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Gravitational Fields Are Electron Densities

Abstract

I used the thought experiment of two hydrogen atoms contained in a container of 1cm^3 at a Lagrange point as the starting point for my calculations. I hypothesised that the gravitational field is an extension of the electron densities of the two atoms and that an electron from one atom may quantum tunnel to within the electroweak range of the nucleus of the other atom. The tunneling electron would thereafter exert a force of attraction over the protons in the foreign nucleus. This creates a force of attraction between the two atoms. I used Newton's law of Universal Gravitation to estimate the force of gravity between the two atoms. I then divided the number of atoms multiplied by the average atomic number of the system; then divided that number by the ratio between gravitational attraction and electrical repulsion; then multiplied the resulting number by the charge of the electron, and then fed the resulting number into Coulomb's law with the charge of the proton. The resulting figure from Coulomb's law came close to those of Newton's law, with a few orders of magnitude difference. I therefore concluded that gravity is equal to the electrostatic forces between an electron density and the nucleus, plus the pressure of radiation between the two atoms.