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Artificial Gravity Can Be Created Using Superconducting Electromagnets (2016)

11 pointsby conse_ladalmost 6 years ago

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inflatableDodoalmost 6 years ago
&gt;<i>With Füzfa’s experiment, it may be possible to create artificial gravity in a much smaller space, reducing the cost of spacecraft carrying humans destined for other planets.</i><p>So, is this claim in any way supported, or even being made by Füzfa? Lets look at the referenced paper.<p>&gt;<i>We finally propose an experimental setup, achievable with current technology of superconducting coils, that produces a phase shift of light of the same order of magnitude than astrophysical signals in ground-based gravitational wave observatories.</i><p>Hmm, that would seem to suggest making artificial gravity fields that are only as strong on earth as those detected from stars many light years away. How big is the device required?<p>&gt;<i>To conclude this section, we emphasize that the generation and detection of artificial gravitational fields by strong magnetic fields is within experimental reach but requires large multi-layered superconducting magnets powered during dozens of days.</i><p><i>How current loops and solenoids curve space-time</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;1504.00333" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;abs&#x2F;1504.00333</a><p>Basically, this article is horseshit.
anfiltalmost 6 years ago
It&#x27;s from 2016 if this was the case I am sure it would have made more news.<p>I am no theoretical physicists, but from my understanding we can&#x27;t figure out how to link&#x2F;relate gravity to the electromagnetic forces which can be explained quantum mechanically. If you could that would allow for a unified theory of gravity and the quantum world. That would be huge news.
dr_dshivalmost 6 years ago
This leads back to the US government analysis of applications of high frequency gravitational waves. Sadly, no hope in sight. www.newscientist.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;dn16306-us-investigation-into-gravity-weapons-nonsense&#x2F;<p>It&#x27;s a good 1000 year physics problem.
kldavis4almost 6 years ago
Here&#x27;s the paper: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;1504.00333" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arxiv.org&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;1504.00333</a>
jodrellblankalmost 6 years ago
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