An Explanation of Inertia outside Relativity

Scientific Paper
Title	An Explanation of Inertia outside Relativity
Author(s)	Musa D Abdullahi
Keywords	Acceleration, electric charge, field, force, inertia, mass, relativity, velocity.
Published	2004

Abstract

An Explanation of Inertia outside Relativity

An electric charge Q of mass m, in the form of a spherical shell of radius a, moving at time t with velocity v and acceleration dv/dt, generates an electro-dynamic field X proportional to the acceleration. The field X acts on the self-same charge Q to produce an inertial force QX = -m(dv/dt), in accordance with Newton’s 2^nd and 3^rd laws of motion, where m is a constant. This explains the origin of inertia as electrical and internal to a body, contrary to general relativity. An expression deduced for the mass m, in terms of Q and radius a, is compared with the electrostatic energy E of the charge to obtain E = ½ mc², in contrast to the mass-energy formula of special relativity, E = mc², where c the speed of light in a vacuum.

 

                     

 

 

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