Gravitomagnetism and quantum theory of gravity?

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The discussion centers around Martin Tajmar's work related to gravitomagnetism and its implications for a quantum theory of gravity, as well as comparisons to previous experiments, particularly those by Podkletnov. Participants explore the significance of Tajmar's findings and the challenges surrounding their acceptance in the scientific community.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants mention that Tajmar has made significant progress towards a quantum theory of gravity and has challenged aspects of general relativity, though he lacks widespread support.
  • Others reference Podkletnov's experiment, noting that Tajmar's work should not be conflated with Podkletnov's claims, despite some similarities in experimental setup.
  • A participant expresses skepticism about the reliability of Tajmar's results, citing a failed replication attempt of the experiment.
  • There is a repeated emphasis on the need for reliable information regarding Tajmar's experiment, with some participants expressing uncertainty about the details of the replication attempts.
  • Links to external articles and previous discussions are shared to provide additional context and information.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the validity or implications of Tajmar's findings, with multiple competing views and uncertainties expressed regarding the reliability of the experiments discussed.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations in the available information regarding the replication of Tajmar's experiment and the relationship to Podkletnov's work, which remains unresolved.

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I was reading this:

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html

and apparently it seems that Martin Tajmar seem to have made a significant step towards the long sought quantum theory of gravity. and at the same time he proven wrong some aspect about general relativity. althought he hasent got a lot of support from the scientific comunity.

what are your thoughts about it?
 
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This reminded me of the Podkletnov's experiment, but in fact the Wikipedia page of him says

In 2006, Martin Tajmar and several coworkers at the Austrian Research Center (ARC) Seibersdorf announced their claim to have measured the gravitomagnetic London moment of Cooper pairs in a superconducting ring spinning at 6500 rpm.[citation needed] Despite the similarity to the apparatus used by Podkletnov, the authors carefully state in their eprint (see citation below) that their claimed result should not be confused with the claims of Podkletnov.
 
If this is the experiment I'm thinking of, a replication was attempted which failed. Which makes the whole affair rather doubtful.
 
pervect said:
If this is the experiment I'm thinking of, a replication was attempted which failed.

If you are not fully sure, then there is a non-zero probability, that you were thinking about the Podkletnov's experiment, which, according to all possible information sources, has failed repeatability.

I have nothing else to say to the OP, than that I'm interested in getting any reliable information about the Tajmar's experiment too.
 
unfortunately I haven't found a lot of updated info about it, but here there is another article about it:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225771.800"
 
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jostpuur said:
If you are not fully sure, then there is a non-zero probability, that you were thinking about the Podkletnov's experiment, which, according to all possible information sources, has failed repeatability.

I have nothing else to say to the OP, than that I'm interested in getting any reliable information about the Tajmar's experiment too.

I'm quite sure that what I was thinking about was not the Podklentov experiment. I also recall that the experiment was in Australia, and that I posted some fairly detailed information about the replication attempt here on PF.

So let us see. assuming that it is the same, then Tajmar should be a good keyword, so...

bingo

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=180767
 

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