New Transformation Equations and the Electric Field Four-vector

20. Conclusions

Since we have altered the Maxwell tensor so that it includes nonzero terms along the main diagonal, additional terms appear in any equation where the electric field tensor, , or its variation, , appear. The effects of these extra terms should be readily testable and verifiable. We have shown, also, that the magnitude of a charge is reduced as its velocity is increased. The resistance of high velocity charged particles to acceleration in particle accelerators may be attributed to a reduction in the magnitude of their charges. The variability of the magnitude of the charge is not forbidden, since the charge density is invariant.

The equation for an expanding four-dimensional spherical light wave front is (5.3), in this theory. The wave front propogates in four-dimensions (3 space and 1 time), rather than the usual three-dimensions (3 space), as in relativity. This assures that the spatial velocity of light in any inertial reference frame is invariant.

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