Accelerative discontinuity
First discovered by Professor Lincoln Hecht in 2006, these deep-space regions were a final blow against the 'rubber sheet' theories of classical physics.
A discontinuity is a region, usually distant from any planetary body, which exhibits a perceptible gravitational field while not apparently demonstrating conservation of momentum or of energy. A discontinuity normally exhibits a weak gravitational force in a single direction. This force diminishes according to a normal inverse-square relationship up to a distance of approximately 2 miles, at which point the force cuts off sharply. As the observer becomes distant from the discontinuity in a direction perpendicular to the direction of force, the observer experiences a force equal to the parallel component of the gravity which would be generated by a point mass. This force also cuts off sharply outside an ellipse about a mile wide, for which the point of the discontinuity is one focus.
It addition to its gravitational forces, a discontinuity emits a constant level of weak EM radiation. Scientists have yet to determine where this energy comes from. One popular theory, Larraman's Law, states that discontinuities are simply not subject to normal laws of conservation of energy. A rival hypothesis, postulated in 1387 by Bennyan Gillies, is that energy 'lost' by an object passing through a discontinuity in a direction opposed to its gravity is stored in some as yet unknown form and emitted at a constant rate as time passes.
