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The Homogeneous Propagation Framework: Weak-Field Observational Tests

Authors: Buckeyne, James;

The Homogeneous Propagation Framework: Weak-Field Observational Tests

Abstract

This paper systematically tests the Homogeneous Propagation Framework's displacement-based gravity against the major weak-field observational benchmarks, ordered by the level of framework machinery each requires. It begins with pure time-dilation tests — Hafele-Keating clock transport and Pound-Rebka gravitational redshift — showing that the cumulative displacement Σ and kinematic factor λ reproduce the measured results, then moves to the Shapiro delay as an integrated propagation-cost effect along a signal path through displaced transport. Mercury's perihelion precession is recovered from the full effective coordinate-level line element via three contributions (retardation mismatch, time-dilation steering, and cumulative displacement gradient) that together yield 42.98 arcsec/century. Light deflection and the PPN γ = 1 result follow structurally from the symmetric modification of ε₀ and μ₀ by displacement, requiring no fitting. Lunar laser ranging provides multi-body consistency checks including a structurally zero Nordtvedt effect. Gravitational radiation is developed by showing that the six independent components of the symmetric deformation tensor each carry 1/6 of the GR quadrupole power, recovering the total GR radiation formula exactly, while predicting a breathing-mode channel from eccentric-orbit trace oscillations as a concrete observational distinction from general relativity. Gravity Probe B's geodetic effect is treated as the same orbital-precession mechanism as Mercury's, while the frame-drag effect requires the rotating-source vector displacement sector, yielding predictions close to measured values.

Keywords

Light Deflection, Pound-Rebka, Lunar Laser Ranging, gravity probe b, transport structure, Vacuum Storage Medium, PPN Parameters, hafele-keating, gravitational radiation, Cumulative displacement, weak-field tests, Mercury Precession, Shapiro Delay

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