Abstract
In The Effect of Light on Gravitation Attraction, published in 2011 (Rancourt, 2011), a purpose built horizontal-torsion pendulum apparatus, based on the Cavendish apparatus, was used to measure the effect of light on freely moving masses. Tests indicated a laser light on one side of a freely movable mass caused the mass to move toward the light. It was hypothesised that light has a screening effect on gravitational force. In view of these findings the present authors designed a series of experiments using a specially designed light system to further test the effects of light on gravitation. This paper describes a series of experiments in which layers of light are directed above and below a test mass connected to a sensitive weighing device. The aim being to determine whether light would affect weight readings.
Highlights
There are growing references regarding the nature of gravity as researchers in the experimental and theoretical branches of physics continue to wrestle with what has become the problem of gravity
Four experiments were conducted using differing light intensities with masses placed above and below the light box in order to test the effect of light box position in relation to weight measurements
Of all the potential error sources identified the one thought to have the greatest effect would be air movement and air density changes leading to buoyancy issue
Summary
There are growing references regarding the nature of gravity as researchers in the experimental and theoretical branches of physics continue to wrestle with what has become the problem of gravity. One school of thought sees the effect as explainable in terms of General Relativity where gravity emerges as a property of 4-dimensional space-time. This theory asserts that in the vicinity of mass space-time undergoes distortions that effectively lead to the effect we see as gravity. It is left to be said — “Fields made of what?” Fields are effects, observations. They do not provide the process which underlies their behavior. Field advocates and particle-advocates each have trouble reconciling their own bias with the other
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