Star Trek

The Vulcan Science Academy:

Subject: Frequency-shift:

Earth scientists believe that frequency-shift is a combination of Doppler, relativistic and gravitational factors.

They conclude that distant stars are retreating at huge velocities in excess of the speed of light.

So they invent a theory that Space itself is expanding - quite illogical.

The Vulcan Science Academy has observed that the major factor in frequency-shift is where photons move to a different Potential Energy level in Space. It is most clearly seen with large stars and black holes (they are not black, just red-shifted). Hence the VSA reaches a different conclusion on the size and age of your universe.

LL&P

Thanks Mr Spock.

Have seen some of this on Wiki etc.

Would be interested to see more detail please.

The Vulcan Science Academy:

Subject: Size and age of your universe:

Your universe is smaller and younger than Earth scientists calculate.

There is much more inter-star and inter-galactic energy, in the form of wave-particles, which you cannot yet detect, but which you call dark energy or dark matter. If you could calculate the increased Potential Energy red-shift caused by this extra energy, you would obtain lower values for the remaining Doppler red-shift and hence a smaller size and younger age for your universe.

Your universe has an energy and age distribution just like any universe formed from a typical galactic explosion.

Some parts are still moving away from the origin and so their Potential Energy is still increasing whilst their Kinetic Energy is reducing.

Some parts have already reached their furthest point where their Potential Energy is a maximum and their Kinetic Energy is a minimum (zero).

Some parts are already collapsing back towards the origin so their Kinetic Energy is increasing whilst their Potential Energy is reducing.

LL&P

Mr Spock:

Can we use these Potential Energy fields/wells to move around the universe more quickly?

Captain:

Your scientists have used the Potential Energy wells around your planets for space exploration with Pioneer 10/11 and Cassini etc.

By following the lower Potential Energy - higher Kinetic Energy - routes between aligned planets in your solar system, your spacecraft have reached their destinations either more quickly, or with reduced fuel consumption.

Beyond your solar system - into inter-star or inter-galactic space, there is less scope for this technique as major Potential Energy wells only exist around concentrations of energy.

Vulcan spacecraft have been able to exploit the sling-shot technique by passing close to massive stars and black-holes, achieving extremely high velocities.

LL&P.

So, with a Vulcan spacecraft travelling a very high speed, what about some time dilation or time warp?

Do your get something like warp speed in these situations?

Hope that's an affirmative, Mr Spock!

Ensign:

There is no time dilation.  It is illogical to imagine time slowing down.

Time dilation would create contradictions and anomalies that could not be resolved.

There is only ENERGY.

Higher energy photons have shorter wavelength:  Energy x Wavelength is constant.

Higher energy particles have smaller diameter:  Energy x Diameter is constant.

The Energy x Size equation gives an infinite series, throughout the universes.

We experience only a very small part of it.

LL&P

Yes Mr Spock, just love these equations.

Have seen them in your EDisConstant paper on Facebook, but need more explanation please.

Also believe that time dilation is not possible.

Great Spockisms to quote, but need some more help with the explanations!

Photons:  Energy x Wavelength is constant.

Particles:  Energy x Diameter is constant.

Agree with alfamav, need some help to understand this, especially the  "infinite series" bit.

Cheers Spock!

Ensign:

The "infinite series" refers to the range of photon wavelengths and wave-particle sizes in the universes.

Your scientists can observe and measure only a small part of the photon spectrum, from what they call "ultra-low" to "ultra-high".

Yet the spectrum continues to ever shorter and ever longer wavelengths, probably to infinity.

The very short wavelengths (less than 10^-20 m) are inhabited by life-forms of minuscule size that live their lives at very high speeds.

The very long wavelengths (beyond 10^15 m) are inhabited by life-forms of much larger size than us, and whose metabolic rate is much slower than ours.

(Note: The very short wavelengths of the standard hand-held "phaser" are not yet attainable by your scientists.)

There is also an "infinite series" that applies to the size of wave-particles in the universe:

Your scientists can observe and measure wave-particles from the low-energy electron (511 keV) up to high energy "bosons" at many GeV.

However, they cannot yet detect the much lower-energy wave-particles such as neutrinos (~ 1 eV) or the much higher-energy wave-particles.  They call the undetectable wave-particles "dark matter".

Within the universes, the range of wave-particle energies is immense, probably extending to infinity.

LL&P

Thanks Mr Spock.

So is the Vulcan Science Academy in contact with these alien life-forms?

Can you describe them?