J.C. Lindner is a Canadian researcher with a formation in mathematical physics who specializes in the interpretation of physical theories. He spent more than 25 years developing a new perspective on some of the most enduring problems in fundamental theoretical physics.
Research
His research centers around the problem of time directionality as it arises in both classical and quantum physics. The first portion of his research program involved a reinterpretation of negative-energy states which turned out to have far reaching implications for gravitation theory, cosmology, and statistical mechanics. One of the most remarkable outcomes of this work was the development of a model that allows to explain how time irreversibility can arise from time-symmetric physical laws. Then, he began exploring the consequences of those developments on our understanding of quantum physics. Based on an original solution to the problem of the emergence of time in quantum cosmology, he was able to provide the first fully satisfactory explanation for the fact that we experience a world that remains quasiclassical as the universe evolves in both the past and the future.
Publications
Mr Lindner published only four research reports in his entire career, something which would be unthinkable in a conventional academic environment, but which became possible in the context where he was working as an independent researcher and didn’t need to constantly apply for more funding to be allowed to pursue his research interests.
The first paper (Theoretical Basis for a Solution to the Cosmological Constant Problem) originally discussed an attempt at solving the cosmic-coincidence problem using a bi-metric theory of gravitation, based on an alternative interpretation of the stress-energy of positive- and negative-energy matter. But he later developed a more accurate and more consistent approach for integrating this concept of negative-energy matter to classical gravitation theory, which was the subject of a second publication entitled Matters of Time Directionality in Gravitation Theory. A third report entitled Matters of Time Directionality in Gravitational Physics was later produced when a whole chapter on cosmological implications and the problem of thermodynamic time asymmetry was added to the previous report. Finally, based on the developments achieved in the preceding reports, a separate document entitled Matters of Time Directionality in Quantum Physics was published which offered a satisfactory solution to the problem of the emergence and the persistence of quasiclassicality in the context of a fully consistent, realist interpretation of quantum theory based on the concept of time-symmetric causality. At the same time a new report entitled Matters of Time Directionality in Classical and Quantum Physics was released that merely combined all the material covered in the last three documents.
Given that this document was produced through an iteration process that involved multiple additions to the original report, it became unusually large as a research paper. This was not entirely deliberate, however, but rather a consequence of the difficulty to get the later portions of his research published as separate reports, due to the unconventional nature of his approach, which involves focusing on interpretative issues. The reader who is not already familiar with Mr Lindner’s work on the classical theory of gravitation could thus proceed by reading the final version of this report, entitled Negative-Energy Matter and the Direction of Time, without missing anything of value that would be contained in the other documents. From a practical viewpoint, however, it may be more suitable to purchase the commercial, print version of this document, which is based on the material contained in the last version of this concluding report (which will soon be updated). An abridged version of this book which is based on an updated version of the first report cited above is currently available in print as well.
Negative-Energy Matter and the Direction of Time 