Gary Alcock

Independent researcher (Density Field Dynamics) · Private equity and special situations · Corporate carve-outs, distressed buyouts, and quantitative gravity and optics.

Los Angeles, CA
gary@gtacompanies.com
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Current Focus

I split my time between two domains:

  • Density Field Dynamics (DFD) — a scalar refractive framework for gravity and optics, with testable predictions for optical clocks, atom interferometers, and cosmology.
  • Private equity and special situations — sourcing and executing corporate carve-outs, platforms, and complex restructurings for financial sponsors and independent sponsors.
Optical clocks and LPI tests Refractive gravity and MOND scale Corporate carve-outs Distressed and complex M&A

Research — Density Field Dynamics

Density Field Dynamics is a scalar-field reformulation of gravity and optics in which a single field, psi, lives on flat three-dimensional space and controls both how light moves and how matter accelerates.

  • Optics: the refractive index is n = exp(ψ), so the local one-way speed of light is c multiplied by exp(−ψ).
  • Dynamics: test-mass acceleration is a = (c² / 2) times the gradient of ψ.

In the weak-field limit the framework matches standard post-Newtonian tests but predicts sector-resolved violations of Local Position Invariance, especially in cavity–atom and atom–atom clock comparisons. It also produces simple numerical relations linking the MOND acceleration scale, the fine-structure constant, and the Hubble parameter.

Private Equity and Advisory

I work across private equity, special situations, and advisory with a focus on corporate carve-outs, complex transactions, and operationally intensive situations.

  • Corporate carve-outs and platforms: sourcing, acquiring, operating, and exiting platforms in industrials, manufacturing, and distribution, often involving multi-plant or multi-division separations.
  • Sectors: industrials, manufacturing, distribution, aerospace and defense, media, technology, healthcare, business services, and consumer — including packaging, medical devices, food products, and beverages.
  • Background: former Managing Director at Revolution Capital Group and Liberty Bay Capital, with prior M&A advisory experience at Houlihan Lokey.

For a more detailed view of my transaction work and current consulting platform, see gtacompanies.com.

Writing, Talks, and Projects

  • Density Field Dynamics series: technical work on scalar refractive gravity, acceleration-scale relations, and optical-clock phenomenology (DFD archive and Zenodo).
  • Skip the MBA, Own the Company: a book project on ownership, leverage, and how to think about buying and building businesses instead of collecting job titles.
  • Lazy Universe: a DFD-focused book in active development, aimed at explaining the physics program, the experimental stakes, and the broader picture for non-specialists.

Selected public essays, talks, and excerpts will be listed on writing and contact pages as they are released.

Contact

For research collaboration (optical clocks, atom interferometry, scalar gravity tests) or transaction work (corporate carve-outs, special situations), you can reach me at: