The Treatment of Space as a Solid Structure
In my previous paper 'The Large Scale Structure of the Universe' I outlined a proposition that the expansion of the Universe was the result of gravitational repulsion, this being a product of the so-called cosmological constant or lambda factor. In that paper I went on to relate the maximum radius of the universe,via the use of Hubble's constant, to all the other principle constants of physics,thus enabling all the constants to be written in terms of the Gravitational constant. It will be recalled that this is one of the principle requirements for the quantisation of gravity.
If one accepts the validity of the lambda proposition, one can then envision that all of space is confined inside two parameters, these being the Compton Length at the smallest end of the scale and the Radius of the Universe at the largest end of the scale. If, in fact, the universe is not expanding in terms of it's volume but is held in a steady and finite state by cosmic repulsion, then it is clear that that space and time are both 'trapped' between these two parameters which in turn act as impenetrable potentials.
Since the space which we occupy is, itself, the product of the gravitational lambda field it follows that this paper is the description of that quantised gravitational field and the quantised space confined by the two potentials.
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