From: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
   On 4/18/19 10:48 AM, Rich L. wrote:   
      
   >   
   > The key to understanding how general relativity explains gravity   
   > is to focus on the time metric component, g_00. This is the component   
   > that results in the gravitational red shift, which, in simple terms,   
   > says that an oscillator at one elevation in a gravitational field   
   > will appear to have a lower frequency when viewed from a higher   
   > elevation, and conversely will appear to have a higher frequency   
   > when viewed from a lower elevation.  (it is incorrect to say that   
   > the frequency changes; no matter where the oscillator is located,   
   > an observer at the same elevation will always observe the same   
   > frequency.)   
   >   
   > Now consider a particle at rest (momentarily) in a gravitational   
   > field.  As reqpresented in quantum mechanics this particle will be   
   > a wave function with a frequency proportional to its mass, and the   
   > wave function will be a fuzzy blob extending over some region of   
   > space.  Because the particle is at rest, all parts of the wave   
   > function will have the same phase.  Because of the gravitational   
   > red shift, the lower parts of this wave function will change phase   
   > at a lower frequency than higher parts.  As a result the wave   
   > function will quickly get out of phase.  The result is a linear   
   > change in phase with altitude, which quantum mechanically means it   
   > has momentum, and it is a momentum that grows with time.  i.e. a   
   > force.   
   >   
   > Rich L.   
   >   
      
   Hello, and is the above hypothesis shared among rank-and-file   
   physicists?  You're bringing QM concepts into GR and I thought the   
   theoretical/experimental physics community is still wrestling with that.   
   Can what I posted previously be explained by Einsteinian GR?  I don't   
   see how the "oscillator" concept translates to a (apparent) force   
   without the use of QM concepts.  Sincerely,   
      
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