Gravity waves, or gravitational waves, are ripples in spacetime caused by the acceleration of massive objects, such as binary black hole mergers or neutron star collisions, as predicted by Albert Einstein's general relativity [Einstein, 1916]. In Dimensional Relativity, gravity waves are modeled as perturbations in the quantum foam (Chapter 2), driven by the interactions of two-dimensional (2D) energy fields oscillating at:
where ΔE is the energy change, h is Planck's constant (6.626 × 10⁻³⁴ J·s), and Δt is the time interval. For ΔE = 10⁻²⁰ J and Δt = 10⁻¹² s:
Key Insight
This frequency aligns with the quantum foam's field oscillations (ffield ≈ 1.5 × 10¹³ Hz, Chapter 2), suggesting that gravity waves emerge from foam fluctuations amplified by massive objects.
The waves propagate as longitudinal perturbations in the 2D field network, increasing spacetime's energy pressure, consistent with the stress-energy tensor in general relativity:
where Gμν is the Einstein tensor, G = 6.674 × 10⁻¹¹ m³ kg⁻¹ s⁻², c = 2.998 × 10⁸ m/s, and Tμν includes contributions from 2D fields.
Diagram 7: Gravity Wave Propagation
3D spacetime grid (10m × 10m × 10m) showing gravity wave propagation from binary black hole merger. Wavelength λ ≈ 2 × 10⁻⁵ m, with quantum foam oscillations at 1.5 × 10¹³ Hz.