Dr. Martin Tajmar discusses gravitomagnetism in a theoretical model for the coupling of gravitational and magnetic fields within superconductors. He proposes that gravitomagnetism is a gravitational analogue to Lenz’s Law where angular acceleration on a superconductor is countered by a twisting tidal force generated by the gravitomagnetic frame-dragging effect. Tajmar is hoping to explain experimental frame-dragging effects in superconductors orders to magnitude greater than predicted by relativity.

Tajmar has developed this model of gravitomagnetism to describe the experimental results generated by his research team at ARC Seibersdorf in Austria, and cites research by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other scientific organizations that support this theoretical model. He believes to have documented an effect similar to Lense-Thirring frame-dragging, but which appears to be 20 orders of magnitude larger than Einstein’s Theory of Relativity would predict.

The goal of Tajmar’s presentation is to describe both the fundamental properties of gravitomagnetism as well as propose an explanation for why the effect would appear to be so dramatically amplified in a rotating superconductor that is within a magnetic field. He indicates that while the exact reason for such a large frame-dragging effect is unknown, he indicates that it is related to Cooper pair density as it changes with the temperature of the superconductor.

“The problem is that gravitomagnetic fields are extremely small. It is possible to produce artificial gravitational fields within the standard equations of relativity, but to achieve something like a 1-G field you’ll need a mass the size of a neutron star to do it. However, these frame-dragging effects also appear to be found in superconductors, and they’re much larger effects.

So what makes a superconductor so special? Well, the basic difference between a normal metal and a coherent metal is that in the superconducting state, the cooper pairs can be described by a single wave function. So you can basically say that a superconductor in a sense is a giant atom, and it’s behavior is governed by the equation I’m describing today, which provides a description for gravitomagnetic frame-dragging.” – Dr. Martin Tajmar

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