In the paper "GRAVITATION AND ELECTROMAGNETISM - Introduction to THE THEORY OF INFORMATONS" - published on
http://wbabin.net/astro/acke2.pdf - is shown how the concept "information" can contribute to
a better understanding of the physics of the macroscopic world: interactions between (whether or not charged) objects, electromagnetic radiation and waves, light. This is the physics studied in textbooks for a calculus-based course for science and engineering students.
In the paper, the term INFORMATION is introduced in physics by narrowing its everyday meaning to a physical concept. It is given a specific sense by defining it mathematically.
The "theory of informatons" starts from the idea that a material object manifests itself in space by emitting INFORMATONS. Informatons are dot-shaped mass- and energyless entities which rush away at the speed of light, carrying information about the position, the velocity and the electrical charge of the emitter. The rules for the emission of informatons by a point mass at rest are defined by the "postulate of the emission of informatons".
The consequencies of the postulate for the gravitational interaction are developed in paragraphs I to IV and those for the electromagnetic interaction in paragraph V. The physical entity FIELD and the physical quantities that charactarize a field (FIELD STRENGHT, INDUCTION) acquire
a new meaning. The laws to which these quantities are subjected (MAXWELL'S LAWS) and the rules that manage the mutual forces (NEWTON, COULOMB, LORENTZ) are deduced. One shows that there is a great analogy between a gravitational and an electromagnetic field, what implies that
the gravitational field has a component that is analogous to the magnetic field.
In paragraph VI the "theory of informatons" is applied in the study of electromagnetic waves and radiation. The idea is introduced that PHOTONS are informatons transporting an energy packet. This leads to the view that the deflection of light passing through a narrow split can be understood as the visible effect of the transitions of energy packets from one informaton to another that crosses its path. Finally the implications of the gravity-electromagnetism analogy are investigated for the existence of gravitational waves and gravitons.
The "theory of informatons" is - just like all other theories - a construct of the reason, a mathematically supported logical "language game" devised
to understand in a simple and constistent manner the phenomena relative to gravity and electromagnetism.
