From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 08:46:50 MDT
Eugene Leitl wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Tiberius Gracchus wrote:
>
>
>>http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0108005
>>
>
> "An apparatus has been constructed and tested in which the superconductor
> is subjected to peak currents in excess of 10^4 A, surface potentials in
> excess of 1 MV, trapped magnetic field up to 1 T, and temperature down to
> 40 K. In order to produce the required currents a high voltage discharge
> technique has been employed."
>
> Experimentally, eliminating dirt effects in a setup like this is a
> nightmare. If it results in "radiation which propagates in a focused beam
> without noticeable attenuation through different materials and exerts a
> short repulsive force on small movable objects along the propagation
> axis." though, this means the effect can be observed in a large distance
> from the experimental setup, assuming the claims are true.
>
> That would be easy enough to test.
>
> -- Eugen* Leitl leitl
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The repulsion might be easy to determine. Determining that it wasn't
magnetic or paramagnetic levitation might not be as easy. And there
might also be noticable convection currents in such a setup. I suppose
that it depends on the strength of the effects. If he's right, then it
could be quite interesting. It *would* be quite unexpected.
--
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