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Imaginary dimensions in physics require an imaginary set of base Planck units and some negative parameter $c_n$ corresponding to the speed of light in vacuum $c$. The second, negative fine-structure constant $\alpha_2^{-1} \approx -140.178$ present in Fresnel coefficients for the normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation on monolayer graphene leads to the imaginary Planck units. Furthermore, it sets $c_n \approx -3.06 \times 10^8~\text{[m/s]}$. It follows that electric charges are the same in real and imaginary dimensions. Neutron stars and white dwarfs, objects emitting perfect black-body radiation, need energy exceeding their mass-energy equivalence ratios. Complex energies are defined in terms of real and imaginary Planck units. Their imaginary parts, inaccessible for direct observation, store the excess of these energies. It follows that black holes are fundamentally uncharged, charged micro neutron stars and white dwarfs with masses lower than $5.7275 \times 10^{-10}~[\text{kg}]$ are unphysical, and the radii of white dwarfs' cores are limited to $R_{\text{WD}} < 6.7933~G M_{\text{WD}}/c^2$. It is conjectured that the maximum atomic number $Z=238$. A black-body object is in the equilibrium of complex energies of masses, charges, and wavelengths if its radius $R_\text{eq} \approx 2.7665~G M_{\text{BBO}}/c^2$, which corrects the value of the photon sphere radius $R_{\text{ps}}=3G M/c^2$, taking into account the value(s) of the fine-structure constant(s), which is otherwise neglected in general relativity.

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I. INTRODUCTION

The universe began with the Big Bang, which is a current prevailing scientific opinion. But this Big Bang was not an explosion of 4-dimensional spacetime, which also is a current prevailing scientific opinion, but an explosion of dimensions. More precisely, in the

- 1

-dimensional void, a 0-dimensional point appeared, inducing the appearance of countably infinitely other points indistinguishable from the first one. The breach made by the first operation of the dimensional successor function of the Peano axioms inevitably continued leading to the formation of 1-dimensional, real and imaginary lines allowing for an ordering of points using multipliers of real units (ones) or imaginary units (

a \in R \Leftrightarrow a = 1 b

a \in I \Leftrightarrow a = i b, b \in R

). Then out of two lines of each kind, crossing each other only at one initial point

(0, 0)

, the dimensional successor function formed 2-dimensional

R^{2}

I^{2}

, and

R \times I

Euclidean planes, with

I^{2}

being a mirror reflection of

R^{2}

. And so on, forming n-dimensional Euclidean spaces

R^{a} \times I^{b}

with

a \in N

real and

b \in N

imaginary lines,

n : = a + b

, and the scalar product defined by

\begin{matrix} x \cdot y & = (x_{1}, \dots, x_{a}, i x_{1}^{'}, \dots, i x_{b}^{'}) (y_{1}, \dots, y_{a}, i y_{1}^{'}, \dots, i y_{b}^{'} : =) \\ : = \sum_{k = 1}^{a} x_{k} y_{k} + \sum_{l = 1}^{b} x_{l}^{'} \bar{y_{l}^{'}}, \end{matrix}

(1)

where

x, y \in R^{a} \times I^{b}

With the onset of the first 0-dimensional point, information began to evolve [1,2,3,4,5,6].

However, dimensional properties are not uniform. Concerning regular convex n-polytopes in natural dimensions, for example, there are countably infinitely many regular convex polygons, five regular convex polyhedra (Platonic solids), six regular convex 4-polytopes, and only three regular convex n-polytopes if

n > 3

[7]. In particular, 4-dimensional euclidean space is endowed with a peculiar property known as exotic

R^{4}

[8]. This property allowed for variation of phenotypic traits within populations of individuals [9] perceiving emergent Euclidean

R^{3} \times I

space of three real and one imaginary (time) dimension observer-dependently [10] and at present [11] when

i 0 = 0

is real. The evolution of information extended into biological evolution.

Each dimension requires certain units of measure. In real dimensions, the natural units of measure were derived by Max Planck in 1899 as "independent of special bodies or substances, thereby necessarily retaining their meaning for all times and for all civilizations, including extraterrestrial and non-human ones" [12].

This study derives the complementary set of Planck units applicable for imaginary dimensions, including the imaginary base units, and outlines prospects for their research. As the speed of electromagnetic radiation is the product of its wavelength and frequency and both these quantities are imaginary in imaginary dimensions, some real but negative parameter

c_{n} = ν_{i} λ_{i}

corresponding to the speed of light in vacuum c (i.e., the Planck speed) is also necessary as

i^{2} = - 1

. It turns out that the imaginary Planck energy

E_{P i}

and temperature

T_{P i}

are larger in moduli than the Planck energy

E_{P}

and temperature

T_{P}

setting more favorable conditions for biological evolution to emerge in

R^{3} \times I

Euclidean space than in

I^{3} \times R

Euclidean one due to the minimum energy principle.

The study shows that the energies of neutron stars and white dwarfs exceed their mass–energy equivalences and that excess energy is stored in imaginary dimensions and is inaccessible to direct observations. This corrects the value of the photon sphere radius and results in the upper bound on the slopes of the radii of their cores as a function of their masses, where the Schwarzschild radius sets the lower bound.

The paper is structured as follows. Section II shows that Fresnel coefficients for the normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation on monolayer graphene include the second, negative fine-structure constant

α_{2}

as a fundamental constant of nature. Section III shows that nature endows us with the imaginary base Planck units by this second fine-structure constant. Section IV introduces the concept of a black-body object in thermodynamic equilibrium emitting black-body radiation and discusses its necessary properties. Section V introduces two complex energies of masses and charges and applies them to black-body objects. Section VI introduces four additional complex energies of masses, charges, and wavelengths to derive the black-body object equilibrium, correcting the photon sphere radius of general relativity. Section VII summarizes the findings of this study. Certain prospects for further research are given in the appendices.

II. THE SECOND FINE-STRUCTURE CONSTANT

Numerous publications provide Fresnel coefficients for the normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) on monolayer graphene (MLG), which are remarkably defined only by

π

and the fine-structure constant

α

α^{- 1} = {(\frac{q_{P}}{e})}^{2} = \frac{4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ c}{e^{2}} \approx 137.036,

(2)

where

ϵ_{0}

is vacuum permittivity (the electric constant), ℏ is the reduced Planck constant, and e is the elementary charge.

Transmittance (T) of MLG

T = \frac{1}{{(1 + \frac{π α}{2})}^{2}} \approx 0.9775,

(3)

for normal EMR incidence was derived from the Fresnel equation in the thin-film limit [13] (Eq. 3), whereas spectrally flat absorptance (A)

A \approx π α \approx 2.3 %

was reported [14,15] for photon energies between about

0.5

and

2.5

[eV]. T was related to reflectance (R) [16] (Eq. 53) as

R = π^{2} α^{2} T / 4

, i.e,

R = \frac{\frac{1}{4} π^{2} α^{2}}{{(1 + \frac{π α}{2})}^{2}} \approx 1.2843 \times 10^{- 4},

(4)

The above equations for T and R, as well as the equation for the absorptance

A = \frac{π α}{{(1 + \frac{π α}{2})}^{2}} \approx 0.0224,

(5)

were also derived [17] (Eqs. 29-31) based on the thin film model (setting

n_{s} = 1

for substrate).

The sum of transmittance (3) and the reflectance (4) at normal EMR incidence on MLG was also derived [18] (Eq. 4a) as

\begin{matrix} T + R & = 1 - \frac{4 σ η}{4 + 4 σ η + σ^{2} η^{2} + k^{2} χ^{2}} \\ = \frac{1 + \frac{1}{4} π^{2} α^{2}}{{(1 + \frac{π α}{2})}^{2}} \approx 0.9776, \end{matrix}

(6)

where

η

is the vacuum impedance

η = \frac{4 π α ℏ}{e^{2}} = \frac{1}{ϵ_{0} c} \approx 376.73 [Ω],

(7)

σ = e^{2} / (4 ℏ) = π α / η

is the MLG conductivity [19], and

χ = 0

is the electric susceptibility of vacuum.

These coefficients are thus well-established theoretically and experimentally confirmed [13,14,15,18,20,21].

As a consequence of the conservation of energy

(T + A) + R = 1 .

(8)

In other words, the transmittance in the Fresnel equation describing the reflection and transmission of EMR at normal incidence on a boundary between different optical media is, in the case of the 2-dimensional (boundary) of MLG, modified to include its absorption.

The reflectance

R = 0.013 %

(4) of MLG can be expressed as a quadratic equation with respect to

α

\frac{1}{4} (R - 1) π^{2} α^{2} + R π α + R = 0,

(9)

having two roots with reciprocals

α^{- 1} = \frac{π - π \sqrt{R}}{2 \sqrt{R}} \approx 137.036, and

(10)

α_{2}^{- 1} = \frac{- π - π \sqrt{R}}{2 \sqrt{R}} \approx - 140.178 .

(11)

Therefore, the quadratic equation (9) includes the second, negative fine-structure constant

α_{2}

The sum of the reciprocals of these fine-structure constants (10) and (11)

α^{- 1} + α_{2}^{- 1} = \frac{π - π \sqrt{R} - π - π \sqrt{R}}{2 \sqrt{R}} = - π,

(12)

is remarkably independent of the reflectance R. The same result can only be obtained for

T + A

(cf. Appendix A).

Furthermore, this result is intriguing in the context of a peculiar algebraic expression for the fine-structure constant [22]

α^{- 1} = 4 π^{3} + π^{2} + π \approx 137.036303776

(13)

that contains a free

π

term and is very close to the physical definition (2) of

α^{- 1}

, which according to the CODATA 2018 value is

137.035999084

. Notably, the value of the fine-structure constant is not constant but increases with time [23,24,25,26,27]. Thus, the algebraic value given by (13) can be interpreted as the asymptote of the

α

increase.

Using relations (12) and (13), we can express the negative reciprocal of the 2^nd fine-structure constant

α_{2}^{- 1}

that emerged in the quadratic equation (9) also as a function of

π

only

α_{2}^{- 1} = - π - α_{1}^{- 1} = - 4 π^{3} - π^{2} - 2 π \approx - 140.177896429,

(14)

and this value can also be interpreted as the asymptote of the

α_{2}

decrease, where the current value would amount to

α_{2}^{- 1} \approx - 140.177591737

, assuming the rate of change is the same for

α

and

α_{2}

Using relations (13) and (14), transmittance T (3), reflectance R (4), and absorptance A (5) of MLG for normal EMR incidence can be expressed just by

π

. Moreover, equation (9) includes two

π

-like constants for two surfaces with positive and negative Gaussian curvatures (cf. Appendix B).

III. $α_{2}$ -SET OF PLANCK UNITS

Planck units can be derived from numerous starting points [5,28] (cf. Appendix C). The definition of the Planck charge

q_{P} = \sqrt{4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ c}

can be solved for the speed of light yielding

c = q_{P}^{2} / (4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ)

. Furthermore, the ratio of charges definition of the fine-structure constant

α = e^{2} / q_{P}^{2}

(2) applied for the negative

α_{2}

, requires an introduction of some imaginary Planck charge

q_{P i}

so that its square would yield a negative value of

α_{2}

\frac{q_{P i}^{2}}{e^{2}} = α_{2}^{- 1} \approx - 140.178 < 0 .

(15)

Since the elementary charge e is real

q_{P i} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{e^{2}}{α_{2}}} = \pm \sqrt{4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ c_{n}} .

(16)

Among the physical constants of the

\sqrt{4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ c_{n}}

term, almost all are positive2. Only the

c_{n} = ν_{i} λ_{i}

parameter, corresponding to the speed of light, must be negative as both frequency

ν_{i}

and wavelength

λ_{i}

are imaginary in imaginary dimensions. Therefore, equation (16) can be solved for

c_{n}

yielding

c_{n} = q_{P i}^{2} / (4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ) \approx - 3.066653 \times 10^{8} [m / s],

(17)

which is greater than the speed of light in vacuum c in modulus3. We also note that c is defined by the electric constant

ϵ_{0}

and the magnetic constant

μ_{0}

c = 1 / \sqrt{ϵ_{0} μ_{0}}

; a square root is bivalued and the value of

μ_{0}

depends on

α

. Furthermore, c is defined by

α

-dependent vacuum impedance (7).

The negative parameter

c_{n}

(17) leads to the imaginary Planck charge

q_{P i}

, length

ℓ_{P i}

, mass

m_{P i}

, time

t_{P i}

, and temperature

T_{P i}

that redefined by square roots containing

c_{n}

raised to an odd (1, 3, 5) power become imaginary and bivalued

\begin{matrix} q_{P i} & = \pm \sqrt{4 π ϵ_{0} ℏ c_{n}} = \pm q_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α}{α_{2}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 1.8969 \times 10^{- 18} [C] (| q_{P i} | > | q_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(18)

\begin{matrix} ℓ_{P i} & = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ G}{c_{n}^{3}}} = \pm ℓ_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α_{2}^{3}}{α^{3}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 1.5622 \times 10^{- 35} [m] (| ℓ_{P i} | < | ℓ_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(19)

\begin{matrix} m_{P i} & = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ c_{n}}{G}} = \pm m_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α}{α_{2}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 2.2012 \times 10^{- 8} [kg] (| m_{P i} | > | m_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(20)

\begin{matrix} t_{P i} & = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ G}{c_{n}^{5}}} = \pm t_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α_{2}^{5}}{α^{5}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 5.0942 \times 10^{- 44} [s] (| t_{P i} | < | t_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(21)

\begin{matrix} T_{P i} & = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ c_{n}^{5}}{G k_{B}^{2}}} = \pm T_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 1.4994 \times 10^{32} [K] (| T_{P i} | > | T_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(22)

and can be expressed, using the relation (31), in terms of base Planck units

q_{P}

ℓ_{P}

m_{P}

t_{P}

, and

T_{P}

Planck units derived from the imaginary base units (19)-(21) are generally not imaginary. The

α_{2}

Planck volume

\begin{matrix} ℓ_{P i}^{3} & = \pm {(\frac{ℏ G}{c_{n}^{3}})}^{3 / 2} = \pm ℓ_{P}^{3} \sqrt{\frac{α_{2}^{9}}{α^{9}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 3.8127 \times 10^{- 105} [m^{3}] (< | ℓ_{P}^{3} |), \end{matrix}

(23)

the

α_{2}

Planck momentum

\begin{matrix} p_{P i} & = \pm m_{P i} c_{n} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ c_{n}^{3}}{G}} = \pm m_{P} c \sqrt{\frac{α^{3}}{α_{2}^{3}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 6.7504 [kg m / s] (| m_{P i} c_{n} | > | m_{P} c |), \end{matrix}

(24)

the

α_{2}

Planck energy

\begin{matrix} E_{P i} & = \pm m_{P i} c_{n}^{2} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{ℏ c_{n}^{5}}{G}} = \pm E_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 2.0701 \times 10^{9} [J] (| E_{P i} | > | E_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(25)

and the

α_{2}

Planck acceleration

\begin{matrix} a_{P i} & = \pm \frac{c_{n}}{t_{P i}} = \pm \sqrt{\frac{c_{n}^{7}}{ℏ G}} = \pm a_{P} \sqrt{\frac{α^{7}}{α_{2}^{7}}} \approx \\ \approx \pm i 6.0198 \times 10^{51} [m / s^{2}] (| a_{P i} | > | a_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(26)

are imaginary and bivalued. However, the

α_{2}

Planck force

\begin{matrix} F_{P 2} & = \pm \frac{E_{P i}}{ℓ_{P i}} = \pm \frac{c_{n}^{4}}{G} = \pm F_{P} \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} \approx \\ \approx \pm 1.3251 \times 10^{44} [N] (| F_{P 2} | > | F_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(27)

and the

α_{2}

Planck density

\begin{matrix} ρ_{P 2} & = \pm \frac{m_{P i}}{ℓ_{P i}^{3}} = \pm \frac{c_{n}^{5}}{ℏ G^{2}} = \pm ρ_{P} \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} \approx \\ \approx \pm 5.7735 \times 10^{96} [kg / m^{3}] (| ρ_{P 2} | > | ρ_{P} |), \end{matrix}

(28)

are real and bivalued. On the other hand, the

α_{2}

Planck area

\begin{matrix} ℓ_{P i}^{2} & = \frac{ℏ G}{c_{n}^{3}} = ℓ_{P}^{2} \frac{α_{2}^{3}}{α^{3}} \approx \\ \approx - 2.4406 \times 10^{- 70} [m^{2}] (| ℓ_{P i}^{2} | < | ℓ_{P}^{2} |), \end{matrix}

(29)

is strictly negative, while the Planck area

ℓ_{P}^{2}

is strictly positive.

Both

α_{2}

and

c_{n}

lead to the second, negative vacuum impedance

η_{2} = \frac{4 π α_{2} ℏ}{e^{2}} = \frac{1}{ϵ_{0} c_{n}} \approx - 368.29 [Ω] (| η_{2} | < | η |) .

(30)

Solving both impedances (7) and (30) for

4 π ℏ ϵ_{0} / e^{2}

and comparing with each other yields the following important relation between the speed of light in vacuum c, negative parameter

c_{n}

, and the fine-structure constants

α

α_{2}

c α = c_{n} α_{2} (= v_{e}),

(31)

where, notably,

v_{e}

is the electron’s velocity at the first circular orbit in the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom. This is not the only

α

α_{2}

relation. Along with the two

π

-like constants

π_{1}

π_{2}

(relations (B8) and (B10), cf. Appendix B)

\frac{α_{2}}{α} = \frac{c}{c_{n}} = \frac{π_{1}}{π} = \frac{π}{π_{2}} \approx - 0.9776 .

(32)

The relations between time (21) and temperature (22)

α_{2}

Planck units are inverted,

α^{5} t_{P i}^{2} = α_{2}^{5} t_{P}^{2}

α_{2}^{5} T_{P i}^{2} = α^{5} T_{P}^{2}

, and saturate Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle (energy-time version) taking energy from the equipartition theorem for one degree of freedom (or one bit of information [5,29])

\frac{1}{2} k_{B} T_{P} t_{P} = \frac{1}{2} k_{B} T_{P i} t_{P i} = \frac{ℏ}{2} .

(33)

Furthermore, eliminating

α

and

α_{2}

from the relations (18)-(20), yield

\frac{q_{P}^{2}}{m_{P}^{2}} = \frac{q_{P i}^{2}}{m_{P i}^{2}} = 4 π ϵ_{0} G,

(34)

and

\begin{matrix} ℓ_{P} m_{P}^{3} = ℓ_{P i} m_{P i}^{3} and ℓ_{P} q_{P}^{3} = ℓ_{P i} q_{P i}^{3} . \end{matrix}

(35)

Base Planck units themselves admit negative values as negative square roots. By choosing complex analysis, within the framework of emergent dimensionality [5,9,11,30,31], we enter into bivalence by the very nature of this analysis. All geometric objects have both positive and negative volumes and surfaces [31] equal in moduli. On the other hand, imaginary and negative physical quantities are the subject of research. In particular, the subject of scientific research is thermodynamics in the complex plane. Lee–Yang zeros, for example, have been experimentally observed [32,33].

We note here that the imaginary Planck Units are not imaginary due to being multiplied by the imaginary unit i. They are imaginary numbers

I

due to the negativity of odd powers of

c_{n}

being the square root argument; thus, they define imaginary physical quantities inaccessible to direct measurements4. The complementary Planck units do not apply only to the time dimension but to any imaginary dimension. However, in our four-dimensional Euclidean

R^{3} \times I

space-time, Planck units apply in general to the spatial dimensions, while the imaginary ones in general to the imaginary temporal dimension, wherein the seemingly interchangeable meaning of the Planck imaginary length

ℓ_{P i}

and time

t_{P i}

requires further research. All the complementary Planck units have physical meanings. However, some are elusive, like the negative area or imaginary volume, which require two or three orthogonal imaginary dimensions.

Planck charge relations (2) and (16) imply that the elementary charge e is the same both in real and imaginary dimensions since

e^{2} = α q_{P}^{2} = α_{2} q_{P i}^{2} .

(36)

But there is no physically meaningful elementary mass

M_{e} = \pm 1.8592 \times 10^{- 9} [kg]

that would satisfy the relation (20)

M_{e}^{2} = α m_{P}^{2} = α_{2} m_{P i}^{2} .

(37)

Neither is there a physically meaningful elementary (and imaginary) length

L_{e} \approx \pm i 9.7382 \times 10^{- 39} [m]

satisfying the relation (29)

L_{e}^{2} = α^{3} ℓ_{P i}^{2} = α_{2}^{3} ℓ_{P}^{2},

(38)

(which in modulus is almost 1660 times smaller than the Planck length), or an elementary temperature

T_{e} \approx \pm 6.4450 \times 10^{26} [K]

abiding to (22)

T_{e}^{2} = α^{5} T_{P}^{2} = α_{2}^{5} T_{P i}^{2},

(39)

close to the Hagedorn temperature of grand unified string models.

Thus, as to the modulus, charges are the same in real and imaginary dimensions, while masses, lengths, temperatures, and other derived quantities that can vary with time, differ. We note that the same form of the relations (36) and (37) reflect the same form of Coulomb’s law and Newton’s law of gravity, which are inverse-square laws.

IV. BLACK BODY OBJECTS

There seem to be only three observable objects in nature that emit perfect black-body radiation: unsupported black holes (BH, the densest), neutron stars (NS), supported, as it is accepted, by neutron degeneracy pressure, and white dwarfs (WD), supported by electron degeneracy pressure (the least dense). We shall collectively call them black-body objects (BBO). It has recently been experimentally confirmed that the so-called accretion instability is a fundamental physical process [34] common for all BBOs.

As black-body radiation is radiation emitted by a body in global thermodynamic equilibrium, it is patternless (thermal noise) radiation and depends only on the temperature of this body. In the case of BHs, this is known as Hawking radiation, wherein the BH temperature

T_{BH} = T_{P} / (2 π d_{BH})

, where

T_{P}

is the Planck temperature, is a function of the BH diameter [5]

D_{BH} = d_{BH} ℓ_{P}

, where

d_{BH} \in R

. It was shown, for example, that the spectral density in the phenomenon of sonoluminescence, light emission by sound-induced collapsing gas bubbles in fluids, has the same frequency dependence as black-body radiation [35,36]. Thus, the sonoluminescence, and in particular shrimpoluminescence [37], must be emitted by collapsing BBOs.

As Hawking radiation depends only on the diameter of a BH, it must be the same for a given BH, even though it is momentary as it fluctuates (cf. Appendix E). As the interiors of the BBOs are inaccessible to an exterior observer [38], BBOs do not have interiors and can only be defined by their diameters (cf. [5] Fig. 2(b)). The term object as a collection of matter is a misnomer in general, as it neglects quantum nonlocality that is independent of the entanglement among the particles [39]. But it is a particularly staring misnomer if applied to BBOs. Thus we use emphasis for (indistinguishable) particle and (distinguishable) object, as well as for matter and distance, as these terms have no absolute meaning in emergent dimensionality. In particular, given the recent observation of quasiparticles in classical systems [40].

But not only BBOs are perfectly spherical. Also, the early epochs of their collisions are perfectly spherical, as it has been recently, experimentally confirmed [41] for NSs based on the AT2017gfo kilonova data. One can hardly expect a collision of two perfectly spherical, patternless thermal noises to produce some aspherical pattern instead of another perfectly spherical patternless noise. Where would the information about this pattern come from at the moment of the collision? From the point of impact? No point of impact is distinct on a patternless surface.

As black-body radiation is patternless, the triangulated [5] BBOs, as well as their early epoch collisions, must contain a balanced number of Planck area triangles, each carrying binary potential

δ φ_{k} = - c^{2} \cdot {0, 1}

, as it has been shown for BHs [5], based on Bekenstein-Hawking entropy

S_{BH} = \frac{1}{4} k_{B} N_{BH},

(40)

where

N_{BH} 4 π R_{BH}^{2} / ℓ_{P}^{2} = π d_{BH}^{2}

is the BH information capacity (i.e., the number of the triangular Planck areas at the BH horizon, corresponding to bits of information [29,38,42] and the fractional part triangle

{π d_{BH}^{2}}

to small to carry a single bit of information),

R_{BH} = 2 G M_{BH} / c^{2}

is the BH (Schwarzschild) radius, and

k_{B}

is the Boltzmann constant. The BH entropy (40) can be derived from the Bekenstein bound

S \leq \frac{2 π k_{B} R E}{ℏ c},

(41)

an upper limit on the thermodynamic entropy S that can be contained within a sphere of radius R having energy E after plugging the BH radius

R_{BH}

and mass-energy equivalence

E_{BH} = M_{BH} c^{2}

into the bound (41).

Since the patternless nature of the perfect black-body radiation was derived [5] by comparing BH entropy (40) with the binary entropy variation

δ S = k_{B} N_{1} / 2

([5] Eq. (55)), which is valid for any holographic sphere, where

N_{1} \in N

denotes the number of active Planck areas with binary potential

δ φ_{k} = - c^{2}

, the BH entropy (40) must be valid also for NSs and WDs. Thus, defining the generalized radius of a holographic sphere of mass M as a function of

G M / c^{2}

multiplier

k \in R

[5]

R : = k \frac{G M}{c^{2}},

(42)

and the generalized energy E of this sphere as a function of

M c^{2}

multiplier

a \in R

E : = a M c^{2},

(43)

the generalized Bekenstein bound (41) becomes

S \leq \frac{1}{2} k_{B} \frac{a}{k} N,

(44)

where

N : = 4 π R^{2} / ℓ_{P}^{2}

is the information capacity of this sphere, the surface of which contains

⌊N⌋

Planck triangles, where "

⌊x⌋

" is the floor function that yields the greatest integer less than or equal to its argument x.

The generalized Bekenstein bound (44) equals the BH entropy (40) if

\frac{a}{2 k} = \frac{1}{4} \Rightarrow a = \frac{k}{2}

. Thus, the energy of all BBOs having a radius (42) is

E_{BBO} = \frac{k}{2} M_{BBO} c^{2},

(45)

with

k = 2

in the case of BHs and

k > 2

for NSs and WDs.

Schwarzschild BHs are fundamentally uncharged, contrary to NSs and WDs, since the entropy (40) of any conceivable BH is equal to that of the uncharged Schwarzschild BH with the same area by the Penrose process. It is accepted that in the case of NSs, electrons combine with protons to form neutrons so that NSs are composed almost entirely of neutrons. But it is never the case that all electrons and all protons of an NS become neutrons. WDs are charged by definition as they are composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter.

Furthermore, uncharged, interior-less BHs are like a mathematical interior-less point. Yet, a BH can embrace one parameter (real number): its diameter, mass, temperature, energy, etc., each corresponding to one another. That means that three points forming a Planck triangle corresponding to a bit of information on a BH horizon can store this parameter and this is intuitively comprehensible: the area of a spherical triangle is larger than that of a flat triangle defined by the same vertices, providing the curvature is nonvanishing, and depends on this curvature, i.e., it is defined by this additional parameter. But how can a charged BBO other than a BH store the curvature and an additional parameter corresponding to its charge?

Fortunately, the relation (36) ensures that charges are the same in real and imaginary dimensions. Therefore each charged Planck triangle in

R^{2}

on a charged BBO horizon is associated with three

R \times I

Planck triangles, each sharing a vertex or two vertices with the triangle in

R^{2}

. And this configuration must be capable of storing the charge associated with this triangle. The difference between the Planck area

ℓ_{P}^{2}

and the

α_{2}

Planck area

ℓ_{P i}^{2}

(29), which is lower in modulus, can be considered in a polyspherical coordinate system, in which gravitation/acceleration act in a radial direction (with the entropic gravitation acting inwardly, and acceleration acting in both radial directions), while electrostatics act in a tangential direction.

As the entropy of independent systems is additive, a collision of two BBOs, BBO₁ and BBO₂, having entropies

S_{{BBO}_{1}} = \frac{1}{4} k_{B} N_{{BBO}_{1}} = \frac{1}{4} k_{B} π d_{{BBO}_{1}}^{2}

and

S_{{BBO}_{2}} = \frac{1}{4} k_{B} π d_{{BBO}_{2}}^{2}

, produces another

B B O_{C}

having entropy

S_{{BBO}_{C}} = S_{{BBO}_{1}} + S_{{BBO}_{2}} \Rightarrow d_{{BBO}_{C}}^{2} = d_{{BBO}_{1}}^{2} + d_{{BBO}_{1}}^{2} .

(46)

This shows that a collision of two primordial BHs, each having the Planck length diameter, the reduced Planck temperature

\frac{T_{P}}{2 π}

(which is the largest physically significant temperature [11]), and no tangential acceleration

a_{L L}

[5,11], produces a BH having

d_{BH} = \pm \sqrt{2}

which represents the minimum BH diameter allowing for the notion of time [11], while a collision of the latter two BHs produces a BH having

d_{BH} = \pm 2

having the triangulation defining only one precise diameter between its poles (cf. [5] Fig. 3(b)). Diameter

d_{BH} = \pm 2

is also recovered [5] from Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle (cf. Appendix C).

The hitherto considerations may be unsettling for the reader, as the energy (45) of BBOs other than BHs exceeds mass-energy equivalence

E = k M c^{2} / 2

for

k > 2

, which is the limit of the maximum real energy. Thus, a part of the energy of NSs and WDs must be imaginary and thus unmeasurable. We shall consider this question in the subsequent section.

V. COMPLEX ENERGIES

A complex energy formula

E_{R} : = E_{M_{R}} + i E_{Q_{R}} = (1 + i β_{R}) M_{R} c^{2},

(47)

where

E_{M_{R}} = M_{R} c^{2}

and

i E_{Q_{R}}

represent respectively real and imaginary energy of an object having mass

M_{R}

and charge

Q_{R}

5, and

β_{R} : = \frac{E_{Q_{R}}}{E_{M_{R}}} = \frac{Q_{R}}{2 M_{R} \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}},

(48)

is the imaginary-real energy ratio6, was proposed in [43] (Eqs. (1), (3), and (4)). Equations (47) and (48) consider real (physically measurable) masses

M_{R}

and charges

Q_{R}

In the following, where deemed appropriate, dimensional quantities were discretized using Planck units as

\begin{matrix} Q : = q e, Q_{i} : = i Q = i q e, q \in Z \\ M : = m m_{P}, M_{i} : = m_{i} m_{P i}, m, m_{i} \in R, \\ λ : = l ℓ_{P}, λ_{i} : = l_{i} ℓ_{P i}, l, l_{i} \in R, \\ R : = r ℓ_{P}, R_{i} : = r_{i} ℓ_{P i}, r, r_{i} \in R, \end{matrix}

(49)

although the discretization of charges by integer multipliers q of the elementary charge e is far-fetched, considering the fractional charge of quasiparticles.

We shall now modify the equation (47) to a form involving imaginary masses

M_{i}

and charges

Q_{i}

by defining the following two complex energies, the complex energy of real mass M and imaginary charge

\begin{matrix} E_{M Q_{i}} : = & E_{M} + E_{Q_{i}} = (1 + β_{Q_{i}}) M c^{2} = \\ = (M + i q \sqrt{α} m_{P}) c^{2} = (m + i q \sqrt{α}) E_{P}, \end{matrix}

(50)

and the complex energy of real charge Q and imaginary mass

\begin{matrix} E_{Q M_{i}} : = E_{Q} + E_{M_{i}} = (β_{Q} + 1) M_{i} c_{n}^{2} = \\ = (q \sqrt{α_{2}} m_{P i} + M_{i}) c_{n}^{2} = \frac{α^{2}}{α_{2}^{2}} (q \sqrt{α} + \sqrt{\frac{α}{α_{2}}} m_{i}) E_{P}, \end{matrix}

(51)

where

β_{Q_{i}} : = \frac{Q_{i}}{2 M \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} = \frac{i q \sqrt{α} m_{P}}{M} \in I,

(52)

β_{Q} : = \frac{Q}{2 M_{i} \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} = \frac{q \sqrt{α_{2}} m_{P i}}{M_{i}} \in I .

(53)

We note in passing that using the different speed of light parameters in energies

E_{M Q_{i}}

(51) and

E_{Q M_{i}}

(50) yields a contradiction (cf. Appendix D).

Equations (50)-(53) yield two different quanta of the charge-dependent energies corresponding to the elementary charge, the imaginary quantum

E_{Q_{i}} (q = \pm 1) = \pm i \sqrt{α} E_{P} \approx \pm i 1.6710 \times 10^{8} [J],

(54)

and the - larger in modulus - real quantum

E_{Q} (q = \pm 1) = \pm \sqrt{α_{2}} E_{P i} \approx \pm 1.7684 \times 10^{8} [J] .

(55)

Furthermore,

\forall q

α^{2} E_{Q i} = i α_{2}^{2} E_{Q}

The squared moduli of the energies (50) and (51) can be expressed as

\begin{matrix} | E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2} & = M^{2} c^{4} (1 - β_{Q i}^{2}) = (M^{2} + q^{2} α m_{P}^{2}) c^{4}, \end{matrix}

(56)

and (using relations (31) and (20))

\begin{matrix} | E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2} & = M_{i}^{2} c_{n}^{4} (β_{M i}^{2} - 1) = (q^{2} α_{2} m_{P i}^{2} - M_{i}^{2}) c_{n}^{4} = \\ = \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} (q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} - M_{i}^{2}) c^{4} . \end{matrix}

(57)

Postulating that the squared moduli (56) and (57) are equal

\begin{matrix} | E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2} & = | E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2}, \\ α_{2}^{4} (M^{2} + q^{2} α m_{P}^{2}) & = α^{4} (q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} - M_{i}^{2}), \end{matrix}

(58)

we demand a mass-charge equilibrium condition from which we can obtain the value of the imaginary mass

M_{i}

of an object having mass M and charge Q in this equilibrium

\begin{matrix} M_{i} = \pm \sqrt{q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} (1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}) - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} M^{2}} . \end{matrix}

(59)

In particular for an uncharged mass M (

q = 0

) this yields

M_{i} α^{2} = \pm i M α_{2}^{2} or M_{i} = \pm i \frac{α_{2}^{2}}{α^{2}} M \approx \pm 0.9557 i M .

(60)

Since mass

M_{i}

is imaginary by definition, the argument of the square root in the relation (59) must be negative

\begin{matrix} M > | q | m_{P} \sqrt{α (\frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} - 1)} \approx | q | 5.7275 \times 10^{- 10} [kg] . \end{matrix}

(61)

This means that masses of uncharged micro BHs (

q = 0

) in thermodynamic equilibrium can be arbitrary. However, micro NSs and micro WDs, also in thermodynamic equilibrium, cannot be observed, as they cannot achieve a net charge

Q = 0

. Even a single elementary charge of a white dwarf renders its mass

M_{WD} = 5.7275 \times 10^{- 10} [kg]

comparable to the mass of a grain of sand.

We note here that only the masses satisfying

M < 2 π m_{P} \approx 1.3675 \times 10^{- 7} [kg]

have Compton wavelengths larger than the Planck length [5] and thus can interfere with each other. Comparing this with the bound (61) yields the charge multiplier q corresponding to an atomic number

Z = ⌊\frac{2 π}{\sqrt{α (\frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} - 1)}}⌋ = 238,

(62)

of a hypothetical element, which - as we conjecture - sets the limit on an extended periodic table and is a little higher than the accepted limit of

Z = 184

(unoctquadium).

We can interpret the modulus of the generalized energy of BBOs (45) as the modulus of the complex energy of real mass (56), taking the observable real energy

E_{BBO} = M_{BBO} c^{2}

of the BBO as the real part of this energy. Thus

\begin{matrix} {(\frac{k}{2} M_{BBO} c^{2})}^{2} = (M_{BBO}^{2} + q_{BBO}^{2} α m_{P}^{2}) c^{4}, \end{matrix}

(63)

leads to

\begin{matrix} q_{BBO} = \pm \frac{M_{BBO}}{m_{P}} \sqrt{\frac{1}{α} (\frac{k^{2}}{4} - 1)}, \end{matrix}

(64)

representing a charge surplus energy exceeding

M_{BBO} c^{2}

which is no longer available. For

k = 2

q_{BBO}

vanishes, confirming the vanishing net charge of BHs. Similarly, we can interpret the modulus of the generalized energy of BBOs (45) as the modulus of the complex energy of real charge (57). Thus

\begin{matrix} \frac{k^{2}}{4} M_{BBO}^{2} = \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} (q_{BBO}^{2} α m_{P}^{2} - M_{i B B O}^{2}), \\ M_{i B B O}^{2} = q_{BBO}^{2} α m_{P}^{2} - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} \frac{k^{2}}{4} M_{BBO}^{2} . \end{matrix}

(65)

Substituting

q_{BBO}^{2}

from the relation (64) into the relation (65) turns the equilibrium condition (59) into a function of k instead of q

\begin{matrix} M_{i BBO}^{2} = [\frac{k^{2}}{4} (1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}) - 1] M_{BBO}^{2}, \\ M_{i BBO} = \pm M_{BBO} \sqrt{\frac{k^{2}}{4} (1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}) - 1}, \end{matrix}

(66)

which for BHs (

k = 2

) also corresponds to the relation (60) between uncharged masses M and

M_{i}

, where no assumptions concerning the BBO energy were made.

Furthermore, the argument of the square root in the relation (66) must be negative, as mass

M_{i}

is imaginary by definition. This leads to the maximum

G M / c^{2}

multiplier

\begin{matrix} k_{\max} = \pm \frac{2}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}} \approx 6.7933, \end{matrix}

(67)

where k < |k_max| satisfies the mass equilibrium (66). Relations (64) and (66) are shown in Figure 1.

The multiplier

k_{\max}

(67) sets the bounds on the BBO energy (45), mass, and radius (42)

R_{BH} = \frac{2 G M_{BBO}}{c^{2}} \leq R_{BBO} < \frac{k_{\max} G M_{BBO}}{c^{2}} .

(68)

In particular, using discretizations (49),

2 m_{BBO} \leq r_{BBO} < k_{\max} m_{BBO}

r_{BBO} / k_{\max} < m_{BBO} \leq r_{BBO} / 2

. As WDs are the least dense BBOs, this bound defines the maximum radius of a WD core.

Furthermore, discretized relations (61) and (67) set the bound on the BBO minimum mass in the equilibrium (58)

\begin{matrix} m_{BBO} > max \{q_{BBO} \sqrt{α (\frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} - 1)}, \frac{d_{BBO}}{4} \sqrt{1 - \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}}}\}, \end{matrix}

(69)

where

q_{BBO} = \frac{1}{4} \sqrt{\frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{5}}} d_{BBO} .

(70)

defines a condition in which neither

q_{BBO}

nor

d_{BBO}

can be further increased to reach its counterpart (defined respectively by

d_{BBO}

and

q_{BBO}

) in the bound (69). Thus, for example, 1-bit BBO (

d_{BBO} = 1 / \sqrt{π}

) corresponds to

q_{BBO} > 1.5780

π

-bit BBO (

d_{BBO} = 1

) corresponds to

q_{BBO} > 2.7969

, while the maximum atomic number

q_{BBO}

(62) corresponds to

d_{BBO} = \pm \frac{8 π}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}} \approx 85.3666 .

(71)

These results show that the radius (42) of charged BBOs (i.e., BBOs other than BHs) is a continuous function of

k \in R : 2 < k < k_{\max}

; the largest k satisfying the BBO entropy relation (40), a necessary condition of patternless perfect black body radiation [5]. We shall consider this question in the subsequent section.

VI. MASS, CHARGE, EMR - PHOTON SPHERE RADIUS

Besides complex energies of masses and charges (50), (51) we can also define the complex energies of real wavelength

λ

and imaginary mass

M_{i}

\begin{matrix} E_{R M_{i}} : = & \frac{h c}{λ} + M_{i} c_{n}^{2} = \frac{2 π E_{P}}{l} + m_{i} E_{P i} = \\ = (\frac{2 π}{l} + \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} m_{i}) E_{P}, \end{matrix}

(72)

real wavelength

λ

and imaginary charge

Q_{i}

E_{R Q_{i}} : = \frac{h c}{λ} + \frac{Q_{i} c^{2}}{2 \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} = (\frac{2 π}{l} + i q \sqrt{α}) E_{P},

(73)

real mass M and imaginary wavelength

λ_{i}

\begin{matrix} E_{M R_{i}} : = & M c^{2} + \frac{h c_{n}}{λ_{i}} = m E_{P} + \frac{2 π E_{P i}}{l_{i}} = \\ = (m + \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} \frac{2 π}{l_{i}}) E_{P}, \end{matrix}

(74)

and of real charge Q and imaginary wavelength

λ_{i}

\begin{matrix} E_{Q R_{i}} : = & \frac{Q c_{n}^{2}}{2 \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} + \frac{h c_{n}}{λ_{i}} = \frac{α^{2}}{α_{2}^{2}} q \sqrt{α} E_{P} + \frac{2 π}{l_{i}} E_{P i} = \\ = \frac{α^{2}}{α_{2}^{2}} (q \sqrt{α} + \sqrt{\frac{α}{α_{2}}} \frac{2 π}{l_{i}}) E_{P}, \end{matrix}

(75)

where we applied discretizations (49). The energies (72)-(75) link the electromagnetic radiation with gravity/inertia and electrodynamics within the framework of emergent dimensionality.

Complex energies (50), (51), (72)-(75) are real-to-imaginary balanced if moduli of their real and imaginary parts are equal. This holds for

Furthermore, they define complex forces acting over real and imaginary distances

R, R_{i}

(cf. Appendix G).

Postulating again that the squared moduli of the complex energies (50), (51), (72)-(75) are equal

\begin{matrix} | E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2} = | E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2} = {| E_{R M_{i}} |}^{2} = \\ = | E_{R Q_{i}} |^{2} = | E_{M R_{i}} |^{2} = {| E_{Q R_{i}} |}^{2} A E_{P}^{2}, A \in R, \end{matrix}

(76)

we demand a mass-charge-wavelength equilibrium condition, which can be solved for A (cf. Appendix F).

In the case of a BBO, we obtain the equilibrium condition (77) by comparing the squared moduli of the energies (50), (51), (72)-(75) with the squared BBO energy (45) which yields a solvable system of six nonlinear equations with six unknowns

k, q, m, m_{i}, l, l_{i}

\begin{matrix} | E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow q^{2} α = m^{2} (\frac{k^{2}}{4} - 1), \\ | E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} q^{2} α - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} m_{i}^{2} = \frac{k^{2}}{4} m^{2}, \\ | E_{R M_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow \frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}} - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} m_{i}^{2} = \frac{k^{2}}{4} m^{2}, \\ | E_{R Q_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow \frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}} + q^{2} α = \frac{k^{2}}{4} m^{2}, \\ | E_{M R_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow m^{2} (1 - \frac{k^{2}}{4}) = \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{i}^{2}}, \\ | E_{Q R_{i}} |^{2} \Rightarrow \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} q^{2} α - \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{i}^{2}} \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} = \frac{k^{2}}{4} m^{2} . \end{matrix}

(77)

Substituting

q^{2} α = m^{2} (\frac{k^{2}}{4} - 1)

from

| E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2}

| E_{R Q_{i}} |^{2}

recovers the Compton wavelength of the BBO,

λ_{BBO} = \frac{h}{M_{BBO} c}

, in its discrete form

l^{2} = \frac{4 π^{2}}{m^{2}}

. Furthermore, by substituting

q^{2} α

and the Compton mass

m^{2} = \frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}}

into

| E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2}

, and comparing the LHSs of

| E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2}

and

| E_{R M_{i}} |^{2}

we obtain the BBO equilibrium multiplier

\begin{matrix} \frac{k_{eq}^{2}}{4} = \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} + 1 \Rightarrow | k_{eq} | = 2 \sqrt{1 + \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}} \approx 2.7665, \end{matrix}

(78)

where k = k_eq satisfying the equilibrium condition (76) for

A = \frac{1}{4} k_{eq}^{2} m_{BBO} = (1 + \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}) m_{BBO} \approx 1.9133 m_{BBO} .

(79)

The equilibrium multiplier

k_{eq}

(78) is related to the bound

k_{\max}

(67) by

k_{eq}^{2} + 16 / k_{\max}^{2} = 8

. Also, the following relations can be derived from the relations (77) for the BBO in the equilibrium

k_{eq}

(78)

m_{i}^{2} = - \frac{α_{2}^{9}}{α^{9}} m^{2} \Leftrightarrow M_{i {BBO}_{eq}} = \pm i \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} M_{{BBO}_{eq}},

(80)

l_{i}^{2} = - \frac{α^{9}}{α_{2}^{9}} l^{2} \Leftrightarrow λ_{i {BBO}_{eq}} = \pm i \frac{α^{3}}{α_{2}^{3}} λ_{{BBO}_{eq}},

(81)

l^{2} = \frac{4 π^{2}}{m^{2}} \Leftrightarrow λ_{{BBO}_{eq}} = \frac{h}{M_{{BBO}_{eq}} c}

(82)

q^{2} α = \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} m^{2} \Leftrightarrow \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} = - β_{Q i {BBO}_{eq}}^{2} = \pm i \frac{M_{i {BBO}_{eq}}}{M_{{BBO}_{eq}}},

(83)

where in the last relation, we used the definition (52) and applied the relation (80). The BBO in the energy equilibrium bearing the elementary charge (

q^{2} = 1

) would have mass

M_{{BBO}_{eq}} \approx \pm 1.9455 \times 10^{- 9} [kg]

, imaginary mass

M_{i {BBO}_{eq}} \approx \pm i 1.7768 \times 10^{- 9} [kg]

, wavelength

λ_{{BBO}_{eq}} \approx \pm 1.1361 \times 10^{- 33} [m]

, and imaginary wavelength

λ_{i {BBO}_{eq}} \approx \pm i 1.2160 \times 10^{- 33} [m]

. Fluctuations of the BBOs for

k_{eq}

and

k_{\max}

are briefly discussed in Appendix E.

Notably,

2.25 < k_{eq} < 3

, where

9 / 4

is the multiplier of a radius of the maximal sustainable density for gravitating spherical matter given by Buchdahl’s theorem, and 3 is the multiplier of a BH photon sphere radius. This shows that

k_{eq} \approx 2.766

is a true photon sphere radius, where BBO gravity, charge, and photon energies remain at equilibrium7. Aside from the Schwarzschild radius (derivable from escape velocity

v_{e s c}^{2} = 2 G M / R

of mass M by setting

v_{e s c}^{2} = c^{2}

), all the remaining thresholds of general relativity, such as Buchdahl’s threshold (

k = 9 / 4

) or a photon sphere radius (

k = 3

), are only crude approximations. It must be so, since general relativity neglects the value of the fine-structure constants

α

and

α_{2}

, which, similarly as

π

or the base of the natural logarithm, are the fundamental constants of nature.

VII. DISCUSSION

The reflectance of graphene under the normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation expressed as the quadratic equation for the fine-structure constant

α

includes the 2^nd negative fine-structure constant

α_{2}

. The sum of the reciprocal of this 2^nd fine-structure constant

α_{2}

with the reciprocal of the fine-structure constant

α

(2) is independent of the reflectance value R and remarkably equals simply

- π

. Particular algebraic definition of the fine-structure constant

α^{- 1} = 4 π^{3} + π^{2} + π

, containing the free

π

term, can be interpreted as the asymptote of the CODATA value

α^{- 1}

, the value of which varies with time. The negative fine-structure constant

α_{2}

leads to the complementary set of Planck units applicable to imaginary dimensions, including imaginary Planck units (18)-(26). Real and imaginary mass and charge units (34), length and mass units (35) units, and temperature and time units (33) are directly related to each other. Also, the elementary charge e is common for real and imaginary dimensions (36).

Applying the complementary Planck units to a complex energy formula [43] yields complex energies (50), (51) setting the atomic number

Z = 238

as the limit on an extended periodic table. The generalized energy (45) of all perfect black-body objects (black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs) having the generalized radius

R_{BBO} = k G M / c^{2}

exceed mass-energy equivalence if

k > 2

. Complex energies (50), (51) allow for storing the excess of this energy in their imaginary parts, inaccessible for direct observation. The results show that the perfect black-body objects other than black holes cannot have masses lower than

5.7275 \times 10^{- 10} [kg]

and that the maximum slope of the radius of their cores as a function of mass is defined, as

k_{\max} \approx 6.7933

, by the relation (67). It is further shown that a black-body object is in the equilibrium of complex energies if its radius

R_{eq} \approx 2.7665 G M_{BBO} / c^{2}

(78). It is conjectured that this is the correct value of the photon sphere radius.

The findings of this study inquire further research in the context of information-theoretic approach [1,2,3,4,5,6] and emergent dimensionality [9,30,31].

In the context of the results of this study, monolayer graphene, a truly 2-dimensional material with no thickness8, is a keyhole to other, unperceivable [5], dimensionalities. Graphene history is also instructive. Discovered in 1947 [45], graphene was long considered an academic material until it was eventually pulled from graphite in 2004 [46] by means of ordinary Scotch tape9. These fifty-seven years, along with twenty-nine years (1935-1964) between the condemnation of quantum theory as incomplete [47] and Bell’s mathematical theorem [48] asserting that it is not true, and the fifty-eight years (1964-2022) between the formulation of this theorem and 2022 Nobel prize in physics for its experimental loophole-free confirmation, should remind us that Max Planck, the genius who discovered Planck units, has also discovered Planck’s principle.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I truly thank my wife for her support when this research [49,50] was conducted. I thank Wawrzyniec Bieniawski for inspiring discussions and constructive ideas concerning the layout of this paper. I thank Andrzej Tomski for the definition of the scalar product for Euclidean spaces

R^{a} \times I^{b}

(1).

Appendix A: Other quadratic equations

The quadratic equation for the sum of transmittance (3) and absorptance (5), putting

C_{T A} T + A

, is

\frac{1}{4} C_{T A} π^{2} α^{2} + (C_{T A} - 1) π α + (C_{T A} - 1) = 0,

(A1)

and has two roots with reciprocals

α^{- 1} = \frac{C_{T A} π}{2 (1 - C_{T A} + \sqrt{1 - C_{T A}})} \approx 137.036,

(A2)

and

α_{2}^{- 1} = \frac{C_{T A} π}{2 (1 - C_{T A} - \sqrt{1 - C_{T A}})} \approx - 140.178,

(A3)

whereas their sum

α^{- 1} + α_{2}^{- 1} = - π

is, similarly as the relation (12), also independent of T and A.

Other quadratic equations do not feature this property. For example, the sum of

T + R

(6) expressed as the quadratic equation and putting

C_{T R} : = T + R

, is

\frac{1}{4} (C_{T R} - 1) π^{2} α^{2} + C_{T R} π α + (C_{T R} - 1) = 0,

(A4)

and has two roots with reciprocals

α^{- 1} = \frac{π (C_{T R} - 1)}{- 2 C_{T R} + 2 \sqrt{2 C_{T R} - 1}} \approx 137.036,

(A5)

and

α_{T R}^{- 1} = \frac{π (C_{T R} - 1)}{- 2 C_{T R} - 2 \sqrt{2 C_{T R} - 1}} \approx 0.0180,

(A6)

whereas their sum

α_{T R_{1}}^{- 1} + α_{T R_{2}}^{- 1} = \frac{- π C_{T R}}{C_{T R} - 1} \approx 137.054

(A7)

is dependent on T and R.

Appendix B: Two π-like constants

With algebraic definitions of

α

(13) and

α_{2}

(14), transmittance T (3), reflectance R (4) and absorptance A (5) of MLG for normal EMR incidence can be expressed just by

π

. For

α^{- 1} = 4 π^{3} + π^{2} + π

(13) they become

T (α) = \frac{4 {(4 π^{2} + π + 1)}^{2}}{{(8 π^{2} + 2 π + 3)}^{2}} \approx 0.9775,

(B1)

A (α) = \frac{4 (4 π^{2} + π + 1)}{{(8 π^{2} + 2 π + 3)}^{2}} \approx 0.0224,

(B2)

while for

α_{2}^{- 1} = - 4 π^{3} - π^{2} - 2 π

(14) they become

T (α_{2}) = \frac{4 {(4 π^{2} + π + 2)}^{2}}{{(8 π^{2} + 2 π + 3)}^{2}} \approx 1.0228,

(B3)

A (α_{2}) = - \frac{4 (4 π^{2} + π + 2)}{{(8 π^{2} + 2 π + 3)}^{2}} \approx - 0.0229,

(B4)

with

R (α) = R (α_{2}) = \frac{1}{{(8 π^{2} + 2 π + 3)}^{2}} \approx 1.2843 \times 10^{- 4} .

(B5)

(

T (α) + A (α)) + R (α) = (T (α_{2}) + A (α_{2})) + R (α_{2}) = 1

as required by the law of conservation of energy (8), whereas each conservation law is associated with a certain symmetry, as asserted by Noether’s theorem. Nonetheless, physical interpretation of

T (α_{2}) > 1

and

A (α_{2}) < 0

invites further research.

A (α) > 0

implies a sink, whereas

A (α_{2}) < 0

implies a source, whereas the opposite holds true for the transmittance T, as illustrated schematically in Figure 2. Perhaps, the negative absorptance and transmittance exceeding 100% for

α_{2}

(11) or (14) could be explained in terms of graphene spontaneous emission.

The quadratic equation (9) describing the reflectance R of MLG under normal incidence of EMR (or alternatively (A1)) can also be solved for

π

yielding two roots

π {(R, α_{*})}_{1} = \frac{2 \sqrt{R}}{α_{*} (1 - \sqrt{R})}, and

(B6)

π {(R, α_{*})}_{2} = \frac{- 2 \sqrt{R}}{α_{*} (1 + \sqrt{R})},

(B7)

dependent on R and

α_{*}

, where

α_{*}

indicates

α

α_{2}

. This can be further evaluated using the MLG reflectance R (4) or (B5) (which is the same for both

α

and

α_{2}

), yielding four, yet only three distinct, possibilities

π_{1} = π {(α)}_{1} = - π \frac{4 π^{2} + π + 1}{4 π^{2} + π + 2} = π \frac{α_{2}}{α} \approx - 3.0712,

(B8)

π {(α)}_{2} = π {(α_{2})}_{1} = π \approx 3.1416, and

(B9)

π_{2} = π {(α_{2})}_{2} = - π \frac{4 π^{2} + π + 2}{4 π^{2} + π + 1} = π \frac{α}{α_{2}} \approx - 3.2136 .

(B10)

Figure 2. Illustration of the concepts of negative absorptance and excessive transmittance of EMR under normal incidence on MLG.

The modulus of

π_{1}

(B8) corresponds to a convex surface having a positive Gaussian curvature, whereas the modulus of

π_{2}

(B10) - to a negative Gaussian curvature. Their product

π_{1} π_{2} = π^{2}

is independent of

α_{*}

, and their quotient

π_{1} / π_{2} = α_{2}^{2} / α^{2}

is independent of

π

. It remains to be found, whether each of them describes the ratio of circumference of a circle drawn on the respective surface to its diameter (

π_{c}

) or the ratio of the area of this circle to the square of its radius (

π_{a}

). These definitions produce different results on curved surfaces, whereas

π_{a} > π_{c}

on convex surfaces, while

π_{a} < π_{c}

on saddle surfaces [51].

Appendix C: Planck units and HUP

Perhaps the simplest derivation of the squared Planck length is based on Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle

δ P_{HUP} δ R_{HUP} \geq \frac{ℏ}{2} or δ E_{HUP} δ t_{HUP} \geq \frac{ℏ}{2},

(C1)

where

δ P_{HUP}

δ R_{HUP}

δ E_{HUP}

, and

δ t_{HUP}

denote momentum, position, energy, and time uncertainties, by replacing energy uncertainty

δ E_{HUP} = δ M_{HUP} c^{2}

with mass uncertainty and time uncertainty with position uncertainty, using mass-energy equivalence and

δ t_{HUP} = δ R / c_{HUP}

[28], which yields

δ M_{HUP} δ R_{HUP} \geq \frac{ℏ}{2 c} .

(C2)

Plugging

δ M_{HUP} = δ R_{HUP} c^{2} / (2 G)

for BH mass into (C2) we arrive at

δ R_{HUP}^{2} = ℓ_{P}^{2} \Rightarrow δ D_{HUP} = \pm 2 ℓ_{P}

and recover BH diameter

d_{BH} = \pm 2

However, using the same procedure but inserting the BH radius, instead of the BH mass, into the uncertainty principle (C2) leads to

δ M_{HUP}^{2} = \frac{1}{4} ℏ c / G = \frac{1}{4} m_{P}^{2}

. In general, using the generalized radius (42) in both procedures, one obtains

δ M_{HUP}^{2} = \frac{1}{2 k} m_{P}^{2} and δ R_{HUP}^{2} = \frac{k}{2} ℓ_{P}^{2} .

(C3)

Thus, if k increases mass

δ M_{HUP}

decreases, and

δ R_{HUP}

increases and the factor is the same for

k = 1

i.e., for orbital speed radius

δ R = G δ M / c^{2}

or the orbital speed mass

δ M = δ R c^{2} / G

Appendix D: A mixed speeds hypothesis

Let us define the mass/charge energies with different speeds of light, i.e., the charge part of the energy

E_{M Q_{i}}

with

c_{n}

and the charge part of the energy

E_{Q M_{i}}

with c

\begin{matrix} {\hat{E}}_{M Q_{i}} : = M c^{2} + \frac{Q_{i} c_{n}^{2}}{2 \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} = M c^{2} \pm i q \sqrt{α} m_{P} \frac{α^{2}}{α_{2}^{2}} c^{2}, \\ {\hat{E}}_{Q M_{i}} : = \frac{Q c^{2}}{2 \sqrt{π ϵ_{0} G}} + M_{i} c_{n}^{2} = \pm q \sqrt{α} m_{P} c^{2} + M_{i} \frac{α^{2}}{α_{2}^{2}} c^{2}, \end{matrix}

(D1)

If their moduli are equal, then

\begin{matrix} M^{2} + q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} = q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} - M_{i}^{2} \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}}, \\ M_{i} = \pm \sqrt{q^{2} α m_{P}^{2} (\frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} - 1) - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} M^{2}} . \end{matrix}

(D2)

For an uncharged mass M, this relation corresponds to (60). However, since mass

M_{i}

is imaginary, the argument of the square root in the relation (D2) must be negative, i.e.,

\begin{matrix} | M | ≯ | q | m_{P} \sqrt{α (1 - \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}})} . \end{matrix}

(D3)

But

α^{4} > α_{2}^{4}

, yielding imaginary M, while M is real by definition. Therefore, complex energies

E_{M Q_{i}}

(50) and

E_{Q M_{i}}

(51) must be parametrized respectively by c and

c_{n}

Appendix E: Fluctuations of the BBOs

A relation describing a BH information capacity after absorption (+) or emission (−) of a particle having the wavelength l can be generalized (cf. [5], Appendix 3), using the generalized radius (42), to all holographic spheres, including BBOs as

N^{A / E} (d, l) = 16 k^{2} π^{3} \frac{1}{l^{2}} \pm 8 k π^{2} \frac{d}{l} + π d^{2} .

(E1)

The wavelength of a particle emitted from a BH that does not change the BH diameter corresponds to half of the BH Compton wavelength (

l_{BH} = 8 π / d_{BH}

). Accordingly, the wavelength of a particle absorbed by a BH that does not change its diameter is

l_{BHconst} = - 4 π / d_{BH}

. We note in passing that three spatial dimensions set the minimum for such conditions to occur (cf. [5], Table III). In general,

l_{BBOconst} = \mp 2 k π / d_{BBO}

. In particular, for

k_{eq}

the relation (E1) yields

\begin{matrix} 4 π (1 + \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}) = \mp d l_{const} \sqrt{1 + \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}, B : = \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}, \\ 16 π^{2} B^{2} + (32 π^{2} - d^{2} l_{const}^{2}) B + 16 π^{2} - d^{2} l_{const}^{2} = 0, \\ \sqrt{Δ} = \pm d^{2} l_{const}^{2}, B_{1, 2} = \frac{d^{2} l_{const}^{2} - 32 π^{2} \pm d^{2} l_{const}^{2}}{32 π^{2}} . \end{matrix}

(E2)

The second solution is contradicting, as

α_{2}^{4} \neq - α^{4}

. But the first one

l_{const} = \mp \frac{4 π \sqrt{1 + \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}}{d} \approx \mp 1.3832 \frac{4 π}{d},

(E3)

(with "−" for absorption and "+" for emission) boils down to

l_{BHconst}

for

α_{2} = 0

. For

k_{\max}

the relation (A24) yields

\begin{matrix} \frac{4 π}{(1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}})} = \mp \frac{d l_{const}}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}}, B : = \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}, \\ d^{2} l_{const}^{2} B^{2} + (16 π^{2} - 2 d^{2} l_{const}^{2}) B + d^{2} l_{const}^{2} - 16 π^{2} = 0, \\ \sqrt{Δ} = \pm 16 π^{2}, B_{1, 2} = \frac{2 d^{2} l_{const}^{2} - 16 π^{2} \pm 16 π^{2}}{2 d^{2} l_{const}^{2}} . \end{matrix}

(E4)

The first solution is contradicting, but the second one

l_{const} = \mp \frac{4 π}{d \sqrt{1 - \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}}}} \approx \mp 3.3966 \frac{4 π}{d},

(E5)

also boils down to

l_{BHconst}

for

α_{2} = 0

The relation (E1) is remarkably similar to the algebraic definitions of the inverses of α (13) and α₂ (14) also containing π³, π², and π terms. This raises the question of whether the fine-structure constants’ inverses correspond to the number of bits10. Recently the fine-structure constant has been reported as the quantum of rotation [52]. Two alphas between α⁻¹ ≈ 137.0363 and

α_{2}^{- 1}

≈ −140.1779 hinted by the relations (13), (14), and (E1).

are thus intriguing.

Appendix F: Moduli of complex energies

The moduli of the complex energies (50), (51), (72)-(75) are

| E_{M Q_{i}} |^{2} = (m^{2} + q^{2} α) E_{P}^{2},

(F1)

| E_{Q M_{i}} |^{2} = (\frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} q^{2} α - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} m_{i}^{2}) E_{P}^{2},

(F2)

| E_{R M_{i}} |^{2} = (\frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}} - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} m_{i}^{2}) E_{P}^{2},

(F3)

| E_{R Q_{i}} |^{2} = (\frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}} + q^{2} α) E_{P}^{2},

(F4)

| E_{M R_{i}} |^{2} = (m^{2} - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{i}^{2}}) E_{P}^{2} .

(F5)

| E_{Q R_{i}} |^{2} = (\frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} q^{2} α - \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{i}^{2}}) E_{P}^{2},

(F6)

We assume that the moduli (F1)-(F6) are equal to an energy

E^{2} : = A E_{P}^{2}, A \in R

. Subtracting moduli (F1) and (F4) yields

m^{2} = 4 π^{2} / l^{2}

, and similarly subtracting moduli (F2) and (F6) yields

m_{i}^{2} = 4 π^{2} / l_{i}^{2}

. This equates moduli (F3) and (F5). Substituting

m^{2} = 4 π^{2} / l^{2}

into the modulus (F6) and subtracting from the modulus (F1) yields

m^{2} + \frac{α}{α_{2}} m_{i}^{2} = A - A \frac{α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4}} .

(F7)

Subtracting this from (F3) or (F5) yields

m_{i}^{2} = \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{i}^{2}} = \frac{- A α_{2}^{9}}{α^{5} (α^{4} + α_{2}^{4})},

(F8)

which substituted into the relation (F7) yields

m^{2} = \frac{4 π^{2}}{l^{2}} = \frac{A α^{4}}{α^{4} + α_{2}^{4}} .

(F9)

Finally, substituting the relation (F9) into the modulus (F1) yields

q^{2} α = \frac{A α_{2}^{4}}{α^{4} + α_{2}^{4}} .

(F10)

Appendix G: Complex forces

Complex energies (50)-(75) define complex forces between two objects, real R or imaginary

R_{i}

distance apart. We exclude mixed forces (of real and imaginary masses/charges) as real and imaginary dimensions are orthogonal. Thus, using discretizations (49), we obtain the following products

\begin{matrix} E_{1 m q_{i}} E_{2 m q_{i}} : = E_{1 M Q_{i}} E_{2 M Q_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = m_{1} m_{2} - q_{1} q_{2} α + i \sqrt{α} (m_{1} q_{2} + m_{2} q_{1}), \\ E_{1 q m_{i}} E_{2 q m_{i}} : = E_{1 Q M_{i}} E_{2 Q M_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{4}} (q_{1} q_{2} + \frac{1}{α_{2}} m_{1 i} m_{2 i} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{α_{2}}} (q_{1} m_{2 i} + q_{2} m_{1 i})), \end{matrix}

(G1)

\begin{matrix} E_{1 r m_{i}} E_{2 r m_{i}} : = E_{1 R M_{i}} E_{2 R M_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{1} l_{2}} + \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} m_{1 i} m_{2 i} + 2 π \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} (\frac{m_{2 i}}{l_{1}} + \frac{m_{1 i}}{l_{2}}), \\ E_{1 m r_{i}} E_{2 m r_{i}} : = E_{1 M R_{i}} E_{2 M R_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = m_{1} m_{2} + \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{1 i} l_{2 i}} + 2 π \sqrt{\frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}}} (\frac{m_{1}}{l_{2 i}} + \frac{m_{2}}{l_{1 i}}), \end{matrix}

(G2)

\begin{matrix} E_{1 q r_{i}} E_{2 q r_{i}} : = E_{1 Q R_{i}} E_{2 Q R_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = \frac{α^{4}}{α_{2}^{4}} q_{1} q_{2} α + \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{1} l_{2}} \frac{α^{5}}{α_{2}^{5}} + 2 π \frac{α^{5}}{\sqrt{α_{2}^{9}}} (\frac{q_{1}}{l_{2}} + \frac{q_{2}}{l_{1}}), \\ E_{1 r q_{i}} E_{2 q r_{i}} : = E_{1 R Q_{i}} E_{2 R Q_{i}} / E_{P}^{2} = \\ = \frac{4 π^{2}}{l_{1} l_{2}} + i 2 π \sqrt{α} (\frac{q_{2}}{l_{1}} + \frac{q_{1}}{l_{2}}) - q_{1} q_{2} α, \end{matrix}

(G3)

defining six complex forces; between two particles or objects acting over a real distance R

F_{A B_{i}} = \frac{G}{c^{4} R^{2}} E_{1 A B_{i}} E_{2 A B_{i}} = \frac{F_{P}}{r^{2}} E_{1 a b_{i}} E_{2 a b_{i}},

(G4)

and six complex forces; between two particles or objects acting over an imaginary distance

R_{i}

{\tilde{F}}_{A B_{i}} = \frac{G}{c_{n}^{4} R_{i}^{2}} E_{1 A B_{i}} E_{2 A B_{i}} = \frac{α_{2}}{α} \frac{F_{P}}{r_{i}^{2}} E_{1 a b_{i}} E_{2 a b_{i}},

(G5)

where

A, B \in {M, Q, R}

and

a, b \in {m, q, r}

, and

α_{2} r^{2} F_{A B_{i}} = α r_{i}^{2} {\tilde{F}}_{A B_{i}} .

(G6)

In the case of masses and charges (50) and (51), the complex forces (A39) unify Coulomb’s law and Newton’s law of gravity (similarly to the complex energy of real masses and charges (47), [43] Eq. (7)).

Furthermore, under a simplifying assumption of

r = r_{i}

, the forces acting over a real distanceR are stronger and opposite to the corresponding forces acting over an imaginary distance

R_{i}

(if these distances are equal in modulus) even though the Planck force is lower in modulus than the complementary (and, in this case, real) Planck force (27). This issue requires further research.

It seems, therefore, that a universe without imaginary dimensions (i.e., with

α_{2} = 0

) would be a black hole. Hence, the evolution of information [1,2,3,4,5,6] requires imaginary time.

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1	This is, of course, a circular definition, but it is given for clarity.
2	Vacuum permittivity $ϵ_{0}$ is the value of the absolute dielectric permittivity of classical vacuum. Thus, $ϵ_{0}$ cannot be negative. The Planck constant h is the uncertainty principle parameter. Thus, it cannot be negative; negative probabilities do not seem to withstand Occam’s razor.
3	Their average $(c + c_{n}) / 2 \approx - 3.436417 \times 10^{6} [m / s]$ is in the range of the Fermi velocity.
4	Quantum measurement outcomes are real eigenvalues of hermitian operators.
5	Charges in the cited study are defined in CGS units; here we adopt SI.
6	In the cited study it is called $α$ , so we shall call it $β$ to avoid confusion with the fine-structure constant.
7	In which, according to an accepted photon sphere definition, the strength of gravity forces photons to travel in orbits. The author wonders why photons would not travel in orbits at radius $R = G M / c^{2}$ corresponding to the orbital velocity?
8	Thickness of MLG is reported [44] as 0.37 [nm] with other reported values up to 1.7 [nm]. However, considering that 0.335 [nm] is the established inter-layer distance and consequently the thickness of bilayer graphene, these results do not seem credible: the thickness of bilayer graphene is not $2 \times 0.37 + 0.335 = 1.075$ [nm].
9	Introduced into the market in 1932.
10	The floor function of the inverse of the fine-structure constant α represents the threshold on the atomic number (137) of a hypothetical element feynmanium that, in the Bohr model of the atom, still allows the 1s orbital electrons to travel slower than the speed of light

Figure 1. Ratios of imaginary mass

M_{i BBO}

to real mass

M_{BBO}

(green) and real charge

q_{BBO} m_{P} \sqrt{α}

M_{BBO}

(red) of a BBO as a function of

G M / c^{2}

multiplier

k : 0 \leq k \leq 10

. Mass

M_{i BBO}

is imaginary for

k ⪅ 6.79

. Charge

q_{BBO}

is real for

k \geq 2

Figure 1. Ratios of imaginary mass

M_{i BBO}

to real mass

M_{BBO}

(green) and real charge

q_{BBO} m_{P} \sqrt{α}

M_{BBO}

(red) of a BBO as a function of

G M / c^{2}

multiplier

k : 0 \leq k \leq 10

. Mass

M_{i BBO}

is imaginary for

k ⪅ 6.79

. Charge

q_{BBO}

is real for

k \geq 2

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The Imaginary Universe

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE SECOND FINE-STRUCTURE CONSTANT

III. α 2 -SET OF PLANCK UNITS

IV. BLACK BODY OBJECTS

V. COMPLEX ENERGIES

VI. MASS, CHARGE, EMR - PHOTON SPHERE RADIUS

VII. DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Appendix A: Other quadratic equations

Appendix B: Two π-like constants

Appendix C: Planck units and HUP

Appendix D: A mixed speeds hypothesis

Appendix E: Fluctuations of the BBOs

Appendix F: Moduli of complex energies

Appendix G: Complex forces

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III. $α_{2}$ -SET OF PLANCK UNITS