  A new, very different physical model of the universe is proposed. Its virtues
include unifying relativity and quantum mechanics, and particles with de
Broglie waves. It also appears to provide a truly unified physical basis for
electromagnetic, gravitational and nuclear forces. The basic system is a
four-dimensional Euclidean space, containing an array of nonlinear "flow"
waves. These repeat in one dimension, called [phi]. As in Newtonian mechanics,
time is treated as an additional, unidirectional parameter describing the
evolution of the system. Nevertheless, this wave system is shown be inherently
relativistic. Further self-organizing patterns arise within the overall wave
structure. Called "wavicles," these have intrinsic quantized fields, "spin,"
and rest energy, and represent elementary particles. Relativistic expressions
are derived for particle behavior in scalar, vector and gravitational
potentials. Proper representations of these potentials, based on the wave
fields and associated [phi] flows of wavicles, are also obtained. As in the
causal quantum mechanics of de Broglie and Bohm, wavicles exist continuously
and follow definite, stochastic trajectories. Although experimentally
equivalent to Einstein's special relativity, this theory differs fundamentally
from his general relativity and the associated Big Bang model. According to
Linde, the latter predict a large-scale space-time curvature roughly 60 orders
of magnitude greater than observed values. Here a flat large-scale geometry is
predicted, in agreement with the observed distribution of galaxies. This theory
is also consistent with recent observations pertaining to the age of the
universe.
