<b> Personal Web Site:</b> http://www.aburakpolat.com
<b> Institutional Web Site:</b> http://avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/abpolat/
<b>As a Professor of Theoretical Electromagnetism my physical world view and perspective on macroscobic electromagnetic theory can be outlined as follows: </b>
'''Abdullah Burak Polat''' (born 10 December 1971), publishing as '''Burak Polat''', is a Turkish [[electrical engineer]] and academic who works in the field of theoretical and applied [[electromagnetism]]. He is a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at [[Yıldız Technical University]] in Istanbul, where he directs the Radar Research Laboratory (RADAL). His research covers [[electromagnetic]] theory, [[wave propagation]], [[antennas]], [[scattering]] and the electrodynamics of moving bodies, and he is known within the [[dissident science]] community for his advocacy of "Hertzian" and "frame indifferent" formulations of electromagnetism as alternatives to the relativistic treatment of moving media.
<b>On Space and Time:</b>
==Biography==
Polat has held academic positions at a number of Turkish and international institutions over his career. He served as a research assistant in the mid-1990s, then held appointments at Istanbul University and, around 2000–2001, at the Technical University of Denmark ([[Danmarks Tekniske Universitet]]). He was an associate professor at [[Istanbul Technical University]] (2003–2005) before being appointed full professor, holding chairs successively at Bursa Uludağ University (2005–2010), Trakya University (2010–2013, where he also served as a dean), and Beykent University. He was head of department at Istanbul Gelişim University (2016–2017) and, since 2017, has been a professor at Yıldız Technical University.
Neither time nor velocity (or speed) is a physical quantity. Traditionally, a physical quantity is defined as any quantity that can be quantified by measurement and has a specific unit in a given unit system (such as MKS or CGS system). This is a superficial useless description. "Physical" quantities are ONLY those associated with CONSERVATION LAWS. Mass, charge, momentum and energy are such common examples. In that regard, distance and time interval (or lapse) are NOT physical quantities. They are only mathematical tools (coordinate variables of infinite extent) to describe a physical mechanism. This is to say, they are actually the conceptual tools utilized to set up a system to measure physical quantities. In that regard (3+1)D notation to describe four dimensional space is also meaningless since space and time are equivalent both conceptually and functionally. It is just 4D Space!.
His indexed academic output includes on the order of one hundred publications, with dozens indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases across the categories of electrical and electronic engineering and mathematical physics. His stated current research interests include radar theory and the application of electromagnetics in biology and medicine, in addition to remote sensing and antenna theory.
<b>On Influence of Velocity and Acceleration:</b>
==Scientific contributions==
Much of Polat's technical work concerns [[electromagnetic scattering]] and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with bodies in motion. He has published analyses of plane-wave scattering by perfectly conducting (PEC) and dielectric bodies in uniform rectilinear, rotational and harmonic motion, and, with Ramazan Daşbaşı, work validating these formulations in problems such as a rectangular waveguide with a rotating PEC termination.
Velocity and acceleration are described in terms of distance and time interval. Therefore they are NOT physical quantities, either. Besides, the nature of a physical quantity CANNOT change (in other words, remains the same) when multiplied with a nonphysical quantity. For instance, mass is a physical quantity from the discipline of mechanics. Momentum and force, which are derived by multiplying mass with velocity and acceleration respectively, are again quantities of same nature. By same nature, I mean they belong to the same discipline.
Polat frames this body of work within what he terms a '''frame indifferent theory of electromagnetism''', which he presents as an extension of the classical [[Hertzian electrodynamics|Hertz–Heaviside]] "electrodynamics of moving bodies." In this view, Maxwell's equations describe the electromagnetism of stationary media, and the effects of material motion are to be handled through convective (material and comoving) time derivatives within the framework of [[Newtonian mechanics|Newtonian]] [[continuum mechanics]] in Euclidean space, rather than through the [[Lorentz transformation]]s of [[special relativity]]. He argues that quantities such as space, time, velocity and acceleration are mathematical rather than physical quantities—reserving the term "physical quantity" for quantities associated with [[conservation law]]s such as mass, charge, momentum and energy—and on that basis rejects concepts such as [[length contraction]] and [[time dilation]] as physical effects.
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.1:</b>
These positions place Polat's foundational writings outside the [[scientific consensus|mainstream consensus]] of modern physics, which regards [[special relativity]] as extensively confirmed by experiment. In a series of essays he has set out arguments against the relativistic treatment of electromagnetism, contending that the introduction of convection currents into the Maxwell–Minkowski electrodynamics is inconsistent, that the [[twin paradox]] and related "aging" arguments show relativity to be internally paradoxical, and that classical Hertzian formulations already account for phenomena such as the magnetic field of a moving charge or a rotating charged disk ([[Rowland ring|Rowland's disk]]). These interpretations are not accepted by the physics mainstream and are presented here as a description of his views.
In Maxwell-Minkowski Electrodynamics, upon the application of Lorentz Transformations on Maxwell's Equations, electrical field in the moving frame is observed as magnetic field in the laboratory frame as multiplied by VELOCITY. This is only one out of countless examples to realize that Special Relativity is PHYSICALLY UNSUPPORTED. In material media electrical and magnetic fields occur due to microscobic mechanisms of DIFFERENT nature. In that regard, velocity, as a nonphysical quantity, is never capable of transforming an electrical field quantity into a magnetic one, same as an apple does not turn into an orange as it starts to move.
==Selected publications==
* Burak Polat, "On the Axiomatic Structure of Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics'' Vol.2 No.1, pp.35–59 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving Circular Cylinder in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''Selçuk Journal of Applied Mathematics'' Vol.13 No.1 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving PEC Plane and a Dielectric Half-Space in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics'' Vol.2 No.2 pp.123–144 (2012).
* Burak Polat, "Plane Wave Scattering by a Moving PEC Half-Plane in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Abstract at The 41st PIERS (PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, 2019.
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Validation of Hertzian Electromagnetism in a Rectangular Waveguide with Rotating PEC Termination", ''2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium – Spring (PIERS-Spring)'', Rome, Italy, 2019, pp. 2850–2856. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017394
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Plane Wave Reflection by a PEC Plane in Harmonic Motion", ''Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE)'', Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
* Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "On Conservation of Electromotive Force in Hertzian Electrodynamics", ''Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE)'', Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
<b>On Convection Currents:</b>
==External links==
* [http://www.aburakpolat.com Personal website]
* [http://avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/abpolat/ Yıldız Technical University AVESİS profile]
CONVECTION CURRENTS SIGNIFY MATERIAL DISPLACEMENT! Please be advised that laws of electromagnetism of STATIONARY MEDIA cannot involve convection currents. Their inclusion into Maxwell's Equations always yield physically unsupported results that VIOLATE continuity of current as the partial time derivatives in Faraday-Maxwell and Ampere-Maxwell Equations require to be replaced with material (aka convective, substantial) derivate when the velocity field is a function of time and with Oldroyd (aka upper convected material or comoving time) derivative when the velocity field is an arbitrary function of space and time. The presence of convection currents in Ampere-Maxwell's Law functions analytically same as conduction currents that radiate electromagnetic waves. Let me address two common misinterpretations:
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1) ''The belief that a STATIC point source in motion RADIATES electromagnetic energy described via Lienard - Wiechert Potentials''. What actually happens is that the static field lines (flux) generated by the point charge move in accord with the arbitrary motion of the source AS A WHOLE, without any deformation in shape.
2) ''Generation of magnetostatic field when a disk supporting free charges rotates uniformly around its own axis (known as Rowland's Disk). And in presence of acceleration there is believed to occur electromagnetic radiation mechanism''. Actually, uniform rotation of such a disk of free static charges cannot generate magnetic field. One always observes the circulation of static electric field lines (flux) in space REGARDLESS OF acceleration.
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.2:</b>
Another conceptual failure of Special Relativity reveals upon the application of Lorentz Transformations to Maxwell's Equations which involve convection currents. This is known as Maxwell-Minkowski Electrodynamics. While convection currents are fully capable of modeling mechanical motion of sources with ARBITRARY velocity, one applies Lorentz Transformation to understand the action of "rectilinear unaccelerated motion" over a system already "in general arbitrary motion"! Funnier is the fact that the motion in moving frame is described by Maxwell's Equations involving convection currents which obey Newtonian Mechanics in Euclidean 4D Space, while the motion in observer frame is described via Lorentz Transformations assuming that Newtonian Mechanics is incorrect. Sheer absurdity !
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.3:</b>
It should not be forgotten that Lorentz Transformations DO NOT yield Galilean Transformations exactly in the limiting case as the relativistic factor Beta=1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) tends to 1. This means that Special (and General) Relativity is NOT A COVERING THEORY for Newtonian Mechanics. On the contrary, the physical evidences of these two theories are on opposite ends. Therefore anyone who "believes" that Special (and General) Relativity is correct, then he/she is in a position NOT to utilize any mathematical tool and physical law devised in Classical Continuum Physics in Euclidean 4D Space in describing any physical mechanism. This includes claiming the classical Faraday's Law (emf induction mechanism) and Doppler Effect from Hertzian Electromagnetism, which are widely used and tested every single day in every technological area since late 19th century till date, to be ERRONEOUS.
UNFORTUNATELY, EINSTEIN DID NOT PROPERLY UNDERSTAND AND THEREFORE MISINTERPRETED ASYMMETRY IN ELECTROMAGNETISM IN HIS SO CALLED ORIGINAL(!) 1905 PAPER. HE TURNED PHYSICS INTO A BELIEF SYSTEM WHICH WAS NOTHING BUT A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY FOR THE "MAIN STREAM" ("DISCIPLES") WHO WORSHIPPED HIM, AND SO MUCH PAIN AND TORTURE FOR THE RATIONAL "DISSIDENTS" WHO STOOD AGAINST THIS CHURCH.
It should be realized that invoking Special (or General) Relativity into classical electromagnetism is totally UNNECESSARY and yields INSUFFICIENT AND INCORRECT results that contradict with well established experiments in the context of Electrical Engineering. Relativity theory does not stem from the so called experimental proofs of unpresence of aether in the second half of 19th century, but its origin lies on the fact that Einstein was not able to grasp papers of Hertz and Heaviside on electrodynamics of moving bodies due to lack of background on advanced calculus.
For those who believe that Relativity is correct, it should be reminded that a theory cannot be falsified by introducing another theory. This is not how things work in science. In the context of electrical engineering we already have a theory that has been working properly since 17th century based on Newtonian Mechanics. Therefore as a first step in the proof of Relativity one must demonstrate that relativistic formulations yield more accurate results by devising experimental set-ups that all sides consent on their accuracy. Until then Relativity has no chance to be taken seriously and have a place at least in Electrical Engineering curriculum.
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.4:</b>
Lorentz Transformations are ONLY a set of MATHEMATICAL transformations between one point to another. Since space, time and velocity are only mathematical quantities as explained above, a transformation involving these quantities cannot have a physical meaning by itself, either. The transformation only has a mathematical/geometrical significance It cannot be interpreted as length contraction and time dilation specific to a material body. This was never pronounced in the works of Voigt, Larmor, Cohn, Lorentz, Wiechert and Poincare published prior to the so called miracle year 1905, when Einstein originated this idea upon the works of the aforementioned respected scientists WITHOUT MAKING ANY CITATION.
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.5:</b>
Once you avoid the presence of aether, the concept of a preferred frame vanishes. This leads to a paradox while interpreting the action of motion on aging. Twin paradox is one such famous example. (The answer to which twin has aged more at the end of the experiment). A proper theory, by definition, NEVER results in a paradox in itself. Especially, considering that acceleration is indispensible in a two way trip, relativists cannot even manage to give a proper example to explain their assertions. Such things only come up when one does not know what he/she is talking about.
<b> Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.6:</b>
A system in rectilinear motion with constant velocity does not correspond to any actual PHYSICAL mechanism. This means that a relativist can study and explain, say the simplest case of EMF induction mechanism which occurs when a closed circuit rotates inwhat presence of a static magnetic field, only in the context of General Relativity, compulsorily taking gravitational forces into account. Probably it is not a very practical methodology to explain in the curriculum of sophomore students. It is not by chance that the topics of Electrical Engineering are beyond the area of interest for Relativists.
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Another failure of making a physical correspondence to Lorentz Transformation comes up when one tries to extend its capability to bodies in arbitrary motion. Lorentz Transformations only apply for a POINT unaccelerated rectilinear motion. Any attempt to generalize the velocity vector is MATHEMATICALLY UNSUPPORTED. An example is the "Instantaneous Rest Frame Approach" by Van Bladel. One can realize that they ALL consent on calling such attempts HEURISTIC. This is nothing but a kind way of saying something is BULLSHIT ! Another disappointment is the combination of the words "Special" and "Theory". This is an oxymoron. After all, special cases do not make a theory! Correct title would be Special Case of Relativity Theory but still that would be absurd since one claims to introduce a special case of a theory before the theory itself.
<b>Relativity Theory is WRONG ! Argument No.7:</b>
It is not possible that Relativity can hold in other disciplines of physics, such as Cosmology and Particle Physics, while it does not make sense in the case of Maxwell Equations in macroscobic electromagnetism. Since it is essentially based on Lorentz Transformations, it is meant to hold simultaneously in EVERY branch of physics where the concepts of space and time are invoked. It is ALL OR NOTHING case.
<b>On the True Explanation of Macroscobic Electromagnetic Phenomena:</b>
Electrodynamics of both stationary and moving media can only be treated correctly in the context of FRAME INDIFFERENT THEORY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM, which asserts that the laws of macroscobic electromagnetism as described by Maxwell’s Equations of stationary media are frame indifferent and recognize all frame indifferent axioms, postulates, principles and laws of other disciplines that constitute Newtonian Continuum Mechanics in Euclidean Space. This is another way to saying that Eulerian and Lagrangian frame observers are in full agreement with
* the nature (or state) of any physical quantity
* the structural form and content of any physical law, and
* the result of any measurement taken
in the two frames. The well known Hertzian formulation of electromagnetism where velocity vector of motion is a function of time, constitute a special case of the frame indifferent formulation
In short,
* '''Yes:''' General Invariance '''No:''' General Covariance
* '''Yes:''' Frame Indifference '''No:''' Form Invariance
* '''Yes:''' Newtonian/Euclidean Space and Time '''No:''' Minkowski Space-Time
* '''Yes:''' Frame Indifferent Electromagnetic Theory that Covers Hertz-Heaviside Electrdynamics '''No:''' Maxwell-Minkowski Electrodynamics and General Relativity Theory
* '''Yes:''' Principle of Material Frame Indifference '''No:''' Principle of General Space-Time Covariance
My contributions on the subject matter are summoned up in the following papers available on-line:
* Burak POLAT, “On the Axiomatic Structure of Hertzian Electrodynamics”, TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.1, pp.35-59 (2012).
* Burak POLAT, “Scattering by a Moving Circular Cylinder in Hertzian Electrodynamics”, Selçuk Journal of Applied Mathematics Vol.13 No.1 (2012).
* Burak POLAT, “Scattering by a Moving PEC Plane and a Dielectric Half-Space in Hertzian Electrodynamics”, TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.2 pp.123-144 (2012).
Abdullah Burak Polat (born 10 December 1971), publishing as Burak Polat, is a Turkish electrical engineer and academic who works in the field of theoretical and applied electromagnetism. He is a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, where he directs the Radar Research Laboratory (RADAL). His research covers electromagnetic theory, wave propagation, antennas, scattering and the electrodynamics of moving bodies, and he is known within the dissident science community for his advocacy of "Hertzian" and "frame indifferent" formulations of electromagnetism as alternatives to the relativistic treatment of moving media.
Biography
Polat has held academic positions at a number of Turkish and international institutions over his career. He served as a research assistant in the mid-1990s, then held appointments at Istanbul University and, around 2000–2001, at the Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet). He was an associate professor at Istanbul Technical University (2003–2005) before being appointed full professor, holding chairs successively at Bursa Uludağ University (2005–2010), Trakya University (2010–2013, where he also served as a dean), and Beykent University. He was head of department at Istanbul Gelişim University (2016–2017) and, since 2017, has been a professor at Yıldız Technical University.
His indexed academic output includes on the order of one hundred publications, with dozens indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases across the categories of electrical and electronic engineering and mathematical physics. His stated current research interests include radar theory and the application of electromagnetics in biology and medicine, in addition to remote sensing and antenna theory.
Scientific contributions
Much of Polat's technical work concerns electromagnetic scattering and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with bodies in motion. He has published analyses of plane-wave scattering by perfectly conducting (PEC) and dielectric bodies in uniform rectilinear, rotational and harmonic motion, and, with Ramazan Daşbaşı, work validating these formulations in problems such as a rectangular waveguide with a rotating PEC termination.
Polat frames this body of work within what he terms a frame indifferent theory of electromagnetism, which he presents as an extension of the classical Hertz–Heaviside "electrodynamics of moving bodies." In this view, Maxwell's equations describe the electromagnetism of stationary media, and the effects of material motion are to be handled through convective (material and comoving) time derivatives within the framework of Newtoniancontinuum mechanics in Euclidean space, rather than through the Lorentz transformations of special relativity. He argues that quantities such as space, time, velocity and acceleration are mathematical rather than physical quantities—reserving the term "physical quantity" for quantities associated with conservation laws such as mass, charge, momentum and energy—and on that basis rejects concepts such as length contraction and time dilation as physical effects.
These positions place Polat's foundational writings outside the mainstream consensus of modern physics, which regards special relativity as extensively confirmed by experiment. In a series of essays he has set out arguments against the relativistic treatment of electromagnetism, contending that the introduction of convection currents into the Maxwell–Minkowski electrodynamics is inconsistent, that the twin paradox and related "aging" arguments show relativity to be internally paradoxical, and that classical Hertzian formulations already account for phenomena such as the magnetic field of a moving charge or a rotating charged disk (Rowland's disk). These interpretations are not accepted by the physics mainstream and are presented here as a description of his views.
Selected publications
Burak Polat, "On the Axiomatic Structure of Hertzian Electrodynamics", TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.1, pp.35–59 (2012).
Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving Circular Cylinder in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Selçuk Journal of Applied Mathematics Vol.13 No.1 (2012).
Burak Polat, "Scattering by a Moving PEC Plane and a Dielectric Half-Space in Hertzian Electrodynamics", TWMS Journal of Applied and Engineering Mathematics Vol.2 No.2 pp.123–144 (2012).
Burak Polat, "Plane Wave Scattering by a Moving PEC Half-Plane in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Abstract at The 41st PIERS (PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, 2019.
Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Validation of Hertzian Electromagnetism in a Rectangular Waveguide with Rotating PEC Termination", 2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium – Spring (PIERS-Spring), Rome, Italy, 2019, pp. 2850–2856. DOI: 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017394
Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "Plane Wave Reflection by a PEC Plane in Harmonic Motion", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE), Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
Burak Polat and Ramazan Daşbaşı, "On Conservation of Electromotive Force in Hertzian Electrodynamics", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE), Istanbul, Turkey, June 12–13, 2020.
