Gravity and London's Force

I've blogged about the propensity of a mass to emit electrons. The resulting equal and opposite reaction force that is gravity is caused when an electron is emitted from the center of mass. Trying to dissect this force leads us to the atomic level where we encounter the London forces.

The London force is easiest to picture when we consider the noble gasses as these atoms don't make complicated bonds. Diatomic molecules tend to stick together but will still have inter-molecular interactions with the material that surrounds them. More complicated molecular structures will tend towards a balanced state that will have London forces of their own.

Imagine two helium atoms coming together with a certain amount of kinetic energy. Current models have it that these atoms will have electrons on their outskirts that are moving at a real fraction of the speed of light (aprox. 1%). The electrons will interact first and will not want to share space. It is relatively likely that one of the electrons will take off and the rest will attempt to balance charge and momentum.

As an electron takes off from the local center of mass the rest of the mass will be pushed in the opposite direction so as to conserve momentum. This push will happen throughout a mass. The push tends towards the center of mass because the electron is carrying momentum in the opposite direction. At least this is a tendency. This tendency may be repeated many trillions of times in a mass. The net result is a force called gravity.