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Tolga Yarman
Prof. Dr. Tolga Yarman at his residence.
Born(1945-02-22)22 February 1945
Tekirdağ, Republic of Turkey
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Tolga Yarman is a Turkish academic intellectual with a Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Science & Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who is currently enrolled as a Professor in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences of Istanbul Okan University. He began to seriously publish contributions in theoretical physics since the 1990s.

Later on, working closely with his Professor son Ozan Yarman from Istanbul University, Professor Alexander L. Kholmetskii from Belarusian State University, Professor Christian B. Marchal from ONERA, and Emeritus Professor Metin Arik from Boğaziçi University, as well as several other colleagues from his circle, he advanced his research that focuses on alternative formulations of gravitation and relativity as grounded in energy conservation and quantum mechanical scaling, including systematizations of diatomic/triatomic molecules and atomic nuclei.

His scientific program is basically dedicated to the development of "Yarman's Approach" as a generalized theoretic framework for all force fields, implying a change in the rest-mass of the client object vis-à-vis the host body due to binding energy, which is contingent upon a space-time transformations foundation he dubbed "The Universal Matter Architecture (UMA)." In such a way, the "Rest-Mass Dynamics" induced "Yarman-Arik-Kholmetskii / Quantal Theory of Gravity (YARK/QTG)" was derived as an alternative to General Relativity, along with extensions to Special Relativity. Yarman's application of UMA across other systems pertain to Molecular Chemistry, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Thermodynamics.

Biography

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Early life and education

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(Nuh) Tolga Yarman received his Lycée Diploma from the famous Galatasaray High School in 1963, coming in first place. Later, he graduated from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon, France) in Chemical Engineering/Energy Engineering in 1967, receiving a degree equivalent to both B.Sc. and M.Sc. He then attended the Institute of Nuclear Energy at Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ, Türkiye), obtaining a degree equivalent to M.Sc. in 1968. Afterwards, he pursued doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, United States), where he earned a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science & Engineering in 1972.

Academic and professional career

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Yarman worked at the Nuclear Engineering Department of the Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center (ÇNAEM) in Istanbul between 1972–1973 and 1975–1977. In 1977, he served as General Reporter to the Xth World Energy Congress organized by the World Energy Council and held in Istanbul.

He joined the faculty of the Institute of Nuclear Energy at İTÜ as Associate Professor in 1977 and was promoted to full Professor in 1982. In 1983, he was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Sciences at Anadolu University in Eskişehir.

In 1984, Yarman was awarded a grant by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES, Washington D.C., USA) and enrolled as a Visiting Professor in the Engineering & Applied Science Faculty of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, USA).

He served as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Committee (1975–1982) and the Advisory Board (1978–1982) of the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (under TAEK, Ankara).

Between 1994 and 1997, Yarman was invited and appointed as a diplomat to represent the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey) in Brussels. During this period, he gave invited lectures at the Faculté des Sciences of the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).

He has taught numerous courses in Energy Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Sciences, Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Physics, Quantum Mechanics, and Atomic & Physical Chemistry at various institutions, including:

  • İTÜ Department of Chemical Engineering in Istanbul, Türkiye;
  • Institute for Nuclear Energy of Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ/METU) in Ankara, Türkiye;
  • Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Türkiye;
  • Anadolu University in Eskişehir, Türkiye;
  • Istanbul University in Istanbul, Türkiye;
  • Işık University in Istanbul, Türkiye;
  • Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Türkiye (from where he officially retired in 2002).

He additionally delivered advanced lectures at the Turkish War Academies in Istanbul on the Nuclear Arms Race, Defense Industry, Advanced & Critical Technologies, and Technology Transfer.

Research contributions

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Tolga Yarman's academic life-long approach has focused on bridging the end results of General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics, thereby connecting the atomistic world and the celestial world. He has developed this framework further with the participation of his colleagues through numerous articles published in prestigious journals, which continue to attract growing attention from the world scientific community.

Publications and books

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Yarman is the author of numerous books on Energy,[1][2] Nuclear Energy,[3] Nuclear Reactor Theory,[4] Relativity,[5] Quantum Mechanics,[6] Engineering Physics,[7][8] along with Nuclear Arms Race and Defense Strategies, as well as a paperback on universal ethics titled Reaching The Creator.[9]

Professional affiliations

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He is a member of the Belgian Nuclear Society and the American Physical Society.

Current position

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He is currently enrolled as a faculty member in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering of Istanbul Okan University, Türkiye.

Early work

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Yarman's contributions began with reformulating relativistic phenomena by assuming that rest-mass decreases proportionally to gravitational binding energy. He proposed that quantum mechanical scaling laws naturally reproduce predictions of Special and General Relativity without invoking space-time curvature.[10][11]

Contributions to theoretical physics

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Yarman's Approach

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Yarman's Approach is based on the principle that an object's rest-mass diminishes by the amount of its binding energy in the associated field. This mass variation leads to quantum mechanical stretching or shrinking of bound systems, reproducing standard relativistic effects.

Core elements:

  • Gravitational binding energy reduces the rest-mass of an object.[10]
  • Quantum mechanics then predicts stretching or shrinking of length scales due to this mass change.[11]
  • These effects replicate results of STR and GTR without invoking the equivalence principle.[11][12]
  • Introduces a Lorentz-invariant structure derived from the quantity (total energy × mass × size²), called the UMA invariant.[13]

YARK (Yarman–Arik–Kholmetskii) gravitation theory

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Yarman, Arik, and Kholmetskii extended the approach into the YARK gravitation theory, providing non‑geometrical explanations of gravitational phenomena using energy conservation and quantum scaling rather than space-time curvature.

Key features:

  • Predicts gravitational phenomena (perihelion precession,[14] redshift,[15] Shapiro delay, lensing) via energy conservation combined with quantum scaling, not space-time curvature.[16]
  • Provides alternative explanations for experimental results, including Pound–Rebka[15] and Mössbauer rotor experiments.[17]
  • Predicts non‑singular "YARK black holes", with radii distinct from those of GTR black holes.[18]
  • Claims to resolve the black hole information paradox within this framework.[18]

Quantal Theory of Gravity (QTG)

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QTG, as the continuation of YARK, combines metric and dynamical approaches through a quantum mechanical formulation of energy conservation, and asserts that wave‑like (quantal) and projectile-like (corpuscular) aspects of particles are ontic, insofar as responding differently to gravitational fields during a fall, with separate equations of motion for each depending on QTG's quantal case (allowing either full GTR compliance or the deployment of an equivalent Schrödinger equation) or corpuscular case (reducing to Newtonian motion).[16]

Key claims:

  • Wavefront and corpuscular core/kernel aspects of particles behave differently in gravitational fields, requiring a two‑entity model with two different equations of motion for the wavefront constituent and the core/kernel constituent of a particle, respectively.[16]
  • Produces a novel metric from quantal dynamics, reproducing classical tests of GTR but without singularities.[16]
  • Predicts nullification of gravitational attraction for high‑energy γ‑quanta, supported by a reported experiment.[16]
  • Argues that GTR's empirical success is a consequence of QTG's underlying structure.[16]

Extensions to relativity and space–time structure

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Yarman extends Special Relativity by integrating additional rules or invariances:

  • Proposes the "tracking rule" as necessary for consistent description of Thomas precession and Wigner rotation.[19]
  • Argues that a generalized theory of empty space-time should incorporate this rule intrinsically.[19]
  • Earlier work reinterprets the Galilean principle of relativity through quantum mechanical scaling invariances.[12]

Applications to quantum and thermodynamic systems

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Yarman's scaling principles have additionally been applied to:

  • Adiabatic transformations of ideal gases and variation of quantum numbers.[20]
  • Universal architectural principles for molecular and macroscopic matter (UMA) derived from quantum‑relativistic scaling laws.[21]

Mössbauer rotor experiments and debate

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As elaborated under Tests of General Relativity, an early 21st-century re-examination of past endeavors called into question the validity of the previously obtained results claiming to have verified time dilation as predicted by Einstein's relativity theory.[22][23] Novel experimentations were carried out that uncovered an extra energy shift between emitted and absorbed radiation next to the classical relativistic dilation of time.[24][25]

This discovery was first explained as discrediting general relativity and successfully confirming at the laboratory scale the predictions of Yarman's alternative theory of gravity.[26]

Against this development, a contentious attempt was made to explain the disclosed extra energy shift as arising from a so-far unknown and allegedly missed clock synchronization effect.[27][28] This work was unusually awarded a prize in 2018 by the Gravity Research Foundation for having secured a new proof of general relativity.[29]

However, at the same time period, it was revealed that said author committed several mathematical errors in his calculations,[30] and the supposed contribution of the so-called clock synchronization to the measured time dilation is in fact practically null.[31][32][33][34][35][36] As a consequence, a general relativistic explanation for the outcomes of Mössbauer rotor experiments remains open, with the most suitable explanation remaining, at this time, that provided by the framework of Tolga Yarman and his team.

Selected publications

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  • Yarman, T. (2004). "The general equation of motion via the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics." Annales de la Fondation Louis de Broglie, 29(3), 459–476.
  • Yarman, T. (2006). "The end results of general relativity theory via just energy conservation and quantum mechanics." Foundations of Physics Letters, 19(6), 551–568. doi:10.1007/s10702-006-0522-3.
  • Yarman, T. (2009). "Revealing the mystery of the Galilean Principle of Relativity. Part I: Basic assertions." International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 48(8), 2235–2245. doi:10.1007/s10773-009-0013-3.
  • Yarman, T. (2011). "How do quantum numbers generally vary in the adiabatic transformation of an ideal gas?" Chinese Physics B, 20(9), 090501. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/9/090501.
  • Yarman, T. (2013). "Scaling properties of quantum mechanical equations working as the framework of relativity: Principal articulations about the Lorentz invariant structure of matter." Physics Essays, 26(3). doi:10.4006/0836-1398-26.3.431.
  • Yarman, T. (2014). "Scaling properties of quantum mechanical equations, working as the framework of relativity: Applications drawn by a unique architecture, matter is made of." Physics Essays, 27(4). doi:10.4006/0836-1398-27.4.567.
  • Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2016). "Pound–Rebka result within the framework of YARK theory." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(3), 271–277. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0549.
  • Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2016). "Super-massive objects in Yarman-Arik-Kholmetskii (YARK) gravitation theory." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(3), 283–289. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0552.
  • Yarman, T.; Kholmetskii, A.L.; Arik, M.; Akkus, B.; Oktem, Y.; Susam, L.A.; Missevitch, O.V. (2016). "Novel Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system and the extra-energy shift between emission and absorption lines." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(8), 780–789. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0063. arXiv:1503.05853.
  • Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2023). "Quantal Theory of Gravity (QTG): Essential points and implications." Annals of Physics, 451, 169244. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2023.169244.
  • Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2024). "'Tracking rule' and generalization of special relativity." Canadian Journal of Physics, 102(1), 15–22. doi:10.1139/cjp-2023-0115.

References

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  1. ↑ Yarman, Tolga. Enerji Kaynaklari (in Turkish). Okan Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-6055899035.
  2. ↑ Yarman, Tolga (30 June 2013). Energy Perspectives. Foreword by Cüneyt Akalın. ISBN 978-6055899110.
  3. ↑ Yarman, Tolga (2011). Geçmişte ve Bugün Nükleer Enerji Tartışması (in Turkish). Okan Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-6055899127.
  4. ↑ Yarman, Tolga. "Ders Notları ve Kitaplar". tolgayarman.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Yarman, Tolga (6 September 2011). Superluminal Interaction as the Basis of Quantum Mechanics: A Whole New Unification of Micro And Macro Worlds. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3845432915.
  6. ↑ Yarman, Tolga (15 December 2010). The Quantum Mechanical Framework Behind the End Results of the General Theory of Relativity: Matter Is Built on a Universal Matter Architecture. Physics Research and Technology. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1617613180.
  7. ↑ Yarman, Tolga; Arık, Metin (2023). Engineering Physics - 1 (2nd ed.). İstanbul Okan Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-6055899585.
  8. ↑ Yarman, Tolga; Arık, Metin (2021). Engineering Physics - 2 (2nd ed.). İstanbul Okan Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-6055899363.
  9. ↑ Yarman, Tolga (1997). Un Système de Croyance Cosmique (in French). Bruxelles, Belgium: Editions Quorum. ISBN 978-2930014692.
  10. 1 2 Yarman, T. (2006). "The end results of general relativity theory via just energy conservation and quantum mechanics." Foundations of Physics Letters, 19(6), 551–568. doi:10.1007/s10702-006-0522-3.
  11. 1 2 3 Yarman, T. (2004). "The general equation of motion via the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics." Annales de la Fondation Louis de Broglie, 29(3), 459–476. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-11144323893.
  12. 1 2 Yarman, T. (2009). "Revealing the mystery of the Galilean Principle of Relativity. Part I: Basic assertions." International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 48(8), 2235–2245. doi:10.1007/s10773-009-0013-3.
  13. ↑ Yarman, T. (2013). "Scaling properties of quantum mechanical equations working as the framework of relativity: Principal articulations about the Lorentz invariant structure of matter." Physics Essays, 26(3). doi:10.4006/0836-1398-26.3.431.
  14. ↑ Yarman, Tolga; Kholmetskii, Alexander L.; Arık, Metin; Yarman, Ozan (December 2014). "Novel theory leads to the classical outcome for the precession of the perihelion of a planet due to gravity". Physics Essays. 27 (4): 558–569. doi:10.4006/0836-1398-27.4.558.
  15. 1 2 Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2016). "Pound–Rebka result within the framework of YARK theory." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(3), 271–277. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0549.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2023). "Quantal Theory of Gravity (QTG): Essential points and implications." Annals of Physics, 451, 169244. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2023.169244.
  17. ↑ Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2016). "Response to 'The Mössbauer rotor experiment and the general theory of relativity' by C. Corda." Annals of Physics, 374, 247–254. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2016.08.016. arXiv:1610.04219.
  18. 1 2 Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2016). "Super-massive objects in Yarman-Arik-Kholmetskii (YARK) gravitation theory." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(3), 283–289. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0552.
  19. 1 2 Yarman, T.; Arık, M.; Kholmetskii, A. L. (2024). "'Tracking rule' and generalization of special relativity." Canadian Journal of Physics, 102(1), 15–22. doi:10.1139/cjp-2023-0115.
  20. ↑ Yarman, T. (2011). "How do quantum numbers generally vary in the adiabatic transformation of an ideal gas?" Chinese Physics B, 20(9), 090501. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/9/090501.
  21. ↑ Yarman, T. (2014). "Scaling properties of quantum mechanical equations, working as the framework of relativity: Applications drawn by a unique architecture, matter is made of." Physics Essays, 27(4). doi:10.4006/0836-1398-27.4.567.
  22. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Missevitch, O.V. (2008-02-06). "Kündig's experiment on the transverse Doppler shift re-analyzed." Physica Scripta, 77(3), 035302. doi:10.1088/0031-8949/77/03/035302. Bibcode:2008PhyS...77c5302K.
  23. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Missevitch, O.V.; Rogozev, B.I. (2009-05-27). "A Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system on the second-order Doppler shift: confirmation of the corrected result by Kündig." Physica Scripta, 79(6), 065007. doi:10.1088/0031-8949/79/06/065007. Bibcode:2009PhyS...79f5007K.
  24. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Missevitch, O.V. (2009-08-20). "Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system: The change of time rate for resonant nuclei due to the motion and interaction energy." Il Nuovo Cimento B, 124(8), 791–803. doi:10.1393/ncb/i2010-10808-4.
  25. ↑ Yarman, T.; Kholmetskii, A.L.; Arik, M.; Akkus, B.; Oktem, Y.; Susam, L.A.; Missevitch, O.V. (2016-08-10). "Novel Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system and the extra-energy shift between emission and absorption lines." Canadian Journal of Physics, 94(8), 780–789. doi:10.1139/cjp-2015-0063. arXiv:1503.05853. Bibcode:2016CaJPh..94..780Y.
  26. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Missevitch, O.V. (2013-04-04). "Mössbauer effect in rotating systems: possible explanation of the extra energy shift." The European Physical Journal Plus, 128(4), 42. doi:10.1140/epjp/i2013-13042-0. Bibcode:2013EPJP..128...42K.
  27. ↑ Corda, C. (2015-04-20). "Interpretation of Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system: A new proof for general relativity." Annals of Physics, 355, 360–366. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2015.02.021. arXiv:1502.04911. Bibcode:2015AnPhy.355..360C.
  28. ↑ Corda, C. (2016-05-20). "The Mössbauer rotor experiment and the general theory of relativity." Annals of Physics, 368, 258–266. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2016.02.011. arXiv:1602.04212. Bibcode:2016AnPhy.368..258C.
  29. ↑ Corda, C. (2018-09-30). "New proof of general relativity through the correct physical interpretation of the Mössbauer rotor experiment." International Journal of Modern Physics D, 27(14), 1847016. doi:10.1142/S0218271818470168. arXiv:1805.06228. Bibcode:2018IJMPD..2747016C.
  30. ↑ Corda, C. (2019-07-20). "Mössbauer rotor experiment as new proof of general relativity: Rigorous computation of the additional effect of clock synchronization." International Journal of Modern Physics D, 28(10), 1950131. doi:10.1142/S0218271819501311. arXiv:1904.13252. Bibcode:2019IJMPD..2850131C.
  31. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Arik, M. (2015-01-10). "Comment on 'Interpretation of Mössbauer experiment in a rotating system: A new proof by general relativity'." Annals of Physics, 363, 556–558. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2015.09.007. Bibcode:2015AnPhy.363..556K.
  32. ↑ Yarman, T.; Kholmetskii, A.L.; Arik, M. (2015-10-10). "Mössbauer experiments in a rotating system: Recent errors and novel interpretation." The European Physical Journal Plus, 130(10), 191. doi:10.1140/epjp/i2015-15191-4. Bibcode:2015EPJP..130..191Y.
  33. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Yarman, O.; Arik, M. (2016-11-10). "Response to 'The Mössbauer rotor experiment and the general theory of relativity' by C. Corda." Annals of Physics, 374, 247–254. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2016.08.016. arXiv:1610.04219. Bibcode:2016AnPhy.374..247K.
  34. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Yarman, O.; Arik, M. (2018-11-14). "Einstein's 'Clock Hypothesis' and Mössbauer Experiments in a Rotating System." Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A, 74(2), 91. doi:10.1515/zna-2018-0354.
  35. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Yarman, O.; Arik, M. (2019-05-20). "Comment on 'New proof of general relativity through the correct physical interpretation of the Mössbauer rotor experiment' by C. Corda." International Journal of Modern Physics D, 28(10), 1950127. doi:10.1142/S021827181950127X. arXiv:1906.12161. Bibcode:2019IJMPD..2850127K.
  36. ↑ Kholmetskii, A.L.; Yarman, T.; Yarman, O.; Arik, M. (2019-10-10). "On the synchronization of a clock at the origin of a rotating system with a laboratory clock in Mössbauer rotor experiments." Annals of Physics, 409, 167931. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2019.167931. arXiv:1906.12161. Bibcode:2019AnPhy.40967931K.
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