New Force Described by Russian and Italian Scientists

Los Alamos Laboratory physics paper archive ^ | 30 August 2001 | Evgeny Podkletnov and Giovanni Modanese

[Kerensky]

Title: Impulse Gravity Generator Based on Charged YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y} Superconductor with Composite Crystal Structure

Abstract:

The detection of apparent anomalous forces in the vicinity of high-Tc superconductors under non equilibrium conditions has stimulated an experimental research in which the operating parameters of the experiment have been pushed to values higher than those employed in previous attempts. The results confirm the existence of an unexpected physical interaction. An apparatus has been constructed and tested in which the superconductor is subjected to peak currents in excess of 10^4 A, surface potentials in excess of 1 MV, trapped magnetic field up to 1 T, and temperature down to 40 K. In order to produce the required currents a high voltage discharge technique has been employed. Discharges originating from a superconducting ceramic electrode are accompanied by the emission of radiation which propagates in a focused beam without noticeable attenuation through different materials and exerts a short repulsive force on small movable objects along the propagation axis. Within the measurement error (5 to 7 %) the impulse is proportional to the mass of the objects and independent on their composition. It therefore resembles a gravitational impulse. The observed phenomenon appears to be absolutely new and unprecedented in the literature. It cannot be understood in the framework of general relativity. A theory is proposed which combines a quantum gravity approach with anomalous vacuum fluctuations.

[Kerensky]

Paper available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0108005

Updates at www.gravity.org and http://users.telemail.it/gmodanese/forum.htm

[Kerensky]

The force field described has been observed at 1200 meters from the emitter.

http://users.telemail.it/gmodanese/forum.htm

"22. Did you observe any effects of the beam farther than 150 m? We have already tested the effect of the beam at the distance of 1200 m. Measurements a this distance show the same pendulum deflection within the error of the readings (that does not exceed 10%), but further experiments are needed as the target at the distance of 1200 m was at some angle to the surface (5th floor of the building and the generator is at the ground level) and the results are not precise enough. The borders of the impact are clearly observed, there are no indications of any deviation from the geometry of the emitter."

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[txzman]

This is interesting since it coincides with a new wrinkle on Pioneer 10's being "slowed" 6 mph each century on its journey out of the solar system. Apparently NASA and project scientists have observed this slowing and are unable to account for the "force" that is acting on the spacecraft and 2 others now being monitored.

Shows how little we truely know, and how immense the microcosm of life. Gee, could there be a God after all? </sarcasm off>

[Pushi]

Nah. (sarcasm, too)

[Lessismore]

A repulsive gravitational force, i.e. an anti-gravity machine?

[jlogajan]

Gee, could there be a God after all?

In general one doesn't expect tight logic from a religious belief system, but even this sort of leap seems indefensible.

[Aurelius]

BUMP

[RightWhale]

The observed phenomenon appears to be absolutely new and unprecedented in the literature

This force appears to be opposite to gravity. The slowing force on the spacecraft appears to be a little extra gravity. What does this have to do with theology?

[keving]

Garlic, I swear its due to the magical powers of garlic.

[NovemberCharlie]

The slowing force on the spacecraft appears to be a little extra gravity.

Unless it's being generated in front of the probe.

[Physicist]

Yawn. These same guys have been peddling these same claims for ten years. Nobody else (for example, NASA) has managed to reproduce it.

[RightWhale]

being generated in front of the probe

Interesting.

Maybe they are picking up some mass out there. Electrostatic charge plus dust, and it sticks, altering the momentum of the robot probe. Might be enlightening to send a camera out there to intercept and photograph the probe. What would it take to send something fast enough to catch up? Amusing to imagine it has snagged an interplanetary laundry line and now is trailing bedsheets and pillowcases.

[capt. norm]

I'm so glad someone finally cleared that up. Now I can get a good night's sleep.

[woofer]

I've seen some strange things when high voltage discharges occur.
I've seen cables as thick as a man's upper arm snap like whips.
Almost perfectly round holes you could stick your head into through the steel housing of Iso Phase Bus.
The three quarter inch thick steel top of a transformer tank peeled back like a sardine can lid.
An eight inch layer of concrete melted off of a floor's surface in front of 4,160V switchgear after an arcing ground took the Generator bus to the Reserve Aux Bus.
And the hair on my arms, nape and head rise like iron fillings to a magnet on a humid day in a 345kV yard.

But I never seen a pendulum swing like a pendulum do.

[Kerensky]

Deflecting a pendulum at 1200 meters is no mean feat. Maybe they should conduct a demonstration.

[razorback-bert]

It is the ether's fault.

[ValerieUSA]

Does the moon ever get closer to earth? Is earth's gravity sucking it in? Is the sun's gravity pulling it away?

[Physicist]

Deflecting a pendulum at 1200 meters is no mean feat.

So it should be easily reproducible. But then, their earlier claims also should have been easily reproducible.

Maybe they should conduct a demonstration.

That's what everyone said about Pons and Fleischmann.