1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. SCI.ASTRO.RESEARCH

  • Robert L Oldershaw

    From Jacob Navia@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 1 14:25:02 2022
    Robert was a contributor to this group years ago. I remembered him when
    reading a Phys.org, article, and I wanted to contact him his email
    bounced.

    Then, I learned that he passed away on Aug 2021. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/robert-oldershaw-obituary?id=21718272

    If I remember correctly, he proposed that stars have masses of multiples
    of a constant value. He was much decried here, and he left.

    The article I read was: https://phys.org/news/2022-10-uncovering-massive-quantum-mysteries-black.html

    From that article:
    "Our work shows that the very early theories of Jacob Bekenstein---American
    and Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions
    to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics---were on the money,"
    she said.

    "He postulated that black holes can only have masses that are of certain values, that is, they must fall within certain bands or ratios---this is
    how energy levels of an atom works, for example.

    "Our modeling showed that these superposed masses were, in fact, in
    certain determined bands or ratios---as predicted by Bekenstein.

    I do not know if Mr Oldershaw's theories will be right, the future will
    tell.

    More information: Joshua Foo et al, Quantum Signatures of Black Hole
    Mass Superpositions, Physical Review Letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.181301 Journal information: Physical Review
    Letters

    jacob

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Phillip Helbig (undress to reply@21:1/5 to Jacob Navia on Thu Nov 3 16:14:25 2022
    In article <25c94cb3-8193-4b42-bfa6-9d734f6859fen@googlegroups.com>,
    Jacob Navia <jacobnavia7@gmail.com> writes:

    Robert was a contributor to this group years ago. I remembered him when reading a Phys.org, article, and I wanted to contact him his email
    bounced.

    Then, I learned that he passed away on Aug 2021. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/robert-oldershaw-obituary?id=21718272

    If I remember correctly, he proposed that stars have masses of multiples
    of a constant value. He was much decried here, and he left.

    He posted many articles here, and they were discussed. Some took the
    trouble to read his stuff and pointed out inaccuracies, often involving statistics. As far as I know, he had one article in an otherwise
    serious journal (slipped through the cracks) which made a testable
    prediction, but that prediction was falsified. He then moved the
    goalposts.

    The article I read was: https://phys.org/news/2022-10-uncovering-massive-quantum-mysteries-black.html

    From that article:
    "Our work shows that the very early theories of Jacob Bekenstein---American and Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions
    to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics---were on the money,"
    she said.

    "He postulated that black holes can only have masses that are of certain values, that is, they must fall within certain bands or ratios---this is
    how energy levels of an atom works, for example.

    "Our modeling showed that these superposed masses were, in fact, in
    certain determined bands or ratios---as predicted by Bekenstein.

    I do not know if Mr Oldershaw's theories will be right, the future will
    tell.

    Just to be clear: you remembered him when reading a Phys.org article,
    but that article doesn't mention him.

    More information: Joshua Foo et al, Quantum Signatures of Black Hole
    Mass Superpositions, Physical Review Letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.181301 Journal information: Physical Review
    Letters

    jacob

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)