ESA funds Gravito-Magnetic research
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2006 @ 17:37:36 UTC
Topic: Science


European researchers, funded by ESA, have stumbled upon very interesting properties of rotating superconducting rings, while performing tests of Einstein's predictions regarding gravitato-magnetic induction. They have discovered that "the measured field is a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than Einstein's General Relativity predicts." Their resultant field strength is still minuscule, as it comes to 100 millionths of the Earth's acceleration, but it opens up a new path in the research of quantum gravity. More importantly, it proves that there is still much to be learned about the relationship of gravity and magnetism, and hopefully this experiment will intensify investigations into possible ways of generating gravitational effects by magnetic and electromagnetic means.

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Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-after quantum theory of gravity.

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It demonstrates that a superconductive gyroscope is capable of generating a powerful gravitomagnetic field, and is therefore the gravitational counterpart of the magnetic coil. Depending on further confirmation, this effect could form the basis for a new technological domain, which would have numerous applications in space and other high-tech sectors" says de Matos. Although just 100 millionths of the acceleration due to the Earth's gravitational field, the measured field is a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than Einstein's General Relativity predicts. Initially, the researchers were reluctant to believe their own results.


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