Search for a new force
Abstract
Horizontal motions of a well-balanced hollow copper sphere floating and almost totally submerged in a well insulated and shielded tank filled with water at 4 C were measured in the vicinity of a large cliff. A motion was observed in a direction nearly perpendicular to, and directed away from, the face of the cliff. Conventional explanations for this effect have not been found. The observation is consistent with the existence of a weak, non-Newtonian, substance dependent, medium range force of a magnitude compatible with results deduced from gravity measurements as a function of depth in mines and with conclusions reached in a recent reanalysis of the Eoetvoes experiment. Further measurements with different elements and in different geometries will be required to establish definitely the existence, source, and description of such a new force.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 12th Moriond Workshop: Searches for New and Exotic Phenomena
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987snep.work.....T
- Keywords:
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- Accelerometers;
- Force Distribution;
- Gravitation;
- Newton Theory;
- Copper;
- Spheres;
- Water;
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics