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<p>Create biographical page for person listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists (web-verified; red-link batch 6)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = Charles Francis<br /> | fields = Physics, Cosmology<br /> | known_for = Relational quantum theory incorporating gravity; critique of standard cosmology<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Charles Francis&#039;&#039;&#039; is a researcher who has published on the foundations of quantum theory and cosmology, known for a relational formulation of quantum theory intended to incorporate gravity. They are listed in &#039;&#039;[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Ideas==<br /> In the paper &quot;A Relational Quantum Theory Incorporating Gravity&quot; (arXiv:gr-qc/0508077), Francis develops a model based on the relationist principle that the position of an object can only be defined with respect to other matter, rather than against a fixed background space-time in the manner of Newtonian space. The formulation uses quantum logic to describe hypothetical measurement results and introduces a connection Francis calls a &quot;teleconnection&quot; between initial and final states, using teleparallelism and a generalisation of Bondi&#039;s k-calculus to describe a metric in terms of particle interactions.<br /> <br /> Francis reports deriving the Schwarzschild solution for a system containing a single elementary particle in a position eigenstate. Among the cosmological consequences he draws, Francis argues that supernova redshift data are consistent with a universe of nearly twice critical density with zero cosmological constant and no cold dark matter, and that Milgrom&#039;s phenomenological MOND relation is obeyed. These conclusions place the work outside the standard cosmological (Lambda-CDM) framework, and de Climont&#039;s directory lists Francis under critics of the Big Bang.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://arxiv.org/vc/gr-qc/papers/0508/0508077v2.pdf A Relational Quantum Theory Incorporating Gravity (arXiv)]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scientist|Francis Charles]]<br /> [[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]</div>

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