TITLE:
The Many Faces of Gravity
AUTHORS:
Robert Sadykov
KEYWORDS:
General Relativity, Extended Theories of Gravity, Gravitational Lensing, Cosmology, Background Radiation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology,
Vol.6 No.4,
October
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: We show that the number of different gravitational effects is significantly greater than previously thought. First of all, it turned out that the observed constancy of the speed of light relative to the surrounding masses is a special case of a previously unknown fundamental gravitational effect related to the action of gravitation on the speed of light. In other words, the constancy of the speed of light becomes an integral part of gravitation. Moreover, it turned out that the increase in inertial mass and the dilation of the proper time of particles that were accelerated relative to the surrounding masses are also consequences of this fundamental gravitational effect. All of these secondary effects are in the same row with such well-known effects as gravitational refraction and gravitational lensing, which are also a consequence of the action of gravitation on the speed of light. Their belonging to gravitation causes a number of unique features, for example, asymmetry in time dilation and anisotropy of the speed of light, which have been successfully confirmed experimentally. The research is based on a detailed analysis of a large set of experimental data using the classical axiomatic approach.