Dynamic Cosmic Cell --The Structural
Component of the DSSU
Conrad Ranzan
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Nature presents us with a host of phenomena which appear
mostly as chaotic randomness until we select some significant events, and
abstract from their particular, irrelevant circumstances so that they
become idealized. Only then can they exhibit their true structure in full
splendor. --J. M. Jauch
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The foundation principle of modern cosmology is
the expansion of space.
This is true in Big Bang cosmology and it
is true in DSSU cosmology. It is
true regardless of how 'space' is defined (whether continuous; or
quantized; or geometric; or aether-like).
But on this common foundation rest two radically different types of
universes: The expanding universe and the non-expanding
universe. Examples of the
expanding type include the mytho-religious Big Bang model and the historical Steady State
model. An example of the non-expanding type is a cellular universe known as the Dynamic Steady State
Universe (the DSSU).
Let me explain the essential difference. In the
expanding universe
model space expands universally. While in the
non-expanding
universe
space expands but regionally. In our cellular universe space expands
within giant three-dimensional cells. Global expansion versus localized expansion
---that is the essential difference.
But there is more. Our cellular universe also has space contraction
---space contracts regionally. Space expansion is balanced by space
contraction thereby establishing the very conditions that sustain the cosmic cellular structure of the Universe. The dynamic
flow between the regions is, in some ways, analogous to thermal convection
cells.
So, a quantitative balance of space-expansion and space-contraction
means that the Universe is intrinsically (as opposed to phenomenologically)
cellularly structured. Remarkably, but not unexpectedly, it also means that
the Universe does not expand! ... Furthermore, it means we are
dealing with a radically new (as of 2002) cosmology, one that directly
challenges the establishment World View.
Let us focus on the cell structure. The obvious question is, is the
universe really cellular?
Astronomers have for several decades recorded the bubble-like nature of
the structure of the observable universe. They note that galaxies are
distributed in sheets and filaments surrounding large empty voids. Galaxy
concentrations are particularly great at the nodes between bubbles.
They know the cell structure is real, even though it appears rather chaotic.
But a
chaotic appearance is not unexpected. A popular on-line encyclopedia warns:
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"Some caution is
required in describing structures on a cosmic scale because things are
not always as they appear to be. Bending of light by gravitation
(gravitational lensing) can result in images which appear to originate
in a different direction from their real source. This is caused by
foreground objects (such as galaxies) curving the space around
themselves (as predicted by general relativity), deflecting light rays
that pass nearby. ... Weak lensing (gravitational shear) by the
intervening universe in general also subtly changes the observed
large-scale structure." --Wikipedia --Large-scale structure of the
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Now please re-read my opening quote.
"Nature presents us with phenomena which appear mostly as chaotic
randomness" until, as the opening quote suggests, we select and idealize
the significant underlying action. In this spirit, we idealize the regional
space dynamics (the space-expansion and space-contraction).
"Only then can they exhibit their true structure in full splendor."
The following composite image represents this idealization.
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Idealized dynamic cosmic cell.
The animation shows the bulk-flow of aether-space. Space flows from
the expanding region (known as a void) and flows into the contracting
regions (known as
galaxy clusters). But note, the void does not grow bigger and the galaxy clusters
do not become
smaller! (This image explains the balanced flow of aether-space; the
equally important balanced flow of matter is explained later in the text.)
Understand this image and know
the reason why our universe does NOT expand.
The idealized Cosmoscape at the top
reveals the cellular nature of the universe normally unrecognizable in
the vast tangle of interwoven superclusters of galaxies.
Images are not to
scale. The galaxies, particularly the supergalaxy at each node, are
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The Cell Mechanism: Space Expansion and Contraction
The motion in the animation above represents the bulk-flow of
aether-space. Since space expansion is an exponential growth process the
motion involves radial acceleration. The
acceleration and
outward increase in speed are, of course, greatly exaggerated (a
consequence of scaling the size and time).
The comoving drift of a test particle starting near the center of an
actual cosmic cell takes a very long time ---a mind boggling 300 billion
years. The flow is caused by the physical expansion of aether-space. The
rate of this growth is known. Astronomers have measured it to be in
the range of 18 to 20 km per second per million lightyears of distance. In
easily understood terms, it means one kilometer of space grows by about
6.2 centimeters every million Earth years of time. In terms of volume it
means one CUBIC kilometer of space grows by
about 186,000 cubic meters
every million Earth years.
The radial flow is caused by the expansion occurring in the void region
(and only in the void
region). The void is surrounded by a dodecahedral-shaped 'shell' of
galaxies.
This "shell of galaxies" is, of course, what gives the Cosmic Cell its
visible shape.
[2] The
dodecahedral
shape corresponds to the hexagonal representation used for the
above
2-dimensional image. The flow proceeds into
the interface region of adjoining cells and into the galaxy cluster regions
---the structural nodes of the structural
'shell'.
And there, in the interface, in the galaxy clusters, space expansion
ceases. In fact, space undergoes contraction. The galaxy cluster regions
are major dissipaters (contractors) of aether-space.
There is a very real harmony here. Space expansion is balanced by space
contraction. Which means, as noted above, the cosmic cell does not grow
bigger.
Yes, but what about the galaxy clusters? ... What prevents them from
collapsing into the central dominant galaxy (the yellow 'elliptical' shown at
the heart of each node)?
To answer this we need to consider another kind of flow.
The Cell Mechanism:
Matter Flow
The above section deals with the flow that results from the balanced
processes of space expansion and space contraction.
This is the flow shown in the animation.
There is, however, another pair of balanced processes. There exists a
harmony
between primitive matter formation (from vacuum energy) occurring in the void region and the negation of a loosely
balancing quantity of gravitating matter within the interface (between
cosmic cells) and galaxy clusters. More specifically, the negation of
matter takes place
within the
cores of massive superneutron stars.
This other aspect of the cosmic cell's equilibrium —the matter-formation
and matter-negation— is described here only in brief outline. Considerably
more detail may be found in other research
papers on the CellularUniverse.org website.
In a nutshell, the
other aspect of the cell's equilibrium
is between (1) primitive matter formation (from the release of energy due
to space expansion) occurring in the void, and (2), the negation of a
loosely balancing quantity of gravitating matter within the cores of
sufficiently massive superneutron stars. (
“Superneutron stars” are similar to, and may be thought of as, black-holes.
But understand, they are not
black-holes as singularities and not
black-holes of infinite density.) Matter density has a limit. Exceed the limit and
matter/mass/energy become unsustainable ---as in these special cores. In blunt terms the matter, flowing into these
cores, vanishes from the universe. It then, literally, no long exists. The
descriptive term for this process, the term used in DSSU theory, is
suppression-annihilation. (Be assured there is no violation of the
law governing energy conservation nor of the
law governing entropy.) The two processes lead to a simple
self-balancing mechanism. There is a continuous material flow entering
the galaxy clusters (astronomers refer to the process as streaming) and
a continuous destruction (suppression-annihilation) of
material within
the galaxy clusters.
Thus, when the matter formation-and-negation pair is combined with the
space expansion-and-contraction pair then the cosmic cell becomes a
complete, self-sustaining, self-balancing system.
In practical terms it means the void does not grow bigger and the
surrounding galaxy clusters do not become smaller. The size of the cosmic
cell, for the most part, is stable. An average diameter is about 300
million lightyears.
Notice how Nature hides its true nature.
The Universe's cellularity is 'hidden' in the tangle
of strands and clumps of galaxy clusters and the even greater
tangle of interwoven superclusters of galaxies. Lost in the
cosmic web. Expansion and contraction almost unrecognizable.
While large-scale structure is hidden in the apparent "chaotic randomness"
the matter formation and annihilation processes are hidden by something
else entirely.
Matter formation is
hidden in the unimaginable smallness-of-scale of quantum space.
Lost to all our senses. And matter
suppression-annihilation is hidden in the ultimate density of
the cores of active superneutron stars.
Lost in the blackness.
Continuous Beginning, Continuous Ending
Contrary to conventional cosmology, our Universe did not have a
beginning and it will not have an ending. However, everything in
and of the universe has a beginning and an ending. But
what is most amazing is that the universe embodies continuous 'beginning'
and continuous 'ending'. The dynamic cosmic cell has no starting and
stopping mechanism. So it runs perpetually. In this way
the animation, above, also captures the feature of continuous beginning and
continuous ending.
We may think of this
continuous beginning as primitive matter being formed from the
aether ---from vacuum energy in conventional terminology and theory.
Conceptualizing continuous ending is easy. It takes place in the
cores
of active superneutron stars. The sink holes of the universe (and
conventionally called black holes).
The full-term process from beginning to ending can be
expressed in the following radically simplified sequence: Consider a newly
formed sub-sub-atomic particle ---a freshly precipitated precursor particle---
somewhere, anywhere, in the
universe. Regardless of the quantity and quality and time duration of
processes in which it partakes, its ultimate destination is a
suppression-annihilation core of a black hole. This event is
literally the end of the original particle ---or whatever it has evolved
into. It is an 'ending' event. A tiny entity of the universe goes out of
existence.
Should the 'particle' somehow, by some great fortune, miss
all the black holes stalking the countless conventional galaxies
(especially the massive ones at the nuclei of galaxies) then its ultimate
ending will occur at the core of a nodal supergalaxy ---known to
astronomers as cluster-dominating "Cd" galaxies. Representations of these
supergiants are located at the six nodes of the idealized cosmic cell,
above. And I repeat, whatever flows into the core is fated for the
suppression-annihilation
process and ceases to exist.
Before moving on to the conclusion, is there anything that has been
overlooked? Any dynamic force or effect? ...
Of course! Gravity. ... And what about the anti-gravity effect ---the
enigmatically termed cosmological constant made famous by Einstein?
Yes, yes. I should have clarified this earlier. I confess, I am so used
to thinking of these two effects in the terms of their true nature ---in
terms of their true splendor--- that I forgot to link
them to the common terminology.
Gravity is simply the effect produced by the contraction of space (the
inhomogeneous contraction of aether-space ). As for the
cosmological constant, it is the effect produced by the expansion of
space (the exponential expansion of
aether-space).
(But unless this is your first visit to the Cellular Universe website
then you would have known this anyway.)
Conclusion
When two fundamental process-pairs are combined ...
When the space expansion-and-contraction pair
is combined with
the matter formation-and-negation pair ...
Then the cosmic cell becomes a complete, self-sustaining, self-balancing
system.
And we say that the unit-universe of the Dynamic Steady State
Universe is a perpetual dynamic system. Always has been, always will
be.
One final question. A question I asked myself some months after
uncovering the 4-process system in the year 2001: If the system involves perpetual motion,
does it necessarily violate the fundamental laws of Nature? Does
it
violate the dictum most people are familiar with ---the one that asserts that there is
no such thing as a
perpetual motion machine?
To fully appreciate the answer there are three things to consider.
(1) It turns out that there are three kinds of perpetual motion
machines or systems: The first kind violates the principle of conservation
of energy; the second kind violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics (the
entropy law); the third kind, however, violates NO known laws.[3]
It is entirely possible
to have a perpetual motion system without violating known laws. Thus we could, if we wanted, say that,
yes, the DSSU is a perpetual motion ‘system’; however,
being of the ‘third kind’ no physical laws are violated. Aether-space is
the component that moves forever —a perpetual flow into existence and out
of existence.
(2) Astrophysicists concede that one law in particular, the conservation
of energy law, does not apply to the universe itself. In the words of
Edward
Harrison,
“The conclusion, whether we like it or not, is obvious: Energy in the
universe is not conserved.”
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3) And finally, there is the checkmate argument. There is an airtight
philosophical reason why this must be so ---why there must be a perpetual
process. See:
The Primary Process
and Section 2 in
Theoretical Foundation and Pillars of the Dynamic Steady State Universe.
The considered answer ...
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Thus, the Dynamic Steady State Universe is a cosmos of perpetual formation and perpetual
balancing destruction.
The Dynamic Cosmic Cell embodies the processes involved. |
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Copyright © 2008-2009 by Conrad Ranzan
E-mail: DSSUresearch@aol.com
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