Anomalous propulsion effects induced by electromagnetic fields

What is it about?

Experiments involving annular capacitors with wrapped toroid coils, were designed to test alleged ‘reactionless’ propulsion effects due to crossed time harmonic electromagnetic fields in phase quadrature. Test articles were implemented in "self-contained" configuration for operation in modulated power mode on a flex-pendulum thrust stand, using a high sensitivity piezoceramic strain transducer and laser vibration sensing techniques. Although no propulsive effect was observed under activation of the devices in non-modulated operating mode, via a very sensitive torsion pendulum setup with laser measurement techniques, anomalous thrusts were persistently found by activation in modulated mode with modulation frequencies close to the second natural frequency of the flex-pendulum setup. Intensive numerical and statistical data processing of these anomalous results leaves no room for explanation by conventional physical mechanisms. Furthermore, the modulated thrusts were found to be consistent with actual non-modulated thrusts ranging from newtons to tens of kilonewtons, depending on whether the force producing mechanism is linear or quadratic w.r.t. the modulation frequency. These results present indeed a challenge to current physics paradigms while leaving the question about its origin wide open.

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Why is it important?

These experimental findings are related to the possibility of obtaining in-space propellanless propulsion without external assistance, which is challenged by the current physics theoretical framework. Fron the scientific viewpoint, If no conventional physical mechanism is found to explain these anomalous results, the unavoidable conclusion is that new physics is involved. From the technological point of view, once the alternate thrusts "rectification" problem is solved, the way is cleared toward developing effective propellantless thrusters for deep space applications.