The Emc2 team has been ramping up its tests over the past few months, with the aim of using WB-7 to verify Bussard's WB-6 results. Today, Nebel said he's confident that the answers will be forthcoming, one way or the other.
"We're fully operational and we're getting data," Nebel said. "The machine runs like a top. You can just sit there and take data all afternoon." <br>It looks like that WB-7 is working as expected, but they want experiment to be per-reviewed first.
/Joss
Olaf
14th August 2008 - 05:02 PM
English version of the "maps" available, illustrating Burkhard Heims train of thought up to the construction of a quantized R6These maps show the central train of thought of each of the first 5 chapters of "Elementarstrukturen der Materie" on a separate sheet. Of course you also will need the book to understand things completely. But the maps shurely will give some of you a better idea of the way chosen by Burkhard Heim. This is the inofficial version 0.9 that might need some minor corrections. I have not been able to translate the following terms: - Dreizeigersymbol (maybe the same as Christoffel symbol) - Hermitizität - quellenfrei Please help. Download hereJavier from Italy sent me a rough translation of these maps. Many thanks to all the people who helped in translating so far, especially to Javier, John, Jim and Hugh.
djolds1
16th August 2008 - 01:58 AM
Critique made on another board. http://www.hpcc-space.de/publications/docu..._Huntsville.pdfReading through that paper, I see what looks like a critical error in math on page 18. Inertial Transformation in Heim's Theory P=m0 (1−v^2/ c^2)^(−1/ 2)(v , ic) = (mv , imc) = ( p , imc) with p = mv Since the magnitude of P is an invariant, both momentum and energy conservation hold: mv = m'v' and mc = m'c' Since m > m' , it follows that c' > c and v' > v and therefore v'/ c' = v / c. Two problems I see: - I'm not sure about the given energy term. In relativity theory it would be gamma*m0*c^2. - It does not follow from the magnitude of P being invariant that any sub vector is invariant. Since the predicted FTL effect derives from this, I see a problem in the predicted FTL.
jreed
16th August 2008 - 10:49 PM
QUOTE (Olaf+Aug 14 2008, 05:02 PM) English version of the "maps" available, illustrating Burkhard Heims train of thought up to the construction of a quantized R6
These maps show the central train of thought of each of the first 5 chapters of "Elementarstrukturen der Materie" on a separate sheet. Of course you also will need the book to understand things completely. But the maps shurely will give some of you a better idea of the way chosen by Burkhard Heim.
I have not been able to translate the following terms: - Dreizeigersymbol (maybe the same as Christoffel symbol) - Hermitizität - quellenfrei Please help.
Hi Olaf, nice to hear from you again. I have taken some time off from Heim theory but will get back to working on it soon. Thanks for the translation of the maps. That should make Heim's books more readable. Here is how I would translate these terms: Dreizeigersymbol: Three index symbol. The Christoffel symbols are sometimes referred to by this name. Hermitizität: Not sure about this. Something like Hermite activity. quellenfrei: Source free. jreed
djolds1
17th August 2008 - 09:14 AM
QUOTE (jreed+Aug 16 2008, 10:49 PM) Here is how I would translate these terms:
Dreizeigersymbol: Three index symbol. The Christoffel symbols are sometimes referred to by this name.
Hermitizität: Not sure about this. Something like Hermite activity.
quellenfrei: Source free.
jreed Translations from a Danish friend: "Im no tech buff, so these are tentative translations: Dreizeigersymbol In German: "Dreizeigersymbol, Christoffelsymbol für Parallelverschiebung (I-3), beschreibt die Abweichung der metrischen Struktur vom pseudoeuklidischen Raum" (source: http://www.engon.de/protosimplex/posdzech/.../notation3.htm) = "Dreizeigelsymbol (its own name), Christoffelsymbol (kategory of symbol) for parallel movement (I-3), describes the deviation of the metric structure from the preudo-euclidean space". Hermitizität Source: (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987AnP...499..137T): In German: "Hermitizität ist per Definition in den Physikbüchern die Eigenschaft, dass ein Operator symmetrisch ist". "Hermitizität is by definition in the physics books the fact that an operator is symmetric". quellenfrei "Without source""
jreed
17th August 2008 - 11:00 PM
QUOTE (djolds1+Aug 17 2008, 09:14 AM) Hermitizität Source: (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987AnP...499..137T): In German: "Hermitizität ist per Definition in den Physikbüchern die Eigenschaft, dass ein Operator symmetrisch ist". "Hermitizität is by definition in the physics books the fact that an operator is symmetric". Translation of Hermitizität must be "Hermite operator". A Hermite operator is one that has real eigenvalues. This is important for quantum mechanics since Hermite operators represent real-valued measurements. Symmetric operators don't necessarily have real eigenvalues and therefore can't always represent real observables. jreed
djolds1
18th August 2008 - 07:40 AM
QUOTE (jreed+Aug 17 2008, 11:00 PM) Translation of Hermitizität must be "Hermite operator". A Hermite operator is one that has real eigenvalues. This is important for quantum mechanics since Hermite operators represent real-valued measurements. Symmetric operators don't necessarily have real eigenvalues and therefore can't always represent real observables.
jreed Layman's WAG- 3-5 of the dimensions in HQT/EHT are imaginary. Could that fold in? Duane
Jossarian
18th August 2008 - 03:19 PM
QUOTE (makuabob+Jul 17 2008, 11:47 PM) Well,... I guess I'll have to mention that the incredibly huge void in the universe that was associated with the "CMB" anomalous cold spot has been made to disappear! Poof! Just like that! All they had to do was pick a different (but, seemingly, valid) size of galactic parameter and the "hole" goes bye-bye! Huge hole in the cosmos disappearsThe bottom line: Why, we may have to actually point a telescope in that direction and see what's there,... or not, as the case may be. On the other hand, the 'cold spot' has NOT been made to vanish! <br>Seems that other holes are still there: Dark Matter is Missing From Cosmic Voids/Joss
jreed
18th August 2008 - 05:51 PM
QUOTE (djolds1+Aug 18 2008, 07:40 AM) 3-5 of the dimensions in HQT/EHT are imaginary. Could that fold in?
These are two different kinds of operators, symmetric and Hermitian. I would assume that the translation of Hermitizität must refer to the Hermitian operator, not the symmetric one. That's independent of Heim theory, and comes from linear algebra. jreed
Jossarian
25th August 2008 - 03:27 PM
ESA launches new gravity measurement mission:
| QUOTE | ESA’s 1-tonne spacecraft carries a set of six state-of-the-art high-sensitivity accelerometers to measure the components of the gravity field along all three axes. The data collected will provide a high-resolution map of the geoid (the reference surface of the planet) and of gravitational anomalies. Such a map will not only greatly improve our knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s internal structure, but will also be used as a much better reference for ocean and climate studies, including sea-level changes, oceanic circulation and ice caps dynamics survey. Numerous applications are expected in climatology, oceanography and geophysics, as well as for geodetic and positioning activities. See: ESA page
We will see...
/Joss
Just Wonderful
25th August 2008 - 09:21 PM
< "ESA’s 1-tonne spacecraft carries a set of six state-of-the-art high-sensitivity accelerometers to measure the components of the gravity field...">Well, I hope they don't operate with helium. Apparently ,they don't. http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/Drinkwater_ISSI_Mar03.pdfJW
Olaf
31st August 2008 - 11:37 AM
The maps are online now at protosimplex. They are showing the train of thought of the first five chapters of "Elemtary structures of matter" up to the derivation of 6-dimensional quantized space. Download hereOnly minor corrections of the three words I have requested. I have to apologize for putting Javier in a wrong country. He comes comes from Argentina. Javier has helped a lot in translating the English version.
Jossarian
1st September 2008 - 04:12 PM
Got one hundred tesla ready for fermionic pathway experiment: 100T magnet/Joss
makuabob
1st September 2008 - 10:45 PM
QUOTE (Jossarian+Sep 1 2008, 11:12 AM) Got one hundred tesla ready for fermionic pathway experiment: 100T magnet/Joss <br>Yikes! And is it just me or does | QUOTE | A 100‑T magnet would also let you conduct certain zero-gravity experiments without traveling into space and let you develop magnetic propulsion systems that could eventually replace those that burn rocket fuel. <br>mean propulsion systems based on electromagnets? As in,... Well, I think we know what I mean. I hope someone will be keeping an eye on the results of these tests, looking for "un-natural" events.
I'd like to see several ultra-sensitive accerometers placed in the immediate vicinity of this 100T magnet while it's maxed out.
djolds1
1st September 2008 - 11:30 PM
QUOTE (makuabob+Sep 1 2008, 10:45 PM) Yikes! And is it just me or does mean propulsion systems based on electromagnets? As in,... Well, I think we know what I mean. I hope someone will be keeping an eye on the results of these tests, looking for "un-natural" events. I'd like to see several ultra-sensitive accerometers placed in the immediate vicinity of this 100T magnet while it's maxed out. Possibly magsails. Sufficiently powerful magsails placed at the Earth's magnetic poles are supposedly capable of lifting to orbit just by "flying" on the Earth's magnetic field. Tho IIRC it requires loops of 100+ km in diameter. Magnetic fields of 100T should cut that down big time. Still need power tho. Per reports, the latest Bussard Polywell results are under peer review at the moment.
pbelter
4th September 2008 - 03:32 AM
Heim theory is not necessary to explain “antigravity” generated by magnetic fields. Some time ago researchers in the Netherlands levitated a frog: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1542...es-gravity.htmlothers grow crystals in zero gravity using the same concept. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/11/1940247It is encouraging to hear that 100T magnets is achievable but I understand that this is only for 20 millisecond or other short pulses. Does anybody know how long the field would have to last to test the Heim Theory?
elarne
4th September 2008 - 11:07 AM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 4 2008, 03:32 AM) Heim theory is not necessary to explain “antigravity” generated by magnetic fields. Some time ago researchers in the Netherlands levitated a frog: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg1542...es-gravity.htmlWhat we should consider is: levitation of matter due to distortion of the orbits of electrons isn't the same as antigravity or any artificially generated gravity-like force. Therefore the space propulsion concept proposed by D&H is a completely different approach in comparison to levitated frogs as much as the magsails concept mentioned by Duane. But if we focus on measuring the effects predicted by EHT, magnets of 100T (pulsed mode) are an advancement. I'm not an expert in HQT or EHT. That's why I'm not able to draw any conclusions whether this type of magnet can be used for such tests - may be hdeasy or Olaf can do. But I guess that the photon-gravitophoton-conversion is "fast" enough to get significant signals out of a measurement. All you need is rotate a mass of an adequate material (may be liquid Helium is sufficient for the effect as one may expect from Tajmar's experiments) and a short pulse of magnetic field should result in a measurable acceleration. The advantage of this new magnet design is that the magnet itself will not be destroyed. Just my 2 cents...
Jossarian
4th September 2008 - 03:02 PM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 4 2008, 03:32 AM) Heim theory is not necessary to explain “antigravity” generated by magnetic fields.
If you will read both articles carefully you will notice that levitation is due to interaction between electrons and magnetic field: QUOTE (NewScientist+) The levitation trick works because giant magnetic fields slightly distort the orbits of electrons in the frog's atoms. The resulting electric current generates a magnetic field in the opposite direction to that of the magnet
There is not any kind of gravitational field mentioned, maybe except in article title which obviously mentions Earth gravitational field. In case of Heim theory and Tajmar experiments we got artificial gravitational field which is created in presence of magnetic field. Do you think that Tajmar could confuse magnetic field with gravitational? I don't think so... You can check papers mentioned on Heim Theory wiki page. /Joss
djolds1
4th September 2008 - 04:26 PM
QUOTE (elarne+Sep 4 2008, 11:07 AM) the space propulsion concept proposed by D&H is a completely different approach in comparison to levitated frogs as much as the magsails concept mentioned by Duane. But if we focus on measuring the effects predicted by EHT, magnets of 100T (pulsed mode) are an advancement. I doubt the mag-thrust method mentioned in the article was anything beyond an extrapolation of the conventional. Upon reflection, probably a kickass version of VASIMR. As to EHT, per http://www.hpcc-space.de/publications/docu...2005-letter.pdfSignificant measurable thrust using the purported Fermionic mechanism is available at 6.3T, high thrust (1 Meganewton) is available at 13T, 45 Meganewtons are available at 20T, and 30T is the threshold for FTL transition. Per http://tinyurl.com/55bfce High temperature superconductors good to 45T are now possible. Fermionic validation of EHT would appear to be well within the realm of the possible. I will now play parrot and repeat myself. I want to see validation. Duane
elarne
5th September 2008 - 07:07 AM
QUOTE (djolds1+Sep 4 2008, 04:26 PM) As to EHT, per http://www.hpcc-space.de/publications/docu...2005-letter.pdfSignificant measurable thrust using the purported Fermionic mechanism is available at 6.3T, high thrust (1 Meganewton) is available at 13T, 45 Meganewtons are available at 20T, and 30T is the threshold for FTL transition. <br>I've already read this article. I just wondered how fast that predicted photon-gravitophoton conversion would be and what kind of effects a pulsed mode magnet would result in. 2ms pulse + ultra high magnetic field strengths, incredible accelerator...? But you're right about continuous operation mode. | QUOTE | Per http://tinyurl.com/55bfce
High temperature superconductors good to 45T are now possible.
First seen on talk-polywell.org and posted here just before you tried to spread the news back at talk-polywell.org... SCNR 
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | Per http://tinyurl.com/55bfce
High temperature superconductors good to 45T are now possible.
First seen on talk-polywell.org and posted here just before you tried to spread the news back at talk-polywell.org... SCNR 
I will now play parrot and repeat myself. I want to see validation.
ditto
hdeasy
6th September 2008 - 01:22 PM
yes, the floating frog trick involves diamagnetism: i.e. some electron orbitals want to resist an incoming field and produce an equal and opposite field to counter changing, invading fields. thus the dia-frog produces that field and it is repelled by the magnet. Ferromagnets are different in that orbitals align their spin and magnetic moment with incoming field, re-enforcing it.
The Tajmar experiment involved either ferro- or para- magnetic materials. If he'd used diamagnets there would have been no effect. And what the laser gyros measure is not a magnetic field but an acceleration field, common to all matter and not merely metals, to which only gravity bears a resemblance.
Oh and by the way, I'll be on the launch team for that gravity probe of ESA next wedenday. I also found it a pity it wasn't like gravity probe B...
djolds1
7th September 2008 - 08:42 AM
QUOTE (hdeasy+Sep 6 2008, 01:22 PM) Oh and by the way, I'll be on the launch team for that gravity probe of ESA next wedenday. I also found it a pity it wasn't like gravity probe B... Enjoy! You going to be in Guiana? Duane
hdeasy
7th September 2008 - 04:24 PM
No - just in the control room in Darmstadt, Germany. In Guiana they control Ariane-V mainly, ESA's rocket, but GOCE is being lauched by a Russian launcher from Plesetsk: they're cheaper than Ariane! We at ESA only get to control the satellite this time.
bprager
8th September 2008 - 04:01 PM
Does anybody have some capacity numbers for this Russian Electromagnetic Pulse devise? Russia to create electromagnetic super weaponThat could add an interesting twist in testing Heim's theory. Or is a pulse devise not effective?
djolds1
9th September 2008 - 02:35 AM
QUOTE (bprager+Sep 8 2008, 04:01 PM) Does anybody have some capacity numbers for this Russian Electromagnetic Pulse devise? Russia to create electromagnetic super weaponThat could add an interesting twist in testing Heim's theory. Or is a pulse devise not effective? <br>I suppose its possible. There haven't been any significant basic innovations in the stable generation of radiowaves & microwaves since the magnetron replaced the spark-gap generator during WW2. There may well be an additional way or there in the aether to ramp up intensity a few orders of magnitude without needing an expendible explosively-pumped flux compression generator.
lucien
10th September 2008 - 11:58 AM
I'm going in India in a few weeks and I'll try to check if, really, yogi can be levitating. If they can, really, I'll call Tajmar to suggest him to do some experiments. This is not a joke!
Just Wonderful
11th September 2008 - 07:20 PM
QUOTE (bprager+Sep 8 2008, 04:01 PM) Does anybody have some capacity numbers for this Russian Electromagnetic Pulse devise? Russia to create electromagnetic super weaponThat could add an interesting twist in testing Heim's theory. Or is a pulse devise not effective? Ha, ha ....I wouldn't take ANYTHING at face value that comes from Pravda News....they are well known for their 'inaccurate' reporting...and many times outright dishonesty. Sometimes I think they are competing with the National Inquirer. JW
makuabob
12th September 2008 - 12:03 AM
QUOTE (Just Wonderful+Sep 11 2008, 02:20 PM) Ha, ha ....I wouldn't take ANYTHING at face value that comes from Pravda News....they are well known for their 'inaccurate' reporting...and many times outright dishonesty. Sometimes I think they are competing with the National Inquirer. JW <br> I've got to go with JW here. I smell male cow poop! The verbage doesn't make sense. I have some years of experience with magnetrons, klystrons, and TWTs (Traveling Wave Tubes)--and I don't mean kitchen microwave ovens! The Pravda stuff is gobbledy-gook. Next,..
hdeasy
15th September 2008 - 04:21 PM
Elsewehre I've been explaining how Heim could be the great winner if Higgs is not found. Others had that idea, e.g. in the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/09/an..._lhc/page2.html Zephir has been placing comments on many forums connecting Heim with the LHC. Some examples: http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=76026&page=2http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/35236http://www.bautforum.com/archive/index.php/t-76413.html (not Zephir this time) http://cosmicvariance.com/2007/05/24/strin...y-not-dead-yet/It all implies a growing awareness of Heim in a widening public. That can't be bad.
gabba gabba hey
16th September 2008 - 03:53 AM
QUOTE (hdeasy+Sep 15 2008, 04:21 PM) It all implies a growing awareness of Heim in a widening public. That can't be bad. Hdeasy, That sounds like progress to me. I finally have some spare time on my hands and I was wondering if there were any English language resources I could use to research Heim theory (EHT actually) and whether his German texts were adequate if I could manage to translate them. More specifically, I am looking for the following (preferably in English but if German is all there is, I will make an effort to translate): (1) A full development of his mathematical formalism, selector calculus. (2) An explicit list of the axioms for his HT and EHT and any relevant arguments, Gedankens and derivations to support said axioms. (3) A rigorous derivation for his choice of the dimensions of the universe. (4) A rigorous derivation for his contention that space-time is quantized in 2D metrons. (5) A rigorous derivation of his elementary particle mass and lifetime formulas.
djolds1
16th September 2008 - 04:07 AM
QUOTE (hdeasy+Sep 15 2008, 04:21 PM) It all implies a growing awareness of Heim in a widening public. That can't be bad. Positive, but I want to be very wary of boosterism. Enthusiasm is good on the public front, inspiring popular and political support and funding, but solid mathematic work on theory and experimental demonstration is a requisite. Theoretical physics remains entranced by pure "beautiful" theory, and has been for 30 years. To cut through that requires empirical results, or you have nothing but a contest of artistic schools screaming at each other over contrasting standards of beauty. Olaf's recent work on the mathematics & reasoning behind the 6D approach was very helpful, but D&H need to provide the detailed sequential supplement for the 8D variation. Not scattering it throughout various AIAA papers. And if the lab bench experiment is as simple as has been advertised for the last few years, it needs to be run. The recent Tajmar results may imply Heim effects, helium being low-Z, but that's implication from a tangent. Caution serves for a time, but eventually you need to switch to the bold move and roll a hard 6. Run the experiment, or provide good basis for not doing so as yet. Duane
hdeasy
17th September 2008 - 06:42 AM
Hi Gabba, > (1) A full development of his mathematical formalism, selector calculus. At the moment the only full source is the books of Heim in German. Soon Droscher & Hauser were supposed to produce a review paper in English with an easy to follow introduction to the theory. But since so much else was going on with Tajmar, Gravity Probe B etc. they may be a bit delayed on that. > (2) An explicit list of the axioms for his HT and EHT and any relevant arguments, > Gedankens and derivations to support said axioms. Again the books or the review... > (3) A rigorous derivation for his choice of the dimensions of the universe. > (4) A rigorous derivation for his contention that space-time is quantized in 2D metrons. There is a a dimension law, and it's discussed a bit in Olaf"s site, as is the justificaiotn for metrons: http://www.engon.de/protosimplex/px_heime.htm#die%20ersten - this may have some tentative answere for you. > (5) A rigorous derivation of his elementary particle mass and lifetime formulas. Again, the books (especially vol 2) have the derivaton of the mass formula. Both the Heim Theory group and Droscher were working on a clear stand-alone derivation whose steps are rigorously clear, but neither have produced it yet., mainly as attention has focussed on the gravito-magnetic stuff recently.
Tim
23rd September 2008 - 05:08 PM
I just came across an interesting article on New Scientist discussing " fly-by anomalies" of which I had never heard. Apparently, during several "slingshot maneuvers" around Earth there have been some cases of anomalous acceleration. Below are a couple of quotes from the article for those without a subscription. | QUOTE | So what else could be behind the anomalies? To find out, Anderson and his colleagues have been poring over the trajectory data for each spacecraft, looking for clues. They wanted to see which orbital parameters appear to affect the anomaly. Their most striking find turned out to be the angles of the incoming trajectory and the outgoing trajectory with respect to the equator. The team discovered a simple empirical formula that relates to these angles and the rotational velocity of Earth. The formula fits each of the six fly-by anomalies. <br>QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | So what else could be behind the anomalies? To find out, Anderson and his colleagues have been poring over the trajectory data for each spacecraft, looking for clues. They wanted to see which orbital parameters appear to affect the anomaly. Their most striking find turned out to be the angles of the incoming trajectory and the outgoing trajectory with respect to the equator. The team discovered a simple empirical formula that relates to these angles and the rotational velocity of Earth. The formula fits each of the six fly-by anomalies. <br>Anderson is not alone in thinking there is a pressing need to investigate fly-by anomalies. Theorist Karl Svozil at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria has even proposed a laboratory experiment to test the effect. Instead of a rotating planet, he suggests using a massive, spinning stack of magnetic discs to mimic Earth's mass and magnetic field. To imitate the spacecraft, he proposes firing a beam of neutral particles past the stack and measuring its trajectory. According to the known laws of physics, the beam should be unaffected. If it is knocked off course, then new physics is at play <br>Any chance that EHT can explain these anomalies?
Montec
23rd September 2008 - 05:54 PM
Hello all I came across this paper while searching the net. It involves superconducting materials and action at a distance. Can Heim theory be applied to this effect?
Astepintime
23rd September 2008 - 06:25 PM
QUOTE (Tim+Sep 23 2008, 05:08 PM) I just came across an interesting article on New Scientist discussing " fly-by anomalies" of which I had never heard. Apparently, during several "slingshot maneuvers" around Earth there have been some cases of anomalous acceleration. Below are a couple of quotes from the article for those without a subscription. Any chance that EHT can explain these anomalies? A recent arxiv paper suggests otherwise. It looks to be a simple SR effect that was missed in the original calculations. http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0809/0809.1888.pdf
Just Wonderful
24th September 2008 - 12:00 AM
QUOTE (Montec+Sep 23 2008, 05:54 PM) Hello all I came across this paper while searching the net. It involves superconducting materials and action at a distance. Can Heim theory be applied to this effect?  Montec; Thanks for bringing that up. I have been aware of this work done by Mondanese (and Podklenov) for several years now...and it is very interesting and I have been very surprised that no one seems to have attempted replication.....considering the quite extraordinary results. No; it is has NOTHING to do with Heim stuff...This is HIGH voltage discharges....using superconductors. Modanese joined with Podklenov after his first reports (when everyone pooh -poohed Podklenov's first SC exper.).. I have seen some highly technical theoretics by Modanese with respect to this experimental result....attributing it to possible inertial impulse (Gravitational -type) waves. Modanese is no dummy.....and knows his relativistic well. The amazing thing is that there IS a signal that does not appear to be electromagnetic and it does not attenuate between 6 meters and 150 meters I was surprised that it hadn't gotten more publicity, but that is probably due to the bad press which Podklenov has received and the fact that many shun the association, (whether deserved or not). After these reports I am almost certain a US military agency picked up on it discretely (and contracted it out )..... you can see the military implications. JW
Montec
24th September 2008 - 12:13 AM
Hello Just Wonderful. et al. The idea put forth by this paper that intrigued me the most was the linking of "particle tunneling" with force generation (gravity wave?).
Just Wonderful
24th September 2008 - 12:41 AM
QUOTE (Montec+Sep 24 2008, 12:13 AM) Hello Just Wonderful. et al. The idea put forth by this paper that intrigued me the most was the linking of "particle tunneling" with force generation (gravity wave?).  Yes; Well; the most amazing result (which I realized that many were probably 'overlooking") was this statement of the results: "It was found that THE FORCE OF IMPACT on pendulums made of different materials does not depend upon the material but IS ONLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE MASS OF THE SAMPLE ....Pendulums of DIFFERENT MASS demonstrated EQUAL DEFLECTION"....at a constant voltage. Quite amazing if you know your physics. The implications, well, to say the least, should cause one to do a double take. JW
pbelter
26th September 2008 - 02:39 AM
eyeque
26th September 2008 - 03:22 AM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 26 2008, 02:39 AM) So What, I proposed it myself on numerous occassions a long time ago. http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=19078
Just Wonderful
26th September 2008 - 03:39 PM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 26 2008, 02:39 AM) It would be great if this device could REALLY work; but just to bring back reality....here is a rather scathing review: http://www.assassinationscience.com/johnco...hawyerfraud.pdfJW
djolds1
26th September 2008 - 06:02 PM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 26 2008, 02:39 AM) EMDrive is bullsh*t. Duane
gabba gabba hey
26th September 2008 - 09:16 PM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 26 2008, 02:39 AM) Looks like the chinese are getting swindled. Id bet dollars to dimes that the computer simulation they supposedly used to verify the theory used the same incorrect vector analysis as the author.
pbelter
28th September 2008 - 03:37 AM
Well, prof. Yang seems to be a serious researcher. They also claim to have the experiment finished by the end of the year, which is 3 months away. I hope it works and finds its way into commercial application without a peer-reviewed publication. The peer review process originated as e a tool for eliminating methodology errors but it evolved into a tool for strangling all dissent from the way the high salaried governmental/university scientific establishment thinks. I am yet to see a fundamental breakthrough coming form a highly paid establishment lab such as CERN or ITER. And I don’t remember Einstein being peer reviewed when he first published his theories, yet I remember him being ridiculed by the establishment of his time. By the way, I found the videos of the magnetic levitating experiment done in the Netherlands. The levitating frog is not as impressive as i.e. the tomato. I know it is a bit off topic but fun to watch. http://www.hfml.ru.nl/levitation-movies.html
Dr Fred A Wolf
28th September 2008 - 06:12 AM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 28 2008, 03:37 AM) I don’t remember Einstein being peer reviewed when he first published his theories, yet I remember him being ridiculed by the establishment of his time.
Remember?  - well that explains the catastrophic dementia then.
Just Wonderful
28th September 2008 - 02:10 PM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 28 2008, 03:37 AM) I don’t remember Einstein being peer reviewed when he first published his theories,...
[/URL] That's because you never READ them....how can you remember what you never read? Einstein published (mostly) in the highly regarded pier reviewed journal of his day, Annalen der Physik . Sheesh! Here's a list to help with your highly deficient education.  . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_by_Albert_Einstein... ..
pbelter
28th September 2008 - 04:29 PM
On the 26th of October 1905 the paper "Zur Electrodynamik K�rper" by an unknown researcher called Albert Einstein was published by Annalen der Physik. This paper is of course a landmark in the history of science, but it also illustrates the big changes that the scientific publication process has gone through in a century. The paper did not go through an anonymous peer review but was read by the editor (Max Planck) who made a decision to publish it. The process was extremely fast since the manuscript was sent in the 30th of June and published three months later. It would probably have had problems in passing a current day peer review process since it contains no references, breaks with the paradigms in the field and at the time lacked empirical evidence to back it up.
Watson and Crick’s 1951 paper explaining the structure of DNA was not peer reviewed, either. Yet their description of the DNA molecule is accepted as fact today.
I don't find Einstein's Relativity agrees with me. It is the most unnatural and difficult to understand way of representing facts that could be thought of. . . . And I really think that Einstein is a practical joker, pulling the legs of his enthusiastic followers, more Einsteinisch than he."-- Oliver Heaviside. "Einstein simply postulates what we have deduced, with some difficulty and not altogether satisfactorily, from the fundamental equations of the electromagnetic field. [***] I have not availed myself of his substitutions, only because the formulae are rather complicated and look somewhat artificial."-- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. There are far more examples such as Einstein’s critics such as Mach, I just don’t have handy quotes, but I am sure you can find them. In the world where salaried gov scientists are measuring one’s achievements by the number of publications, even if they stumble across some revolutionary data this must be some kind of anomaly (as it may be in Gravity probe B case)
auldsj
29th September 2008 - 12:45 AM
QUOTE (Dr Fred A Wolf+Sep 28 2008, 06:12 AM) Remember?  - well that explains the catastrophic dementia then. <br> Hey Wolfie, whadda'ya think of Langan's CTMU? (sorry for the off-topic post guys, but I couldn't resist the opportunity)
djolds1
29th September 2008 - 10:20 AM
QUOTE (pbelter+Sep 28 2008, 04:29 PM) In the world where salaried gov scientists are measuring one’s achievements by the number of publications, even if they stumble across some revolutionary data this must be some kind of anomaly (as it may be in Gravity probe B case) What you are describing is credentialization. Essentially the return of Medieval & Byzantine Craft Guilds. Such structures strangle innovation and lead to an intellectual complacency that can last for tens of generations. The post Cold War consolidation of major industries into ever fewer firms is the effective creation of cartels, the other half of the equation. Duane
Astepintime
7th October 2008 - 07:49 AM
Hi I wanted to get back to the Tajmar et al paper. http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271Ok, so I am missing something. If I understand their results and the possible implications then I would have expected 100's of small physics groups jumping to reproduce this effect? Anybody know of any other groups confirmation or contradiction (of this papers results)? Also does anyone have any inside word on when Tamjar will publish his paper in a peer review journal? Jesus, I would of thought that this would be published in Phys Review Letters by now. What is up?
Just Wonderful
8th October 2008 - 01:57 AM
QUOTE (Astepintime+Oct 7 2008, 07:49 AM) Hi I wanted to get back to the Tajmar et al paper. http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271Ok, so I am missing something. ..... I would of thought that this would be published in Phys Review Letters by now. What is up? Slow down, astepintime. These things take time... sometimes revisions are required; pier review is a process... Here, for example, is a Tajmar report submitted in june 2004, to Physica C, revised , and finally printed in Mar. 2005. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=A...d8e0883dd584b66BTW; Tajmar may even decide not to submit it for pier review until after he has done further characterization of the effect...(as I mentioned previously - page 141) . JW
Astepintime
8th October 2008 - 06:57 AM
QUOTE (Just Wonderful+Oct 8 2008, 01:57 AM) Slow down, astepintime. These things take time... sometimes revisions are required; pier review is a process... BTW; Tajmar may even decide not to submit it for pier review until after he has done further characterization of the effect...(as I mentioned previously - page 141) . JW Sure, it can easily be a 6 month turn around in a journal like Physical Review Letters. Plus with a 50% rejection rate the resubmission to another journal can add another 6 months. Yet if this is correct I would think that the widest readership possible is warranted which means Phys Rev Letters or Physics Letters A. Will Tajmar do further characterization? Well that's a bit of gaming. Sure extraordinary breakthroughs require extraordinary evidence but others might beat him to the punch. Although these experiments look difficult to carry out is seems in line with what most university class physics departments could handle. Unless I am very naive about this (quite possible) I would have thought that a good number of experimentalists would immediately go after this. So any word on any such efforts?
alexgross
13th October 2008 - 11:19 PM
| QUOTE | Although these experiments look difficult to carry out is seems in line with what most university class physics departments could handle. Unless I am very naive about this (quite possible) I would have thought that a good number of experimentalists would immediately go after this. So any word on any such efforts?
<br>I've attended Martin Tajmar's lecture last year and he made it very clear how hard it was to get all the parts together for this experiment. The main difficulty seems to be finding components which can spin at the required angular velocities at these low temperatures. Finding companies around the globe that are able to manufacture such exceptional parts is time consuming and shurely requires connections and money. Shielding every component from all possible influences (electromagnetic, liquid helium floating around, mechanical vibrations etc.) is also very hard to accomplish as you can read in his paper. Additionally, every single measurement devours 10k$ of liquid helium.
These are the reasons why nobody reproduced Tajmar's experiment up to now. I'd certainly do it if I had the money ;)
Alex
Just Wonderful
15th October 2008 - 03:46 AM
QUOTE (alexgross+Oct 13 2008, 11:19 PM) I've attended Martin Tajmar's lecture last year and he made it very clear how hard it was to get all the parts together for this experiment. The main difficulty seems to be finding components which can spin at the required angular velocities at these low temperatures. Finding companies around the globe that are able to manufacture such exceptional parts is time consuming and surely requires connections and money. Shielding every component from all possible influences (electromagnetic, liquid helium floating around, mechanical vibrations etc.) is also very hard to accomplish as you can read in his paper. Additionally, every single measurement devours 10k$ of liquid helium. These are the reasons why nobody reproduced Tajmar's experiment up to now. I'd certainly do it if I had the money  Alex Hello Alex; good answer...working with helium is no easy task (just ask the guys at CERN  )....and the tolerances required here are demanding. With respect to Tajmar, I want to suggest that, if helium turns out to be the 'culprit' for the apparent 'frame dragging' signal, then it would seem that the original Tate experimental set-up will have to be revisited......especially since it was an attempt to provide a resolution for the Tate mass anamoly that got Tajmar & deMatos started on this in the first place. (It was suggested that the canonical momentum of the supercurrent must contain a gravitomagnetic component to account for the measured mass deficiency of the cooper pairs w.r.t. the theoretical prediction.... if you are familiar). So...Are you familiar with the Tate experimental set-up? I used to have the (hard copy) report around here some place...but not being able to find it, I'm not sure if the arrangement with respect to the helium containment was ever even mentioned in it. Surely that would need to be revisited in light of Tajmar's new data showing the signal's dependence upon the helium circulation and its flow in the experiment. Are you familiar with what I am talking about.?? JW
eyeque
15th October 2008 - 09:59 AM
kisslolola com on take your tranny pills
alexgross
17th October 2008 - 10:36 PM
Back to topic. 1 year ago, Tajmar's recent discovery was that the temperature the effect occured at was above the critical temperature of the superconductor. What puzzled him most was the parity violation - which is still unexplainable even if all worst-case interpretations are applied.
In his latest article on the topic arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271 Tajmar already tried different setups and concluded that helium may be the source (or an amplifying factor)! Now that's even more puzzling and I'm confident that Tajmar is already working on new setups to test this further. My guess is that he'll wait with submitting a ground-breaking article until his results are rock-solid. (He once made the mistake of publishing too soon and ended up with the Indian Journal of Physics.)
JW, I'm not familiar with the Tate setup - I'll try to get my hands on Tate's article from 1989.
Alex
Just Wonderful
18th October 2008 - 02:21 AM
QUOTE (alexgross+Oct 17 2008, 10:36 PM) Back to topic.
In his latest article on the topic arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271 Tajmar already tried different setups and concluded that helium may be the source (or an amplifying factor)! Now that's even more puzzling and I'm confident that Tajmar is already working on new setups to test this further.
Yes, thanks Alex...for putting things back on track. We are already aware of and discussed that latest Tajmar / Plesescu report extensively ( see posts beginning at pages 139 and going thru pg. 140) ..and my comments about what Tajmar is probably going to do next to characterize the helium effect ...(Page 140 , and pg. 143) Please read them to catch up with the latest discussions....you may have some added input. < JW, I'm not familiar with the Tate setup - I'll try to get my hands on Tate's article from 1989.>My question again is .....are you familiar with what I am talking about when I bring up the Tate mass anamoly? Everybody is on a different level...and so I never know who to address these comments to.... If you like I can address the physics of it in a general sense ... since that is where Tajmar et al started. Most folks don't seem to aware of it and I guess I'm going to have to cover it since it has a direct bearing on all that has ensued....(and I seem to be getting these blank stares  ) JW
DEK46656
19th October 2008 - 02:40 PM
I have some questions related to EHT and something I recently came across called GUT-CP (Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics). I recently came across a site called BlackLight Power. They claim to have a power generation process based on creating a reaction with Hydrogen. Taken from their site: | QUOTE | More specifically, energy is released as the electrons of hydrogen atoms are induced by a catalyst to transition to lower-energy levels (i.e. drop to lower base orbits around each atom's nucleus) corresponding to fractional quantum numbers. The lower-energy atomic hydrogen product called "hydrino" reacts with another reactant... They end up creating (as an exhaust?) a molecular version of the hydrino (di-hydrino gas), where in both atoms have the lower energy state. Again, taken from their site:
QUOTE (-> | QUOTE | More specifically, energy is released as the electrons of hydrogen atoms are induced by a catalyst to transition to lower-energy levels (i.e. drop to lower base orbits around each atom's nucleus) corresponding to fractional quantum numbers. The lower-energy atomic hydrogen product called "hydrino" reacts with another reactant... They end up creating (as an exhaust?) a molecular version of the hydrino (di-hydrino gas), where in both atoms have the lower energy state. Again, taken from their site: Blacklight technology is based on the innovative Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics (GUT-CP) which is the theory that physical laws (Maxwell's Equations, Newton's Laws, Special and General Relativity) must hold on all scales. The theory is based on an often overlooked result of Maxwell's Equations, that an extended distribution of charge may, under certain conditions, accelerate without radiating. This "condition of no radiation" is invoked to solve the physical structure of subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules The reference to Special and General Relativity, as well as Maxwell made me think about EHT and its associations.
I don't have the background or skills to analyze their statements or determine the validity of what they claim. I had some ideas jump into my head as to what the exhaust gas could be used for, but I'm not even sure that it exists as claimed.
So, does anyone have any insight into these two theories to offer any critique of this process and GUT-CP?
Aero
20th October 2008 - 01:21 AM
Here are a couple of threads on the talk-polywell forum which concern Blacklight Power. http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic....lacklight+powerand http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic....lacklight+powerMaybe they will give you some more leads.
DEK46656
20th October 2008 - 10:50 AM
QUOTE (Aero+Oct 19 2008, 09:21 PM) Here are a couple of threads on the talk-polywell forum which concern Blacklight Power. http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic....lacklight+powerand http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic....lacklight+powerMaybe they will give you some more leads. Thanks for the links. I had searched for the theories name (found nothing) but not hydrino, which had the hits. Basically its a "there is something happening, but not a new theory of physics" type of response. The biggest objections are that no one has found hydrinos in nature, and the text of the theory had some serious plagiarism in it.
Aero
21st October 2008 - 01:15 AM
And another announcement from BLP. Independent confirmation? Looks more interesting ... http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/blac...0725}&dist=hppr
PhysOrg scientific forums are totally dedicated to science, physics, and technology. Besides topical forums such as nanotechnology, quantum physics, silicon and III-V technology, applied physics, materials, space and others, you can also join our news and publications discussions. We also provide an off-topic forum category. If you need specific help on a scientific problem or have a question related to physics or technology, visit the PhysOrg Forums. Here you’ll find experts from various fields online every day.
To quit out of "lo-fi" mode and return to the regular forums, please click here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|