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Curtis Horn discusses a new paper that claims a derivation of the Woodward transient mass effect from Carver Mead’s G4v via two routes: a scalar channel yielding mass fluctuations tied to time-varying energy density, and a vector channel that connects momentum to the cosmic matter distribution with an order-unity Mach factor, arguing this avoids “Planck suppression” for thrust coupling.
PAPER LINK:
Title: The Woodward Transient Mass Effect as a Consequence of G4v Machian Gravitation (Curtis R. Horn Jr. / Space Studies Institute)
zenodo.org/records/18284632
Curtis Horn discusses a new paper that claims a derivation of the Woodward transient mass effect from Carver Mead’s G4v via two routes: a scalar channel yielding mass fluctuations tied to time-varying energy density, and a vector channel that connects momentum to the cosmic matter distribution with an order-unity Mach factor, arguing this avoids “Planck suppression” for thrust coupling.
PAPER LINK:
Title: The Woodward Transient Mass Effect as a Consequence of G4v Machian Gravitation (Curtis R. Horn Jr. / Space Studies Institute)
zenodo.org/records/18284632
