Einstein Was Right, Again: Novel Experiment Proves Antigravity Doesn’t Exist

www.inverse.com ^ | SEP. 27, 2023 | BY KIONA SMITH

[gundog]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Antiparticles were first discovered in cloud chambers. The antielectron was deflected the wrong/opposite way in a magnetic field. One could infer the mass/charge ratio from the radius of curvature. It had the same mass/charge ratio as the electron, but the wrong charge. Discovery photograph from wikipedia:

Cloud chamber photograph of the first positron ever observed. The thick horizontal line is a lead plate. The positron entered the cloud chamber in the lower left, was slowed down by the lead plane, and curved to the upper left. The curvature of the path is caused by an applied magnetic field that acts perpendicular to the image plane. The higher energy of the entering positron resulted in lower curvature of its path. Original caption: A 63 million volt positron (Hρ = 2.1×105 gauss-cm) passing through a 6 mm lead plate and emerging as a 23 million volt positron (Hρ = 7.5×104 gauss-cm). The length of this latter path is at least ten times greater than the possible length of a proton path of this curvature.

[Red Badger]

This does not ‘prove’ that antigravity does not exist.

It merely proves that antimatter doesn’t create it..............

[Boogieman]

“More crap based on existing theories.”

Or rather based on experimental evidence.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Get ahold of yourself. The experiment was designed to test whether of not antimatter atoms would fall up or down in earth’s gravity field. That is all the experiment attempts to demonstrate. It does not have to be accepted as dispositive or final, but it constitutes empirical EVIDENCE for the hypothesis under test. It actually ADDS to the net sum of human knowledge, unlike computer simulations, speculation and ignorant harping.

[Boogieman]

“The anti-hydrogen atoms and the hydrogen atoms, were not free to decide on their own, because, they were trapped in a magnetic field which left them with no choice(s).”

No, it only restricted their movement laterally. They were free to move up or down, and they all “chose” down.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

GMTA.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Einstein was right. I just confirmed it.

[Angelino97]

Anti-gravity must exist. B-movie makers can't afford the visual effects to make everything float in a spaceship.

[Tell It Right]

Thank you so much for telling me this.

By "cloud chamber photograph", is that a literal photograph (the capturing of light). Or is that a derived "image" like from an MRI (where the "I" in "MRI" stands for "image" but it's not a literally image made from light, it's a topography derived from detecting deviations in the magnetic field).

If it's a literal photograph that gives me a whole new perspective and respect for the accuracy of results from experiments like this.

[Macho MAGA Man]

Especially Bob Lazar!

[Boogieman]

Maybe they would, if any of them would consent to be interviewed.

[Rio]

Seems like your anti-matter would have to have negative mass for this to work.

[Boogieman]

“that would be antigravity and no one can prove it didn’t happen”

Except according to relativity, it doesn’t actually matter if you choose to view it that way, the results will still be the same.

[adorno]

No, it only restricted their movement laterally. They were free to move up or down, and they all “chose” down.

But, lateral movement might have indicated that, the anti-gravity existed towards the sides. Those particles were restricted and could not decide otherwise.

(BTW, you demonstrated that you can't detect sarcasm. My post was not intended to debunk the findings. It was meant as humor.)

But, the particles were restricted and not free to demonstrate free-will. ;)

[Boogieman]

That’s a real photograph. What you are seeing is not the actual positron itself, though, but a path of little bubbles that are released as a particle passes through the liquid.

[Boogieman]

“lateral movement might have indicated that, the anti-gravity existed towards the sides”

Then it wouldn’t be anti-gravity. Some other force perhaps, but not anti-gravity, since anti-gravity would show a repulsion opposite the center of all the mass in the local area (the center of the earth).

“you demonstrated that you can’t detect sarcasm”

When people in all seriousness post complete ignorance on science threads, it’s often impossible to detect sarcastic posts.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It’s a photograph of condensation caused by the passing positron.

[adorno]

When people in all seriousness post complete ignorance on science threads, it’s often impossible to detect sarcastic posts.

Apparently, you don't have the capacity to determine the difference between humor and ignorance, which then makes you the ignorant one.

Still, it's very presumptuous for scientists to believe that anti-gravity is either an up or down force. It could be a sideways force movement. ;) Which way is up? In the universe, who knows?

Here's a question for you, Mr. Science: Which came first, the material part of the universe, or gravity? And, where does gravity come from/ Mass? Or is it an independent force?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

When people in all seriousness post complete ignorance on science threads, it’s often impossible to detect sarcastic posts.

It would be sort of like debating Flat Earthers: nigh impossible to tell which ones are trolling you or which ones actually believe it, because part of you is always thinking 'they can't REALLY be that stupid or ignorant, can they?'.