Hey /sci/ your favorite physicist is back.

Amidst the useless whining and name-calling from the last post, there was a useful critique about my equation dc/dt = 1/(4c) predicting the value of c to blow up over time. I thought about this a bit and realized that the equation should be dc/dt = -1/(4c). This also gives the force of gravity the correct sign, which I ignored in my paper.

I've been thinking a bit about the physical interpretation for this equation. I think that it can be better understood written as dv/dt = -1/(4v) for an arbitrary particle moving in the aether. This is similar to a drag force, except that with an ordinary drag force, the drag is proportional to velocity; here it's inversely proportional, meaning that there is less drag at higher speeds. dc/dt = -1/(4c) is just a special case of the aether drag equation for photons. I'm still working on a derivation for this equation; suggestions welcomed. In any case, the speed goes to zero over time now which makes sense for a drag force.

In the meantime there were a lot of people who complained about the fact that they couldn't follow my units in the last thread. I realize that there are some "hidden" units in the equation dc/dt = -1/(4c) that I didn't write out. With matching units it would be written dc/dt = -a_u * v_u / (4c). You then have to pepper the unitary acceleration and velocity throughout the rest of the calculations if you want to easily verify that the units match. I don't think it's worth submitting a replacement of my paper, but if people are still confused, I could potentially submit a new paper with these units included in the calculations.

Paper: https://vixra.org/abs/2102.0169