Not brand new- but an excellent Three Dimensional Time Theory - http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/quant-ph/pdf/0510/0510010v1.pdf
This could be the one (pun intended). Although Chen's command of English (or his translator) is a bit lacking, and his other paper's should be read to get a full picture of what he is proposing, I like his insight very much. Too bad for him there are so many scientists with a similar name and so much hostility here to Chinese science. This paper (papers) goes well beyond the other previous proponents of 3D time (who also were generally ignored by the mainstream and also unmentioned by Chen): Bill Tift, DB Larson, Zino and Peter Carroll. In summary, the basic quantum principles of single particles: 1) Non-localization 2) Non-determinism 3) Spin and related statistics are derived by adding two extra time dimensions. To me this adds greatly to the confused thinking of "space-time" or curved space. As much as many professorial-types want you to bless Einstein, as passe and awkward as he is becoming (since that is all that they were taught and few have a real mind of their own) - this is the time to look elsewhere: this theory makes sense, since all of those extra spaces, even the fiction of "space-time" (11 spatial, for instance) are unneeded in order to get the unifying equations to work. This structuring of time is much more insightful, at least to a few of us who have less of a "conceptual problem" with the extra time dimensions, compared to extra spatial dimensions (unless they are unfolded at the low - 1D end, which is no sufficient for cosmology). Chen: "The related wave-functions, lagrangian and field equations can also be derived from pure geometry of two extra time dimensions. These make me believe that three dimensional time is right choice to interpret quantum physics." ... comment: I would like to hear some mathematical criticism on this claim. If it is true, then Chen's work is of Nobel quality. Chen: "In conclusion, this paper unified the principles of quantum physics and the principles of general relativity by using three dimensional time. Especially strong equivalence principle of general relativity is used to derive the interaction between charged particle and electromagnetic field which gives the same result as quantum field theory. In addition, we derived field equations directly from Einstein equations under 6-dimensional time-space metric. It shows that the current quantum field equations of basic particles, as well as interactions could be pure geometry properties under 6-dimension time-space. In future, we also need to discuss how to include weak interaction and QCD in 6-dimensional spacetime. Nice job, but like all foreign-born free-thinkers and non-conformists, Chen will likely take it on the chin from the mainstream ... Jones
