🧲 NUVO Sinertia and Gravitational Flux
In NUVO Theory, gravity does not arise from force-carrying particles or spacetime curvature. Instead, it emerges from the flow of sinertia — a scalar-inertial quantity — through a scalar-modulated geometric field. This fundamentally shifts the concept of gravitational influence from curvature-based attraction to geometric energy flux.
🧠 What Is Sinertia?
Sinertia (short for scalar inertia) is the localized expression of rest mass energy under scalar field modulation. It behaves like an inertial potential that responds to the geometry of space, modulated by a scalar field.
At any point, the sinertia of a body is determined by the scalar modulation \( \lambda(r, v) \):
\(\text{Sinertia} \propto \frac{m_0}{\lambda(r, v)}
\)
As \( \lambda \) increases due to gravitational potential or motion, the local rest energy decreases — analogous to a redshift of inertial energy. This depletion drives the net flow of sinertia outward, much like heat flow from a high to low temperature region.
🌐 Scalar Gradient and Flux
The scalar field generates a directional gradient that gives rise to gravitational acceleration. A mass located in a scalar gradient experiences a flow of sinertia toward lower modulation (higher energy density):
\(\vec{a}_{\text{grav}} \propto -\nabla \left( \frac{1}{\lambda(r, v)} \right)
\)
This replaces Newton’s inverse-square law with a scalar-geometric effect. The flow of sinertia across spherical shells defines the gravitational field strength at a distance.
🔁 Flux Over a Spherical Surface
Let a mass \( M \) produce a scalar field around it. The scalar-modulated flux \( \Phi_s \) of sinertia across a spherical surface of radius \( r \) is:
\(\Phi_s(r) = \oint_{\partial V} \frac{m_0}{\lambda(r)} \cdot c \cdot dA
\)
This represents the rate of rest energy propagation per unit time across a field surface, where:
- \( c \) is the limiting velocity of sinertia propagation (speed of light),
- \( dA \) is the differential area on the surface,
- \( \lambda(r) \) modulates the local rest energy contribution.
At large distances, the total flux approaches a conserved value proportional to the central mass:
\(\Phi_s \propto M
\)
🌌 Gravity as a Result of Sinertia Flow
The key shift in NUVO theory is this:
Mass attracts not through force, but because rest energy flows outward from scalar depletion, pulling local systems along geodesics defined by sinertia flux.
This formulation naturally preserves:
- Energy conservation
- Causal flow
- The equivalence principle (mass and geometry are inseparable)
💡 Conceptual Comparison
| Concept | General Relativity | NUVO Theory |
|---|---|---|
| Gravity source | Spacetime curvature (tensor) | Scalar modulation and sinertia |
| Field strength | Einstein tensor \( G_{\mu\nu} \) | Gradient of sinertia flux |
| Propagation | Gravitational wave (tensor) | Scalar flux at \( c \) |
| Conservation | Covariant energy-momentum | Scalar sinertia conservation |
🧮 Sinertia Collapse and Saturation
At extreme conditions (e.g. near black holes), scalar modulation saturates and sinertia collapses — no longer flowing outward. This marks the onset of causal horizons or gravitational traps in NUVO terms.
\(\lim_{r \to r_c} \frac{m_0}{\lambda(r)} \to 0
\)
Sinertia disappears from external observers as it becomes trapped within saturated scalar geometry.
See also NUVO Series 0.2
Appendix:
🔬 Michelson–Morley and Photon Geometry
The famous Michelson–Morley experiment demonstrated that the speed of light is constant in all directions, providing one of the first experimental refutations of a material “aether.” In standard physics, this led to the foundations of Special Relativity.
In NUVO Theory, this result is preserved — but with a different conceptual underpinning:
Photons follow the scalar geometry defined by \( \lambda(r) \), but they do not interact with sinertia.
📡 Geometry Without Inertia
Photons are massless and therefore do not possess or respond to sinertia. Their paths are governed solely by the scalar-modulated geometry, meaning they always follow geodesics defined by:
\(ds^2 = \lambda^2(r) \cdot (dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2)
\)
Because this geometry is isotropic in local space (no directional bias), light travels at speed \( c \) in all directions relative to the local scalar frame, perfectly matching the Michelson–Morley null result.
🔁 No Preferred Frame Needed
While sinertia modulates local rest energy and creates gravitational flux, photons move at the frame-independent velocity \( c \) across all inertial observers — because they do not carry or respond to scalar-inertial energy.
This reinforces:
- The absence of a preferred frame for light,
- The universality of light speed,
- The compatibility of NUVO geometry with classical experimental outcomes.
✅ NUVO Summary of Michelson–Morley
| Feature | Classical View | NUVO Theory |
|---|---|---|
| Light speed constancy | Inherent spacetime property | Result of scalar geometry |
| Medium for light | None (no aether) | Scalar field (geometry only) |
| Inertia interaction | Not applicable | Photons do not couple to sinertia |
| MM experiment result | Speed same in all directions | Speed same in all directions |
NUVO retains all observational results of Special Relativity, but replaces the abstract postulate of invariant light speed with a geometrically justified mechanism rooted in scalar modulation.