Friday, March 18, 2005
Gravity modification
One of the themes going through many of the issues raised in the New Scientist article involve our understanding of gravity. Dark matter, dark energy, inflation all are issues related to gravity. The article did not include one of the most intriguing gravity issues: Podkletnov gravity modification.
In the early 90's Dr Evgeny Podkletnov was experimenting with YBCO superconductors suspended in magnetic fields. He found that if the superconductor was rotated any object placed above the superconductor had its weight decrease. After examining a spectacular number of potential causes, he was left with the conclusion that gravity was decreasing above the superconductor. He published his results in Physics Review D (I think) and was largely ignored. When I did a web search I found a few anecdotal accounts of successes in replicating the results but no published article.
Jax
In the early 90's Dr Evgeny Podkletnov was experimenting with YBCO superconductors suspended in magnetic fields. He found that if the superconductor was rotated any object placed above the superconductor had its weight decrease. After examining a spectacular number of potential causes, he was left with the conclusion that gravity was decreasing above the superconductor. He published his results in Physics Review D (I think) and was largely ignored. When I did a web search I found a few anecdotal accounts of successes in replicating the results but no published article.
Jax
