Possible Means of Electrostatic Propulsion According to the Mbelek–Lachièze-Rey Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravitation
- Authors: Minotti F.O.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Física
- CONICET—Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Física del Plasma (INFIP)
- Issue: Vol 24, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 285-288
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0202-2893/article/view/176209
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0202289318030106
- ID: 176209
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Abstract
As was shown recently, the scalar-tensor theory of gravitation proposed by Mbelek and Lachièze-Rey allows for a possible explanation of the forces reported in asymmetric microwave cavities. We show here that the theory in its revised version predicts a much simpler way of producing thrust by electrostatic means. We here briefly present the equations and derivations indicating that a constant force is predicted for a spherical capacitor with an asymmetric mass distribution, kept at constant voltage. Apart form other practical implications, this particular prediction, and a complementary proposal in which the spherical capacitor takes the place of the large mass in a Cavendish-like experiment, provides an additional possibility of experimentally testing this particular scalar-tensor gravitational theory.
About the authors
F. O. Minotti
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Física; CONICET—Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Física del Plasma (INFIP)
Author for correspondence.
Email: minotti@df.uba.ar
Argentina, Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires