Particles as gravitational sinks

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The Universe appears to be a vast emptiness sprinkled here and there by bits of matter. About five percent is visible matter and the remainer is unknown and referred to as dark energy and dark matter depending on scale. Fundamental particles like electrons and quarks are considered point-like, having zero extent and considered gravitational sources or proposed sinks (see Figure 1).

There are two ways to look at the situation. Is the ambient gravitational field of the Universe the result of Figure 1a, or 1b where the vertexes are point particles? This field and space are indistinguishable according to general relativity. Elementary particles as sources would provide five percent and as sinks ninety-five percent of the ambient gravitational field of the Universe, and arguably the latter would provide the entire volume of the known Universe given particles of zero extent. How an entity that has no extent induces any gravitational field or space is problematical.

On creation of a particle as source, its gravitational field would move outward at light speed. On creation of a particle as sink, the ambient gravitational field would immediately connect to the particle. This distinct difference makes the sink hypothesis testable.

Possible additional significance of particles as sinks:

• An Explanation of quantum entanglement as local when particles are separated. [1]
• An Explanation of the measurement problem. [2]]
• An Explanation of the two-slit experiment. [3]
• An Explanation of the conventional (mis)calculation of the mass of the quantum vacuum. [4][5]
• Avoidance of infinities and renormalization. [6]

[1] (1) Is quantum entanglement actually non-local? | LinkedIn

[2] (1) The measurement problem and particles as sinks | LinkedIn

[3] (1) JUST WHAT IS A PARTICLE, ANYWAY? | LinkedIn

[4] (1) Why does the predicted mass of the quantum vacuum have little effect on the expansion of the universe?* | LinkedIn

[5] Gravity as fundamentally repulsive and apparently attractive at smaller scales (regarding Reference [4]): (1) An explanation of dark matter and dark energy from unmodified Newtonian gravity* | LinkedIn

[6] (1) Simplified relationship between electron and photon | LinkedIn

Figure 1 credit: What Is the Difference between Source Flow and Sink Flow? (mecholic.com)