Measurements of the Influence of Acceleration and Temperature of Bodies on their Weight.pdfVIP

Measurements of the Influence of Acceleration and Temperature of Bodies on their Weight A. L. Dmitriev St-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics 49, Kronverksky Prospect, St-Petersburg, 197101, Russia, dalexl@rol.ru Abstract. A brief review of experimental research of the influence of acceleration and temperatures of test mass upon gravitation force, executed between the 1990s and the beginning of 2000 is provided. According to a phenomenological notion, the acceleration of a test mass caused by external action, for example electromagnetic forces, results in changes of the gravitational properties of this mass. Consequences are a dependence upon gravity on the size and sign of test mass acceleration, and also on its absolute temperature. Results of weighing a rotor of a mechanical gyroscope with a horizontal axis, an anisotropic crystal with the big difference of the speed of longitudinal acoustic waves, measurements of temperature dependence of weight of metal bars of non-magnetic materials, and also measurement of restitution coefficients at quasi-elastic impact of a steel ball about a massive plate are given. A negative temperature dependence of the weight of a brass core with relative size near 5·10-4 K-1 at room temperature was measured; this temperature factor was found to be a maximum for light and elastic metals. All observably experimental effects, have probably a general physical reason connected with the weight change dependent upon acceleration of a body or at thermal movement of its microparticles. Paper presented at the 5-th Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts (STAIF-2008), Albuquerque, New Mexico 10 – 14