On Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 8:36:23 PM UTC-3, Richard Hertz wrote:
> This OP explores, with more details, the claim about the HOAX that the 1960
> paper was. A cooked paper, with data cherry-picking and fudging experiments.
>
> This time, I'll use spectroscopy's jargon, abandoning the focus on gamma rays
> frequency, bandwidths of emission and absorption and the shift of gh/c² in
> terms of frequency. Instead, I'll use eV as proportional to Hz, as given by
> Planck's formula E = h.f.
>
> The first clue about how deceptive the 1960 paper was going to be, is visible
> on its title:
>
> "APPARENT WEIGHT OF PHOTONS".
>
> Like with modern "click-baits", the fame thirsty Pound used that deceptive
> but "eye catching" title. Not even ONCE, within the paper, such topic
> appeared, even remotely. But this first deception had "Einstein" embedded.
>
> The IDEA for the experiment came from the work and paper of the British physicists Cranshaw, Schiffer, and Whitehead, which Pound "borrowed" by+
> repeating the experiment at Harvard, trying to EXPLODE the 43% error in
> the final result that these physicists published. Pound claimed that his
> paper, with a similar arrangement, was much more precise in proving
> "Einstein's right" on its 1911 "HEURISTIC" idea about |Δf/f₀| = gh/c² for ANY
> EM RADIATION, providing that the height "h" was small enough to use
> "g = GM/R" as a CONSTANT.
>
> In 1981, Pound enhanced the figure of Einstein claiming that his "heuristic"
> conception was born in 1907, 4 years before his 1911 paper. Also, in the
> same publication, Pound CHANGED the meaning of experiment, referring
> to it as a "Gravitational Red-Shifting" proof, maybe forgetting that his 1960
> paper was a MIX of 14 sets of 8 measurements EACH (using only 112
> measurements out of hundreds). Of these 14 datasets, 8 were about the
> alleged RED-SHIFTING and 6 were about the alleged BLUE-SHIFTING.
>
> Fudging the experiment one time of many, Pound didn't hesitate to MIX
> and AVERAGE two completely different experiments, asking for your
> forgiveness and comprehension, given that he obtained a "virtual height"
> of 2 x 22.2 m, "doubling" (he sold that) the accuracy. This is the SECOND
> deceiving fact, presented as a clever maneuver (not A FUDGE).
>
> For h = 22.2 m, gh/c² ≈ 2.42E-15, while average γ rays spread |Δf/f₀| varied
> from 4.3-15 to 18.6E-15 (a 4.3 ratio, and 2 times to 9 times the einsteinian
> gh/c² to be MEASURED).
>
> Using the EXCUSE of difference of temperature corrections between source
> and detector of γ rays, Pound did THEORETICAL corrections to narrow the
> |Δf/f₀| spread as 9.3-15 to 24.5E-15 (a 2.6 ratio, and 4 times to 10 times the
> einsteinian gh/c² to be MEASURED). This is the THIRD deceiving fact.
>
> Pound used WEIGHTED averages of his own to present:
>
> RED-SHIFTING weighted average (8 sets of data) = -15.5 ± 0.8 (x 10E-15)
> BLUE-SHIFTING weighted average (6 sets of data) = -19.7 ± 0.8 (x 10E-15)
> ------------------------------------------
> Difference of averages (mixing RED and BLUE) = -4.2 ± 1.1 (x 10E-15)
> Net fractional shift = -5.13 ± 0.51 (x 10E-15)
>
> Difference with einsteinian 2gh/c²: better than 10%.
>
> This is the FOURTH deceiving fact. If I have to explain, you're in denial or
> you are a gullible moron.
>
> **************************************************
>
> As Pound explained, in the opening of the paper, he used a Lorentzian shape:
>
> L(x) = 1/π ( Γ/2)/[(x - x₀)² +( Γ/2)²]
>
> According to him, this shape is enough to explain the dispersion of energy
> in the emission or absorption of 14.4 KeV γ rays.
>
> Instead of frequency f, in spectroscopy is used energy E to quantify the
> spread of γ radiation, due to relationship E = h.f = h/T. The values of energy
> are in eV. A Lorentzian profile centered on E₀ with intensity I₀ and full-width
> half-maximum (FWHM) Γ is given by:
>
> L(E) = I₀ (Γ/2)²/[(E - E₀)² +(Γ/2)²] = I₀ (Γ/2)²/[ΔE² +(Γ/2)²] , where
>
> I₀: Nominal peak energy of the shape (eV).
> Γ: Bandwidth for L(E) = ± I₀/2 (eV).
>
> The shape fall to half its maximum at E = (E₀ ± Γ/2).
>
> Fractional FWHM = Γ/2
>
> In spectroscopy, due to the Uncertainty Principle, there are limits in the
> precision with which the energy of a state can be defined, depending on the
> lifetime of the state and the change of energy along the line width Γ (eV).
>
> The natural lifetime τ defines the certainty with which the energy E can be
> defined. The imprecision of the energy ΔE = Γ depends on τ and, for Fe⁵⁷:
>
> τ(Fe⁵⁷) = 100 nsec
> h ≈ 4.136E−15 eV.sec
>
> ΔE. τ = Γ. τ ≈ h
>
> Γ ≈ h/τ = 4.136E−08 eV
>
> Fractional FWHM = |± 1.43E-12| (Pound quoted |1.13E-12|)
>
> RATIO of Gravitational Effect to 2xFractional FWHM ≈ 0.001 (0.1%)
>
> So, the KEY OF THE EXPERIMENT is to MEASURE a 0.1% CHANGE IN
> THE SPECTRAL WIDTH at the absorber side, considering that:
>
> - The emitter has a Γ = 4.136E−08 eV.
> - The absorber also has an uncorrelated Γ = 4.136E−08 eV.
> - The gravitational effect IS REPRESENTED BY ≈ 4.136E−11 eV.
>
> * The detection is based on a scintillator that multiply the ionization of
> a γ photon by approximately 30,000 times and convert it to an electric
> pulse that feed A COUNTER, which count is constantly stored. Either
> γ photons with RECOIL or Mössbauer's γ photons without RECOIL cause
> ionization, hence electric signals in the scintillator.
>
> * A MINIMUM IN THE COUNT IS EXPECTED PERIODICALLY IF a
> slowly induced Doppler effect (by mechanical means in the source) causes
> that in Mössbauer's γ photons the "gravitational effect" is CANCELLED.
> This technique, useful for a quarter of the sine wave that moves the source,
> transform such recoilless γ photons in NON IONIZING ONES.
>
> * ALLEGEDLY, the entire arrangement for the generation, carrying and
> detection of γ photons is:
>
> ------ ISOLATED from losses of γ photons during the path, providing a
> CONSTANT FLOW OF γ photons.
>
> ------ Changes in TEMPERATURE at the source and detector are perfectly
> registered, so STATISTICAL CORRECTIONS FOR NUCLEAR RESONANCE
> VARIATIONS (THEORETICAL VALUES) can be used at will.
>
> ------ RANDOM CHANGES in the material and locations of source and
> absorber are made, in order to generate variations in measurement
> that ARE CLAIMED TO BE STATISTICALLY CANCELLED.
>
> ------ No discrimination about the QUANTUM ORIGIN of γ photons
> OR quantum absorption given by the different levels of energy, spins, etc.,
> except for Γ. Unknown effects by then (and even now) are not accounted,
> like hyperfine transitions or OTHERS, which Pound acknowledged as
> potential sources of errors.
>
> ******** YET, EINSTEIN'S PROVEN RIGHT EVEN WHEN THE CONTRIBUTION
> TO THE ENERGY OF PHOTONS IS ABOUT 0.1% *************
>
> EITHER IT'S FISHY AND FRAUDULENT, OR POUND WAS A TIME TRAVELER
> THAT CAME FROM YEAR 3,000 TO GAIN ONE STAR IN THE HALL FAME OF
> RELATIVITY.
>
> I'M WITH THE FISHY THING, STARTING BY THE LIE IN THE TITLE OF THE PAPER.
The con man Pound fooled his colleagues with pure gobbledygook, but NEVER SHOWED MEASUREMENTS
NOR ARBITRARY CORRECTIONS ON TEMPERATURE. The papers are full of shitty explanations, trimming,
cooking and HEAVY COOKING.
The key of the experiment was the cancellation of the alleged gravitational shifting by inducing Doppler, being
IRRELEVANT if it was the real classic Doppler or the FANTASY of a relativistic one.
In every cycle of about 20 msec of sinusoidal motion to induce Doppler, the exact value for cancellation last
AN INSTANT, just an instant over zillion of other values in the quarter period of 5 msec.
Yet, this cretin Pound, along with his partners in crime CLAIMED THAT THEY MEASURED AN AVERAGE SHIFT OF 2.4E-15,
which is IMPOSSIBLE due to the chain of indirect measurements of random values, which BURIED what allegedly measured
no less than 10dB under NOISE.
They claimed triumph from uber-cooked statistical measurements and fudged theoretical calculations INSERTED into
datasets of PHYSICAL measurements. Stinky, fishy experiments.
But what can you expect from an opportunist relativist looking for fame?