Testing quantised inertia on the emdrive
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 239
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1209/0295-5075/111/60005
- Title of journal
- EPL (Europhysics Letters)
- Article number
- 60005
- First page
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- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0295-5075
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper shows that a theory called quantised inertia (proposed by the author in 2007) that combines relativity and quantum mechanics in a new way, can predict the small observed thrusts obtained from asymmetric microwave resonant cavities and predicts a modified cavity shape that will optimise the thrust. This prediction implies it is possible to move objects by putting asymmetric conductive shapes into a locally-excited vacuum, a form of propellant-less propulsion that may have the potential to replace rockets and most forms of transport. This research attracted $1.3M in funding from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for tests.
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- Non-English
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