Theoretical physics

I've been watching videos of Richard Feynman recently, and it appears he's inspired some extraneous thoughts on theoretical physics. I had an interesting train of thought and wanted to put it into writing before it disappears like most of my thoughts..

I'll preface this by saying I've only been exposed to details of simple physics, no fancy quantum mechanics - I'm not familiar with equations of Einstein's, etc.

Time is interesting in that it seems to be treated as a constant by physics. This mystical constant that we measure in seconds, minutes, or what have you. Energy, mass, etc undergo changes through this constant field of time. This doesn't jibe with me, what makes time more constant than any other property of the universe.

What is the essence of time, how can we redefine it? How can we recognize time? We can count revolutions of stars, planets.. or oscillations of a cesium atom. This I find interesting, we can depend on oscillations of an atom. So a given number of oscillations corresponds to a given amount of time in seconds. The atom's rate of oscillation is tied directly to this mystical thing we call time.

So let's consider instead of time, only atomic oscillation. Let's look at how time, or rather these oscillations, relate to the other given dimension of the universe, space. We know that all mass in space has inherent inertia, such that it will traverse a given distance during a given number of oscillations. This will not change unless some outside interaction occurs - a force affects the mass. Basic Newton stuff.

But instead of tying the traversal of distance to time, we are only considering the traversal of distance to atomic oscillation. In this regard, I see significance in the fact that all atoms of all matter in the universe, or at least in the local region of space, emit electromagnetic fields in sync with their rate of oscillation. This is the only known link between these oscillations and the inertial mass.

So perhaps we can assume the rate of electromagnetic oscillation is tied to the rate of inertial velocity. Remember, inertial velocity is maintained without any effort, it is free movement, so to speak. Now I can't help wonder, what if we were to introduce a local electromagnetic field of sufficient strength that it would overpower, so to speak, the electromagnetic fields of the inertial mass. Say we attach a device to the mass with giant electromagnetic coils. Now let's say we generate oscillations with this device, but the rate of oscillation is accelerated with respect to the oscillations of atoms.

Now we have a problem, we can only accelerate this rate up to a point, where it becomes too fast to be created with our limited technology. How about we then set a maximum rate, and at this frequency we halve, or divide by some extent, the frequency to a lower, minimum frequency, and continue the acceleration. We could perform this transition more smoothly if we had two separate frequencies operating simultaneously and fade their amplitude in and out as they approach the changeover frequency.

I am curious if such a situation, in which this device was attached to an inertial mass, would cause the velocity of the mass to accelerate relative to inertial velocity.

See what a little Richard Feynman can do to ya.