7 papers
The Impact of Gravitational Redshift on Systemic Water Maser Emission in NGC 4258
M. Spaans
NGC 4258 is well known for its 22 GHz water maser features that appear to reside in a thin Keplerian disk orbiting at R_0=0.13 pc. The influence of gravitational redshift on the le…
CO emission from high redshift
Nickolay Y. Gnedin, Joseph Silk, Marco Spaans
Future observations with ALMA will be able to detect star-forming primordial gal axies, and perhaps even their dwarf spheroidal satellites, in CO emission lines at redshifts approa…
On the Topological Nature of Fundamental Interactions
Marco Spaans
A thought experiment is proposed to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. The central paradigm is that space-time {\it topology} is ultimately responsible for the Heisenb…
Observational Tests to Discern the Topology of Planckian Space-Time
Marco Spaans
Observational diagnostics are constructed which reflect the underlying topology of Planckian space-time, and are directly related to phenomena on much larger scales. Specific predi…
Towards a Topological Formulation of Fundamental Interactions
Marco Spaans
A thought experiment is formulated to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity in a topological manner. An analysis of the interactions in Nature is then presented. The unive…
A Topological Formulation of the Standard Model
Marco Spaans
A topological theory for the interactions in Nature is presented. The theory derives from the cyclic properties of the topological manifold Q=2T^3 + 3S^1 x S^2 which has 23 intrins…