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This research aims to explain the enforcement of the speed of light as a mechanical process involving mass-energy relationships and vacuum properties.

July 20, 2026Open Access

Effective Mass Emergence and Drag-Enforced Speed Limits : Photon Inertia, Vacuum Drag, and Frame Dragging as a Unified Speed-Limit Mechanism

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This research aims to explain the enforcement of the speed of light as a mechanical process involving mass-energy relationships and vacuum properties.
Derived a mechanical framework based on mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²).
Analyzed the behavior of massless particles like photons in relation to effective mass and acceleration resistance.
Investigated the connection between vacuum interactions and frame dragging phenomena.
Demonstrated that effective mass of photons leads to inertial drag similar to that of massive particles. This implies that speed limits arise from effective relativistic mass (m_rel = hf/c²).
Unified the concepts of local vacuum drag and frame dragging, linking them through the same physical mechanism.
Extended previous theories by not relying on quantum field theory or spacetime geometry for the explanation.

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Proposes a mechanical framework explaining light speed limits, focusing on mass-energy relationships and vacuum interactions.

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Budinny V (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5dbab88bd453d3397abd39 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21425647

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Effective Mass Emergence and Drag-Enforced Speed Limits : Photon Inertia, Vacuum Drag, and Frame Dragging as a Unified Speed-Limit Mechanism

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