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  1. Home Page
  2. Abstract and Consequences of a Quantum Medium
  3. To the Reader:
  4. Background
  5. The Quantum Medium, Premise I, and Absolute Velocity
  6. Consequences of the qm in inertial reference frame A
  7. Consequences of the qm in inertial reference frame B
  8. Why observers in B observe relativistic, virtual phenomena
  9. Why observers in A observe real phenomena
  10. Observed virtual relative velocity
  11. Apparent "relativistic phenomena"
  12. Physical causes of the Twins Paradox of Special Relativity
  13. Physical causes of the observed constant speed of light (c)
  14. Agreement among observers in different reference frames
  15. Relationship between a body's va and internal energy or mass
  16. Consequences of relationship between a body's va and e or m
  17. Newton's second law of motion
  18. Real and virtual mass and acceleration
  19. Premise II
  20. Gradients of rg and physical causes of gravity
  21. Apparent equivalence of acceleration and gravity
  22. Propagation of light in the vicinity of a massive body
  23. Physical changes in material systems located where rg<1
  24. "Gravitational redshift" of light
  25. Slowing and bending of light in the vicinity of massive bodies
  26. Newton's Bucket
  27. Finding va for a reference frame or solar system
  28. Conclusion
  29. Postscript:
  30. GLOSSARY
  31. EQUATIONS