Martin Tajmar

Martin Tajmar is a physicist and professor for Space Systems at the Dresden University of Technology.^[1] He has research interests in advanced space propulsion systems, FEEP thrusters, breakthrough propulsion physics and possible connections between gravity and superconductivity.^[2]

Biography

Tajmar completed his PhD in numerical plasma physics at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 1999, and is now an external lecturer for the university.^[3] He also published the textbook Advanced Space Propulsion Systems in 2003.^[4]

Gravitomagnetism research

In a 2003 paper,^[5] Tajmar proposed that a gravitational effect may explain the long-standing discrepancy between the mass of Cooper pairs first measured in superconductors by Janet Tate et al. and the theoretically-expected value.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 Tajmar and several coworkers announced their claim to have measured a gravitomagnetic version of the frame-dragging effect caused by a superconductor with an accelerating or decelerating spin.^[2] As of April 2008, the effect has not yet been observed independently.

In February 2008 Tajmar filed an international patent application for a "Method for generating a gravitational field and gravitational field generator."^[6]

In June 2008, Tajmar reported a new phenomenon suggesting that signals could be induced in a gyroscope resulting from a new property of rotating low-temperature helium. He also reported that because the rings in the experiment were accelerated pneumatically, and not with high acceleration, the earlier reported results could not be discounted.^[7] His further research suggests the anomaly may indeed be coming from liquid helium in the setup.^[8]

Awards

2001: ARC-Award of the Austrian Research Centers, first prize in the category Science^[9]
2001 and 2000: “Window on Science” Award^[10] of the US Air Force
1999: Promotion through the program „International Communication“^[11] of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency

References

^ portrait_tajmar tu-dresden.de
^ ^a ^b Tajmar, M.; Plesescu, F.; Marhold, K. & de Matos, C.J. (2006). "Experimental Detection of the Gravitomagnetic London Moment". arXiv:gr-qc/0603033v1.
Component descriptions and schematics are provided in the following two volumes:
*12. Feb. 2004, dtic.mil: POSSIBLE GRAVITATIONAL ANOMALIES IN QUANTUM MATERIALS. Phase I: Experiment Definition and Design. M. Tajmar and K. Hense Archived 2019-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
*15. 09. 2005, dtic.mil: POSSIBLE GRAVITATIONAL ANOMALIES IN QUANTUM MATERIALS. Phase II: Experiment Assembly, Qualification and Test Results. M. Tajmar Archived 2019-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Home page and biography at the Technical University of Vienna.
^ Tajmar, Martin (2002-12-12). Advanced Space Propulsion Systems. Springer. ISBN 978-3-211-83862-4.
^ Tajmar, M.; de Matos, C.J. (2003). "Coupling of Electromagnetism and Gravitation in the Weak Field Approximation". Physica C. 385 (1, number 4): 551–554. arXiv:gr-qc/0203033. Bibcode:2003PhyC..385..551T. doi:10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02305-5. S2CID 119451493.
^ Redaktion. "Patent für Gravitations-Generator angemeldet". derStandard.at. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
^ Anomalous Fiber Optic Gyroscope Signals Observed above Spinning Rings at Low Temperature Arxiv.org
^ Fiber-Optic-Gyroscope Measurements Close to Rotating Liquid Helium
^ Österreichs Wissenschaftspreis „ARC-Award“^{[permanent dead link]} pressetext.at, December 2001
^ AFOSR: Window on Science (WOS) Archived 2015-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Factsheet
^ Internationale Kommunikation Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Coupling of Electromagnetism and Gravitation in the Weak Field Approximation: Tajmar, M.; de Matos, C.J. (2001). "Coupling of Electromagnetism and Gravitation in the Weak Field Approximation" (PDF). Journal of Theoretics. 3 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28.
3 Mar 2000, arxiv.org: Coupling of Gravitation and Electromagnetism in the Weak Field Approximation, M. Tajmar, C. de Matos
Towards a new test of general relativity?, (Tajmar gravimagnetic field experiment) European Space Agency News, 2006-03-23
Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields Around Rotating Superconductors Tajmar, M.; Plesescu, F.; Seifert, B. & Marhold, K. (2007). "Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields Around Rotating Superconductors". AIP Conference Proceedings. 880: 1071–1082. arXiv:gr-qc/0610015v3. Bibcode:2007AIPC..880.1071T. doi:10.1063/1.2437552. S2CID 42615396.
Gravity's secret, New Scientist, 2006-11-11