Pioneer anomaly and topological phase defects of light

[wolram]

http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0501041
the pioneer anomaly is due to topological phase defect of light

 

[ohwilleke]

I'm not sold. The theory fails to explain why probes that stay in the vicinity of planets for an extended period (like the current Titan probe) don't show an anomoly when they aren't accellerating away from us. But, this theory doesn't appear to depend on the motion of the object.