First real challenge to General Relativity?, (and not from Gravity Probe-B) |
First real challenge to General Relativity?, (and not from Gravity Probe-B) |
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Mar 23 2006, 09:50 PM
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...in the form of what may be an accidentally discovered artificial gravity generator, with possible practical applications!:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html If this effect is real, it's fully 1/10,000 G -- which is not to be sneezed at, and might conceivably lead us to Bigger Things. |
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Mar 23 2006, 10:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 688 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 273 |
If the effect is proportional to speed of rotation it should be noted that APU's and small jet engines routinely run at up to 60 - 70,000 rpm and ultracentrifuges at twice that. That would equal 0,001-0,002 g. Now that is a really appreciable acceleration!
One small thing, "Gmbh" means "Limited Liability Company", it's the bit before that is the name of the firm. tty |
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Mar 23 2006, 10:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
If the effect is proportional to speed of rotation it should be noted that APU's and small jet engines routinely run at up to 60 - 70,000 rpm and ultracentrifuges at twice that. That would equal 0,001-0,002 g. Now that is a really appreciable acceleration! I don't have time to read the entire paper right now, but from what I read so far, the effect is actually present when the superconductor accelerates its rotation. It apparently has nothing to do with the actual speed of rotation, only the angular acceleration of the disk. -------------------- |
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