Re: Tapping the Casimir force

mindtech@nor.com.au
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:11:22 +1000

>What if this is a resonant phenomenon and the distance between the
>plates forms a standing wave with its own neutral center or center of
>gravity??
>
>That would mean the size of the plates and their resonant properties
>would determine the distance needed to phase cancel their frequency by
>180 degrees as determined by physical spacing.
>
>In a related claim, Keely said the trick with his machines was to create
>an 'artificial neutral center' which he could manipulate as to position
>and intensity.
>
>This artificial neutral center was tuned to resonate with the machine
>neutral center.
>

The term "neutral center" usually refers to electrical charge, in which
case, if pumped, a dielectric wave will emerge. This was tesla's technique,
for which purpose he used a sphere, as did Keely. Phase cancellation occurs
naturally, regardless of applied frequency, at the center.

The interesting thing is what happens to an electron emissive material when
the above applied frequency matches its own self-resonance. You now have
something like a phase conjugate mirror, but where ZPE influx supplants the
replicate wave, the gain of which is not inhibited by an anti-phase
component inherent to the system.

>So too would the mass follow the artificial neutral center whether it be
>sideways or upwards against gravity.
>

It's not quite that plain, at least in the case of the sphere. Once you
superimpose a material upon the NC, you scatter the convergent forces that
created it. That's why the object to be affected must resonate _with_ the
field, and both act in unison.

Peter Nielsen