Abstract
Lebed has given an argument that when a hydrogen atom is transported slowly to a different gravitational potential, it has a certain probability of emitting a photon. He proposes a space-based experiment to detect this effect. I show here that his arguments also imply the existence of nuclear excitations, as well as an effect due to the earth’s motion in the sun’s potential. This is not consistent with previous results from underground radiation detectors. It is also in conflict with astronomical observations.
Highlights
CrowellNatural Science Division, Fullerton College, 321 E
Lebed [1] has calculated the behavior of a hydrogen atom that is prepared in its ground state and transported slowly through the earth’s gravitational field
In the simple example of constant-velocity motion through a uniform gravitational field, the effect is predicted to grow quadratically with the time since the system was first formed. Such a nonexponential decay means that a hydrogen atom, for example, would retain a memory of the potential in which it was formed and that an observer could access this memory, at least at the statistical level
Summary
Natural Science Division, Fullerton College, 321 E. Lebed has given an argument that when a hydrogen atom is transported slowly to a different gravitational potential, it has a certain probability of emitting a photon. He proposes a space-based experiment to detect this effect. I show here that his arguments imply the existence of nuclear excitations, as well as an effect due to the earth’s motion in the sun’s potential. This is not consistent with previous results from underground radiation detectors.
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