshift.[11]
Galactic core bursts edit
LaViolette was the first foreign scientist who was allowed access to samples collected during the deep drilling experiment conducted at Russia's Antarctica scientific station at Vostok. He intended to use the samples to verify the correctness of his Galactic bursts hypothesis, according to which the central region of the Milky Way Galaxy periodically outbursts very-high-energy particles that reach the Earth where they moderate the climate.
Inventions and patents edit
Air-sampling equipment.[12]
Advising edit
Goals for Mankind.
Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy[12]
Activism edit
LaViolette has advocated open government and declassification of governmental records on advanced propulsion technologies. He has claimed in an interview with George Noory that technology enabling space travel from Earth to Mars in under five days exists but is not made available yet.[13]
Censorship edit
Life and death edit
Paul LaViolette was born on 8 November 1947 in Schenectady, New York, to scientist parents. His father, American physicist Fred LaViolette, worked as an engineer on the Manhattan Project. His Greek mother, Irene LaViolette, was a chemist.[12]
LaViolette died on 19 December 2022 while at his second home in Greece.[15][16] He is interred at the Zographou Cemetery in Athens, Greece.
Further reading edit
Bibliography edit
- Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion - Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. (Rochester, VT: Bear & Co., 2008), ISBN 978-1-59143-078-0
- Subquantum Kinetics: A Systems Approach to Physics and Cosmology - Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. (Schenectady, NY: Starlane Publications, 1994), ISBN 0-9642025-5-7
- Decoding the Message of the Pulsars - Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. (Rochester, VT: Bear & Co., 2006), ISBN 1-5914306-23
- Genesis of the Cosmos: The Ancient Science of Continuous Creation - Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. (Rochester, VT: Bear & Company, April 2004), ISBN 1-59143-034-8
- Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age - Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. (Rochester, VT, Bear & Co., 2005), ISBN 1-59143-052-4
References edit
- ^ a b Ćirković, M.M., Perović, S. (2018) Alternative explanations of the cosmic microwave background: A historical and an epistemological perspective. Stud. Hist. Philos. Mod. Phys. 62, 1-18
- ^ LaViolette P.A. (1986) Is the universe really expanding? Astrophys. J. 301, 544–553
- ^ Sandage, A. (1988) Observational tests of World models. Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 26, 561-630
- ^ AstroNews: New Study Questions Expanding Universe, Astronomy 14:64, August 1986.
- ^ Wright E.L. (1987) Source counts in the chronometric cosmology, Astrophys. J. 313, 551–555
- ^ LaViolette, P.A. (2021) Expanding or Static Universe: Emergence of a New Paradigm. Int. J. Astron. Astrophys. 11, 190-231
- ^ Matson, Z. (2021) Niskayuna man believes he solved mystery of the universe, The Daily Gazette (25 September)
- ^ A Detailed Biography About Paul A. LaViolette, 2009
- ^ Narlikar, J.V. (1989) Noncosmological redshifts. Space Sci. Rev. 50(3-4), 523-614
- ^ LaViolette, P. (June 19, 1999). "New Physics" Patents. Science 284 (5422): 1929-1930.
- ^ LaViolette, P.A. (2021) "The Origin of Gravity and Its Effects: According to the Subquantum Kinetics Paradigm", Chapter 7 in: Krasnoholovets, V. (Ed.) The Origin of Gravity From First Principles. Series: Physics Research and Technology. Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA. ISBN: 9781536195668
- ^ a b c d Sean Daly (2000) The Man Who Fell From Earth. Washington City Paper, August 11.
- ^ Hoare, C. (2020) Mars bombshell: Scientist claims journey possible in 5 days with revolutionary technology, Express (31 January)
- ^ Cabbolet, M.J.T.F. (2014) Scientific Misconduct: Three Forms that Directly Harm Others as the Modus Operandi of Mill’s Tyranny of the Prevailing Opinion. Sci. Eng. Ethics 20, 41–54
- ^ Paul A. LaViolette obituary, Daily Gazette.
- ^ Paul A. LaViolette obituary, Thema News.
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