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Jack Sarfatti

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Jun 10, 2003, 7:10:25 PM6/10/03

It's interesting that Mitre, a key defense corporation from way back, is
supporting this "exotic" work. Note mention of "propulsion".

My first industrial job in physics was at Tech/Ops with George Parrent
Jr on Route 2 outside Boston in 1962 had joint facilities with Mitre -
same building and same cafeteria. That's when I had a straight-eight
Pontiac and gas was less than a quarter a gallon.

"On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 12:40 PM, bronzadam wrote:

From: "uncle_slacky" <robert.chambers@b...>
Date: Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:35 am
Subject: Gravitational Wave conference program (long)

Featuring the re-appearance of Ning Li. I know a number of you are
interested in contacting her - to save you searching, her contact
details are:

AC Gravity LLC, 511 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, Alabama 35816, USA. E-
mail: lining @ comcast.net.

I will shortly upload the original (Word) file to the Files area.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE CONFERENCE

DRAFT PROGRAM FOR THE (International High-Frequency Gravitational
Waves (HFGW) Working Group Program)

Paul A. Murad and Robert M. L. Baker, Jr.
Co-Chairmen
Dr. Ning Li, Honorary Co-Chairwoman

Gravwave(c)

Announcement
˜˜˜
Schedule
˜˜˜
Abstracts
˜˜˜
Resumes
˜˜˜
Invitees
˜˜˜
Bibliography

THE MITRE CORPORATION,
7515 COLSHIRE DRIVE, MC LEAN, VIRGINIA •PHONE: 703-883-3304• FAX:
(703) 883-4585•
MS. PAMELA HARBOURNE•ITIC BUSINESS MANAGER •EMAIL:
PHARBOURNE@M...

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

International High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW)
Working Group

1. Background:

What are gravitational waves?

In his general theory of relativity Einstein introduced the concept
of waves in his revolutionary spacetime continuum. He named
these "gravitational waves." Although such waves have yet to be
detected or generated on Earth, observations of R. A. Hulse and J. H.
Taylor confirmed their existence astronomically and resulted in the
award of the 1993 Nobel Prize to them. Today well over half a billion
dollars has been expended worldwide to detect very long-wavelength,
low-frequency gravitational waves.

The Conference or International High-Frequency Gravitational
Waves (HFGW) Working Group meeting will tackle the generation and
detection of HFGW at the other, very short-wavelength, high-
frequency, end of the gravitational-wave spectrum. Using new
technology (nanotechnology, ultra-fast science, high-temperature
superconductors, etc.) laboratory generation and detection of HFGW
can now become a reality. The meeting will be the first very
important step not only to plan for the laboratory experiment, but to
theorize practical applications of HFGW. Such applications will be of
enormous benefit both to the intelligence and defense communities and
to the scientific and commercial communities."

Jack Sarfatti wrote:

Only IMHO if UCB's Ray Chiao's EM-Grav high Tc SC transducer works. My
guess is that it will because the idea is close to my idea for "metric
engineering" the micro-quantum w = -1 zero point energy density /\zpf(x)
of the physical vacuum. Note, that on the large scale /\zpf(x) = 0 for
non-gravitating equilibrium vacuum region of zero quantum pressure,
/\zpf(x) > 0 for anti-gravitating "dark energy" of negative quantum
pressure (AKA Kip Thorne's "exotic matter"), and /\zpf(x) < 0 for
gravitating "dark matter" of positive quantum pressure, where

micro-quantum local zero point energy density

= (effective Planck area)^-1[C - (effective Planck Volume)(Intensity of
local giant quantum Higgs vacuum wave)]

C is a dimensionless number of order unity computed from the
micro-quantum dynamics.

Einstein's c-number ODLRO LNIF local metric tensor field <guv(x)> -
Minkowski metric is the essentially the strain tensor of the Hagen
Kleinert "world crystal" distortion field

du(x) = (effective Planck area)(Goldstone phase of local giant quantum
vacuum wave),u

,u is ordinary partial derivative.

<guv(x)> - Minkowski = (1/2)[du(x),v + dv(x),u]

One can also have a rotational "torsion" field

<Suv(x)> = (1/2)[du(x),v - dv(x),u]

The connection fields for parallel transport of tensors are made in the
usual way.

Details at http://qedcorp.com/APS/Ukraine.doc

The "flying saucer" vacuum propulsion equation is

<Guv(x)>^;v + /\zpf(x)^,v<guv(x)> ~ 0

neglecting direct brute force Tuv(x) because space time is too stiff,
i.e. c^4/G = 10^19 Gev per Planck length string tension.

;v is Diff(4) covariant partial derivative

/\zpf(x) is modulated by local Josephson "weak links" between the giant
quantum vacuum wave and high Tc superconductor giant quantum waves as
shown in my recent Nova review paper.

Mitre wrote:

"2. What is the Meeting about?

The meeting will bring together about fifty internationally
well-known, credentialed, and published scientists and engineers in
the area of gravitational-wave research invited from 16 different
countries.(Please read the section on Resumes.) It will lay the
groundwork for an epoch-making laboratory experiment to generate and
detect High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW). It will also
identify and formulate practical applications of HFGW. The meeting
will be held at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, Virginia, and will
last four days May 6 through May 9, 2003. A Proceedings volume will
memorialize the new important concepts presented at the meeting."

Jack wrote:
This on mass shell "wave" approach is asking the wrong question. What we
want for propulsion is off mass shell near fields not radiation fields -
both EM and metric. HFGW for C^3 of course.

Mitre wrote:

"3. What is important about High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW)?

There are three major applications of HFGW: communications,
propulsion, and imaging.

Communication: As Thomas Prince (Chief Scientist, NASA/JPL and
Professor of Physics at Caltech) recently commented: "Of the
applications (of HFGW), communication would seem to be the most
important. Gravitational waves have a very low cross section for
absorption by normal matter and, therefore, high-frequency waves
could, in principle, carry significant information content with
effectively no absorption unlike any electromagnetic waves." Such a
HFGW communication system would represent the ultimate wireless
system -- point-to-multipoint QHz communication without the need for
expensive enabling infrastructure. There will be no need for fiber-
optic cable, satellite transponders, microwave relays, etc.
Antennas, cables, and phone lines would be a thing of the past.
Conference papers HFGW-03-104, HFGW-03-109, and HFGW-03-113 discuss
this application. The question of background noise interference is
discussed in Conference papers HFGW-03-105 and HFGW-03-115.
Just imagine high-bandwidth communications to a deeply
submerged submarine!

Propulsion: The theoretical Bible for gravitational-wave researchers
is a tome by the Russians, L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz entitled
The Classical Theory of Fields. On page 349 they state: "Since it
has definite energy, the gravitational wave is itself the source of
some additional gravitational field... its field is a second-order
effect ... But in the case of high-frequency gravitational waves the
effect is significantly strengthened ...". Thus by means of HFGW it
is possible to change the gravitational field near an object and move
it. It sounds like Science Fiction, but it's not. HFGW experiments
will confirm this startling new form of propulsion. Conference papers
HFGW-03-110, HFGW-03-111, and HFGW-03-116 discuss this application.
Just imagine remotely changing the course of a missile
(bullet to ICBM) so that it will miss its target!"

Jack: I need to see details of this claim.

"Imaging: In a journal article, Ning Li and David Torr theorized that
HFGW can be slowed or refracted by a superconductor; thus one can
introduce optics to concentrate or focus HFGW and develop a HFGW
Telescope. Although HFGW passes through all material unattenuated,
its polarization, frequency, and direction might be modified by
structure between the HFGW generator and detector. If intervening
matter between the HFGW generator and detector causes a change in
HFGW polarization, diffraction, dispersion or results in extremely
slight scattering or absorption, then it may be possible to develop a
HFGW "X-ray" like system. It may, in fact, be possible to image
directly through the Earth and view subterranean features, such as
geological ones, to a sub-millimeter resolution for THz HFGW.
Conference paper HFGW-03-120 discusses this application.
Just imagine three-dimensional satellite surveillance of
building interiors and subterranean structures by means of HFGW
generator(s) on one side of the Earth and satellite-based HFGW
detectors on the other side!"

Nice idea.

"4. What valuable outcomes can we anticipate from the meeting?

All members of the general-relativity community believe that
the laboratory generation and detection of HFGW would be of
inestimable scientific value. Many, however, are skeptical as to the
possibility of HFGW generation in the laboratory. As documented in
the attached bibliography of over twenty refereed scientific articles
dating back to 1960, there are literally dozens of reputable
scientists who have theoretically considered laboratory HFGW
generation. Due to the advent of new technology: nanotechnology,
ultra-fast science, high-temperature superconductors, etc. these
theoretical devices can now be implemented in the laboratory, HFGW
generated and independently detected. Recently, M. Portilla, R.
Lapiedra (University of Valencia), Robert Baker (TSC), and Raymond
Chiao (UC Berkley) have independently published the design of devices
for terrestrial or laboratory HFGW generation using such new
technology. These and other such feasible HFGW generators are
discussed in Conference papers HFGW-03-102, HFGW-03-107, HFGW-02-112,
HFGW-03-117 and HFGW-03-119. The question of the detection of HFGW
has also received scientific attention by Professor Mike Cruise,
Dotts. Andrea Chincarini and Gianluca Gemme as well as Drs. Fang-Yu
Li, Meng-Xi Tang, and Don-Ping Shi. Much of their work is discussed
in Conference papers HFGW-03-103 and HFGW-03-108.
Besides stimulating analyses of the many practical
applications of HFGW, which also may be of considerable commercial
value, the major outcome of the Conference will be that it will have
laid the groundwork for an epoch-making experiment to generate and
detect gravitational waves in a terrestrial laboratory.

If you, or a designee, are interested in attending the
Conference, then please contact Pamela Harbourne of The MITRE
Corporation at:

Telephone: (703) 883-3304
Fax: (703) 883-4585
E-mail: pharbourne@m..."

COLLECTION OF ABSTRACTS AS OF MARCH 20, 2003
(Order, content, and paper number are subject to change)

2003 International High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Working Group
5 May 2003 - 8 May 2003, McLean, VA, USA

What Poincaré and Einstein have Wrought: a Modern, Practical
Application of the General Theory of Relativity
(The story of high-frequency gravitational waves)
(paper HFGW-03-101)
by
Robert M. L. Baker, Jr. †

ABSTRACT

The history of gravitational waves is traced from the
original suggestion of Jules Henri Poincaré, the general theory of
Albert Einstein, and the pioneering analyses of Joseph Weber and
Robert Forward to the recent capability to generate and detect High-
Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) in a terrestrial laboratory. The
validation of Einstein's gravitational wave (GW) theory by Hulse and
Taylor, for which they received the Nobel Prize, and the studies of
the possibility of relic or primordial HFGW to be detected in the
cosmic background, as well as other celestial sources of much lower
frequency GW, are discussed. The seemly insurmountable barriers to
laboratory GW generation are shown to be breached through the use of
new technology including high-temperature superconductors,
nanotechnology, and ultra-fast science. Some twenty devices that have
been proposed for the laboratory generation of HFGW since 1960 and
three new HFGW detectors are briefly described. Finally, one quite
practical and some more speculative applications of HFGW are
presented.

________________________________________

† Senior Consultant, GRAVWAVE(r) LLC, 8123 Tuscany Avenue Playa del
Rey, California 90293, USA. Telephone: (310) 823-4143. E-mail:
bakerjr@a...
.
Copyright 2003 by R. M. L. Baker, Jr. Published by The MITRE
Corporation with permission.

Generation of GHz - THz Band, High-Frequency Gravitational Waves in
the Laboratory
(paper HFGW-03-102)
by
Heinz Dehnen. †

ABSTRACT

The generation of high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGW)
by a coherent excitation of a 50 [m]long row of oscillators is
investigated. As oscillators we choose ultra-thin, 1x10-5 [m] (or
0.01 [mm]) thick piezoelectric crystals, which are described as an
idealization by diatomic, 0.1 [m] (10 [cm]) long linear chains. We
find a highly focused super radiant beam of gravitational radiation
in direction of the row (needle radiation beam pattern) and a total
radiation power larger than the incoherent superposition of the
oscillator radiation by the factor ?/a (where ? is the wavelength of
the HFGW and a is the distance between neighboring oscillators). It
appears that under optimum conditions the attainable radiation power
of a row of 5x106 oscillators is approximately on the order of 6x10-
22 to 9x10-9 [watts]. Whether or not this order of magnitude radiated
power can be enhanced by a high-temperature superconductor lens to a
flux of 0.05 [watts/m2] for 1.3 THz HFGW and whether or not this flux
can be detected by modern observational techniques, to be described
by other conference papers, would be an outcome of the experiment to
be developed at this Conference.

_________________________________________

† Faculty of Physics, University of Konstanz, Universitatsstrabe, 10,
D-78457 Konstanz, Germany. Telephone: 011-49-7531-88-2944. E-mail:
Heinz.Dehnen@u...
.
Copyright 2003 by H. Dehnen. Published by The MITRE Corporation with
permission.

Microwave-Based, High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Detector
(paper HFGW-03-103)
by
Dotts. Andrea Chincarini and Gianluca Gemme†

ABSTRACT

We present a gravitational waves detector which is tunable
and suitable for sensing very high frequency gravitational waves
(HFGW). This detector is based upon coupling superconducting radio
frequency (RF) cavities and exploits the parametric energy conversion
between two electromagnetic resonant modes. The interaction of the
gravitational wave with the superconducting cavity walls induces a
motion that is sensed by the electromagnetic field stored within the
cavity. The energy conversion is a maximum when the frequency of the
wave is equal to the frequency difference of the cavity resonant
modes.
We discuss the outline of a possible detector design and its
expected sensitivity at detection frequencies up to 3 GHz and we
present the experimental results that are obtained to date. Possible
future development, including the possibility of utilizing an array
of such detectors, is discussed.

________________________________________

† Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Sezione di Genova Via
Dodecaneso, 33
16146, Genova, Italy. Telephone: +39 0103536326. E-mail:
andrea.chincarini@g...

The Application of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) to
Communication
(paper HFGW-03-104)
by
G.V. Stephenson†

ABSTRACT

A development roadmap is suggested for the application of
High Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) in the field of
communications. Necessary theoretical development must include
electromagnetic (EM) to gravitational wave (GW) coupling for HFGW
transmitters, and GW to EM response for HFGW detectors before a
communication system can be designed. An HFGW background level must
also be derived from astrophysics and cosmological considerations to
predict the necessary signal generation level for a suitable signal
to noise ratio. From a technological point of view, the mass energy
densities required to convert EM fluctuations into meaningful HFGW
power levels will approach that of plasmas seen in fusion energy
research. It is therefore recommended that magneto hydrodynamic (MHD)
plasma modulation be explored as a method useful for HFGW generation
and detection in the near term. Long term approaches that scale back
energy density requirements through the use of superconductors and
nanotechnology are also briefly explored.

The development roadmap will be two fold: theoretical HFGW
transmitters (generators) and receivers (detectors) and experimental
devices that can be tested in the laboratory and then transitioned
over to a practical communications system. The generators could be
based upon the use of miniaturized piezoelectric crystals energized
by a computer circuit (Romero & Dehnen), or the use of a small
dielectric sphere activated by a computer-controlled EM (Portilla &
Lapiedra), based upon high-temperature superconductors (Fontana,
Chiao, and Ning Li, et. al.) energized and modulated by various means
including lasers, electromagnetic fields, etc., based upon micro-
electromechanical circuits (R. M. L. Baker, Jr.), or by other means.
The detectors could involve a small circular wave guide that measures
the slope of the spacetime continuum as the HFGW passes and is
converted into an electromagnetic (EM) signal (Ingley & Cruise), by
coupled EM resonance cavities that generate EM directly (Bernard,
Gemme, et. al.), by the EM response of a Gaussian beam passing
through a static magnetic field and measuring its polarization and
translating it into an EM signal (Fang Yu Li, et. al.), or by other
means.

_________________________________________
† The Boeing Company, PO Box 3999, Seattle, WA 98124. Telephone:
(253) 773-1632. E-mail:
gary.v.stephenson@b...

Possible Celestial Sources of HFGW `noise': Gravitational Collapse of
Massive Stars
(paper HFGW-03-105)
by
Pankaj S. Joshi†

ABSTRACT

Massive stars do collapse after exhausting their nuclear
fuel. For a star exceeding the neutron star stability limit, there
will be no equilibrium states available and the collapse must proceed
endlessly.
This will give rise to extreme density and curvature of spacetime
regions, which are termed as spacetime "singularities." They can be
hidden within the event horizon of gravity, thus forming a black
hole, but on the other hand, if they are visible to faraway
observers, in the sense of being causally connected with them, then
it is possible that they may cause massive emissions from such super
dense fireballs forming in stellar interiors. These perturbations may
serve as a potential source of High Frequency Gravitational Waves
(HFGW). Whereas the black hole/fireball phases resulting as end state
of collapse is a well-recognized feature of gravity, currently no
definite results are available on HFGW production from the collapse
of massive stars. We hope to explore/discuss this possibility to some
extent here in this Conference.

_________________________________________

† Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba,
Mumbai 400005, India. Telephone: 022-2215 2971 Ext 2486 (O). E-mail:
psj@m...

Measurability of AC Gravity Fields
(paper HFGW-03-106)
by
Ning Li. †
and
James C. Bradas††

ABSTRACT

In the Lorentz gauge, the gravitational-generalized Lienard-
Wiechart retarded potential shows that there are two types of
gravitational fields. One is DC gravity, which is local and static
such as the Earth's gravity. Another is AC gravity, which is
radiation and can transport far away without energy decay such as
gravitational waves (GW). The possibility of generating and measuring
an AC gravitational field is explored by calculation of the
gravitational radiation fields excited by the induced nuclear angular
dipole moments in a macroscopic quantum High-Tc superconductivity
system. It is found that the effective AC gravity field at a Cu
nucleus arising from the magnetic dipole effect is roughly 10-2 ?Gs.
The practical application of the system for HFGW generation,
detection, and application in the ? - range is discussed.

_________________________________________
AC Gravity LLC, 511 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, Alabama 35816, USA.
E-mail: lining@c...

†† U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-RD, Building 5400,
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-500. E-mail:
James.Bradas@r...

The High-Temperature Superconductor (HTSC) Gravitational Laser
(GASER)
(paper HFGW-03-107)
by
Dott. Giorgio Fontana†

and

Dr. R. M. L. Baker, Jr. ††

ABSTRACT

We identify a candidate active material for the
gravitational wave (GW) counterpart of the LASER, termed a
Gravitational-wave LASER or a "GASER." Such a device was first
proposed by L. Halpern and B. Laurent some 40 years ago. We adopt a
combination of three theories on gravitational wave emission at the
quantum level to show that our approach can offer the required
smallness of the transition line-width and the required increase of
the emission probability. We calculate the output power of the GW and
we also propose a configuration capable of producing a focused beam
of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW). The focus can be
dynamically adjusted by a mechanical connection of the generator
elements to a computer controlled logic system and utilized, for
example, in a communications system .
Except for assuming that some measured properties of a High-
Temperature Superconductor (HTSC) can be considered physical laws and
not "bad interpretation of measurement data," no new theory,
particle, field, or exotic concepts are used in this paper to explain
the concept or its compatibility to a laser resonator. Thus our
analyses are conservative and we discuss the means for the practical
implementation of our device. Specifically, we show how to generate
(1.3 THz HFGW in the laboratory (we calculate that10 Giga Amperes of
electric current should be required to produce 10 MW of HFGW), which
are not overpowered by electromagnetic radiation, and we conclude
that other devices described in this Conference should be suitable to
detect the emitted HFGW.

_________________________________________

† University of Trento, 38050 Povo (TN), Italy. Telephone: (39)-0461
883906. Fax: (39)-0461 882093. E-mail: fontana@s...

†† Senior Consultant, Transportation Sciences Corporation and GRAVWAVE
(r) LLC, 8123 Tuscany Avenue Playa del Rey, California 90293, USA.
Telephone: (310) 823-4143. E-mail: bakerjr@a...

Electromagnetic Response for a High-Frequency Gravitational Wave in
the GHz to THz Band
(paper HFGW-03-108)
by

Fang-Yu Li†, Meng-Xi Tang††, and Dong-Ping Shi†††

ABSTRACT

We consider the electromagnetic (EM) response of a Gaussian beam
passing through a static magnetic field to be a high-frequency
gravitational wave (HFGW) as generated by one of several devices
discussed at this conference. It is found that under the proper
resonant condition, the first-order perturbative EM power fluxes will
contain a "left circular wave" and a "right circular wave" around the
symmetrical axis of the Gaussian beam. However, the perturbative
effects produced by the states of + polarization and polarization of
the GW have a different physical behavior. For the high-frequency GW
of to ?g = 1.3THz, h = expected by the HFGW generators described at
this conference, the corresponding perturbative photon flux passing
through a surface region of would be expected to be . They are the
orders of magnitude of the perturbative photon flux we estimated
using typical laboratory parameters that could lead to the
development of sensitive HFGW receivers. Moreover, we will also
discuss the relative background noise problems and discuss the
possibility of displaying this high-frequency GW. A laboratory test
bed for juxtaposed HFGW generators and our detecting scheme is
explored and discussed.

† Professor, Department of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing
400044, China,
E-mail: cqufangyuli@h...

†† Professor, Department of Physics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou
510275, China,
E-mail: ststmax@z...

††† Doctor, Department of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing
400044, China,
E-mail: Shi-dp@h...

Gravitational Waves for Voice and Data Communication
(paper HFGW-03-109)
by
Melvin A. Lewis†

ABSTRACT

It may someday be possible to utilize high-frequency
gravitational waves (HFGW) for voice and data communications, thereby
complementing and potentially improving upon the widespread use of
electromagnetic (EM) waves (radio, light, etc.). Since, unlike EM
waves, gravitational waves are for all practical purposes not
absorbed by intervening matter; one can envision deep sea (submarine)
and through-the-earth communications currently unavailable by
conventional means. This paper provides a technical overview of the
physics and engineering challenges facing the gravitational wave
community in developing GW technology for communications. And there
are many challenges, ranging from generating and efficiently
radiating a modulated GW signal on a narrow beam as discussed in
other papers to be presented at this Conference, to detecting it at a
considerable distance with a practical and sensitive receiver. This
paper discusses modulated GW signal generation, path loss, energy
extraction and coupling, which is limited by impedance mismatching,
and receiver antenna cross section as well as receiver design.
Several such designs for HFGW reception are also discussed in this
Conference and will also be referenced in this paper.

________________________________

† School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Fairleigh
Dickinson University, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA.
Telephone: (800) 338-8803. Fax: (201) 692-2130. E-mail:
mlewis@f...

NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project
(paper HFGW-03-110)
by
Marc G. Millis†

ABSTRACT

"Space drives," "Warp drives," and "Wormholes:" these concepts may
sound like science fiction, but they are being written about in
reputable journals. As science continues to evolve, new theories and
other physical effects are emerging that may have profound
implications for future space flight. To assess these emerging
prospects and to steer scientific advances in the direction of
answering the needs of space travel, NASA supported the Breakthrough
Propulsion Physics (BPP) Project from 1996 through 2002. This
Project has three grand challenges: (1) Discover propulsion that
eliminates the need for propellant; (for example, the utilization of
High-Frequency Gravitational Waves or HFGW), (2) Discover methods for
achieving hyper-fast travel; and (3) Discover breakthrough methods to
power spacecraft. Because these challenges are presumably far from
fruition, and perhaps even impossible, a special emphasis is placed
on selecting incremental and affordable research that addresses the
critical issues behind these challenges. This presentation will
include a brief overview of the BPP Project, some of the physics
addressed, and experiences from facing the special challenges of
blending vision and credibility.

____________________________________________

† NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, 21000 Brookpark Rd. MS
86-2, Cleveland OH 44135, USA. E-mail: marc.g.millis@g...

Gravitational Radiation and its Application to Space Travel
(paper HFGW-03-111)
by
Dott. Giorgio Fontana†

ABSTRACT

Even if modern science is devoted to attempting
direct detection of gravitational radiation from astrophysical
sources, the theories developed for predicting the behavior of
gravitational radiation implicitly show that gravitational radiation
may also be employed for propulsion. Literature proposes
gravitational wave rockets, in which the directional emission of
gravitational radiation produces an increase of the velocity of the
emitting system.

Possible "memory" effects may permanently change the
relative distance of objects after the passage of a burst of
gravitational radiation. Moreover the nonlinear behavior of spacetime
may permit the generation of spacetime singularities with colliding
beams of gravitational radiation. These phenomena can be classified
as forms of propellantless propulsion. A simple comparison of the
efficiency of gravitational radiation propulsion respect to rocket
propulsion is also derived. Testing the predictions will require
gravitational wave generators with high power and appropriate optical
properties. It is therefore suggested that efforts should be directed
towards the realization of a source of High Frequency Gravitational
Waves (HFGW). With the source it will be possible to gain useful
experimental data to produce simple phenomenological theories and
technological applications.

_________________________________________

† University of Trento, 38050 Povo (TN), Italy. Telephone: (39)-0461
883906. Fax: (39)-0461 882093. E-mail: fontana@s...

Generation of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) by
Irradiating an Inhomogeneous Dielectric in a Strong Stationary
Magnetic Field
(paper HFGW-03-112)
by
Miguel Portilla† and Ramon Lapiedra

ABSTRACT

The conversion of electromagnetic (EM) radiation into
gravitational waves of the same frequency, with a stationary magnetic
field acting as a catalytic converter, was considered by
Gertsenshtein in the 1960s. He considered the propagation of a plane
EM wave through a vacuum region in the presence of a strong
stationary magnetic field. In this paper we describe how to increase
the amplitude of the high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGW)
generated when a plane monochromatic EM wave is incident on a piece
of dielectric, with refractive index n2 , immersed in an homogeneous
medium of refractive index n1 . A strong stationary magnetic field is
necessary and a vacuum chamber will put the refractive index of the
homogeneous medium very close to unity.
We shall consider two problems. First we shall study the case
of an EM wave incident on a dielectric film. This one-dimensional
problem is quite simple and allows us to obtain the solution in terms
of elementary functions. Using multiple dielectric films with size
equal to the wavelength, the amplitude of the waves may be increased.
Next, we shall explain the case when the EM wave is incident on a
dielectric sphere. We recently published this calculation and results
in 2001. Both cases may be utilized as generators of HFGW and,
although not treated in this paper, by connecting the generator
elements to a computer controlled logic system our device could be
incorporated in a communications system involving detection devices
discussed in the Conference. The more relevant aspect of the
solutions of these problems is the presence of a small divisor, (n1 -
1), in the amplitude of the gravitational waves. In a vacuum chamber
a pressure of the order of 10 -11 Torrs may be reached, and that
implies, for 3GHz frequency, a radiated HFGW energy of the order of
KW.

_________________________________________

† Department d' Astronomia i Astrofisica, C/Dr. Moliner 50, 4610
Burjassot, València, Spain. Telephone: 34 96 354 3068. E-mail:
Miguel.Portilla@u...

Optimization of Parameters of a Coupled Generator-Receiver
for a Gravitational Hertz Experiment
(paper HFGW-03-113)
by
Valentin N. Rudenko†

ABSTRACT
One of the first considerations of the gravitational Hertz
experiment in a laboratory environment was done by Joseph Weber in
his pioneering 1960 paper. He found that a generated power might
reach 10erg/sec, but it was determined to be much less than the
receiver sensitivity. Afterwards several different mechanical and
electromagnetic schemes were analyzed by the author, L. P. Grishchuk,
M. V. Sazhin, V. A. Belokon, and others. Their main conclusion was
that in the laboratory conditions based upon "slow motion" and "weak
field", it would be extremely difficult to construct any effective
gravitational generator and the Hertz experiment seemed more as
Gedanken exercise rather then a practical experiment. On the other
hand, an understanding that a gravitational radiation noise
background at the typical AM-FM frequency range also must be
negligibly small allowed us to continue to develop a speculation on
the possibility of a "gravitational transmission of information" even
with very weak power transmitters. In this presentation we have the
goal to estimate an upper limit of the power level conceivable for
the terrestrial Hertz experiment taking into account:
i.) A principal physical restriction that includes strong non-
gravitational forces (possibly those that exist within a high-
temperature superconductor, in a large array of micro-
electromechanical devices, or large numbers of coherently excited
nano-piezoelectric crystals, etc.), and
ii.) Assess the present and future technical feasibility especially
in the High-Frequency Gravitational Wave (HFGW) frequency range of,
say, GHz to THz.
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† Professor and head of GM division of the Sternberg Astronomical
Institute (SAI), MSU, Russia. Telephone: 007-095-9391634. Fax: 007-
095-9328841. E-mail: rvn@s...

Gravity with a Spin: Angular Momentum in a Gravitational-Wave Field
(paper HFGW-03-114)
by
Paul A. Murad† and R. M. L. Baker, Jr. ††

ABSTRACT

Newtonian gravitation adequately predicts both planetary and
spacecraft motion. The appearance of gravitational anomalies and
travel at or near relativistic speeds suggests that before devising
an advanced astronautical propulsion system, gravity should be better
understood and integrated within a unification theory to possibly
include electricity, magnetism and 'gravitational waves' in
Einstein's spacetime continuum. Thus new theories are needed that
predict currently accepted phenomenon as well as anomalies. This
paper proposes a new theory that follows efforts identified by the
authors, Dyatlov, and Jefimenko, for a universal gravitation model
that reflects a radial force term coupled with angular momentum. For
example, Dyatlov explains angular momentum effects as consequences of
a 'spin' field. Incorporating angular moment within gravity can
explain various unknown spin asymmetries by allowing transfer of
gravitational radiation directly into angular momentum. Additionally,
slowing the rotational rate of a rapidly spinning neutron star may be
due to generating gravitational waves with the star's attendant
reduction in energy and angular momentum. Angular momentum
conservation implies that the star's gravitational field 'carries
away' angular momentum by changes within the gravitational field in a
tangential direction, or tangential-force term, occasioned by the
radiated gravitational waves. J. Baker's published analyses indicate
gravitational waves from coalescing binary black holes carry away
about 12% of the system's total angular momentum. In the laboratory a
hypothetical mini-synchrotron is suggested that would generate High-
Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) and provide an experimental
means for testing the proposed theory. The importance of these new
force and angular momentum terms can have a wide impact upon
theoretical physics and astronautics.

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† 1441 Montague Drive, Vienna, Virginia 22182, USA. Telephone: (202)
231-2649. Fax: (703) 759-0539.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do
not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government.

†† Senior Consultant, Transportation Sciences Corporation and GRAVWAVE
(c) LLC. 8123 Tuscany Avenue, Playa del Rey, California 90293, USA.
Telephone: (310) 823-4143. E-mail: bakerjr@a...

High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) as a Key Factor for the
Origin and Dynamics of the Universe
(paper HFGW-03-115)
by
Nicolai N. Gorkavyi †

ABSTRACT

In 1915 Einstein defined what he termed gravitational waves,
but stated: "Gravitational waves have gravitational mass" (and carry
energy, impulse, etc.) and in 1919 he wrote: "Gravitational waves
have NO gravitational mass" (but carry energy, impulse, etc.).
Moreover, after 1916 Einstein never again made any remarks about
gravitational influence of gravitational waves, their mass, etc. Just
a few scientists, like Eddington, Schrödinger, Tonnela, Dirac, and
Tourrenc, followed up the 1919 Einstein theory. In reality this 1919
theory was never seriously investigated. Unfortunately, most
scientists simply do not have access to the original Einstein papers
since complete collections of Einstein papers only exist in Russian
and the Japanese languages. However, it is well known that Einstein's
classical 1915 theory does not allow for solutions of problems
associated with:

* Singularities in gravitational collapse,
* An unknown physical mechanism for the Big Bang, and
* An unknown mechanism for the currently observed acceleration of
expansion of Universe.

We will demonstrate that the 1919 Einstein theory can solve all three
problems without using any exotic hypotheses that include new types
of fields or unknown dark matter or energy. We will also show that
generation of high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGW) near
singularities is a crucial factor for understanding the dynamics and
origin of Universe and that HFGWs should show up in the primordial or
relic cosmic background. Such HFGW may pose noise problems for a
HFGW communications system or if it is anisotropic, may justify the
development of an HFGW telescope.

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† Senior Scientist, Schafer Corporation and CEO Computational
Consulting Services, Inc., 4270 Donna Marie Ct., Haymarket, VA 20169.
Telephone: (703) 754-7264. E-mail: simeiz@a...
.
Copyright 2003 by N. N. Gorkavyi. Published by The MITRE Corporation
with permission

Analysis of the Impulse Experiment using the Electromagnetic Analog
of Gravitational Waves
(Paper HFGW-03-116)
by
Glen A. Robertson†

ABSTRACT

An experiment wherein gravitational radiation was purportedly emitted
from the type II YBCO superconductor with voltage discharges greater
than 500 kV is analyzed in relationship to the power radiated in
gravitational waves. Due to the direction of the discharge, which
was oppositely directed from the force measurements, helium atoms
were suggested as the source of the gravitational energy. A
possibility that a Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) is formed near the
superconductor anode from negative helium ions produced during the
emission of 0.5 MeV electrons is discussed as a means to produce a
highly directional gravitational wave. It is proposed that the ions
are accelerated through space charges with suprathermal electron in
the discharge. The assumption is taken that the discharge neutralizes
the charge on the ions and the anode prior to ion impact. The neutral
helium atoms are, therefore, reflected backward due to coulomb forces
that exist when atoms are less than the typical atom-to-atom bond
length distance of 0.3 [nm]. Using the electromagnetic analog of
gravitational waves, it is shown that the acceleration distance
required for the reported gravitational energy to move the test
masses used in the experiment would be near that of the typical atom-
to-atom bond length and suggest that the acceleration time, ?t, was
on the order of 10-18 [s]. Such a rapid change in acceleration,
or "jerk" should give rise to energetic High-Frequency Gravitational
Waves (HFGW) and if linked up to a computer logic system might have
practical applications.
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† Gravi Atomic Research, 265 Ita Ann Ln., Madison, Al 35757. E-
mail:gravi_atomic@h...

Generation of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) by Means of
an Array of Micro- and Nano-devices
(paper HFGW-03-117)

ABSTRACT

The process by which High-Frequency Gravitational Waves
(HFGW) are generated by means of the time rate of change of the
acceleration of a mass or masses, termed a "jerk" or a "shake," is
developed. Arrays of micro- and nano-devices, termed energizing and
energizable elements, are utilized to generate a train of coherent
gravitational waves. As the waves progress down such devices they are
reinforced by the energizable elements, under the control of a
computer logic system in order to be modulated for applications such
as communication. Two specific devices are described to illustrate
the concept: the first such device involves a barrel whose surface is
covered with an array of ultra-small micromagnets (energizable
elements) surrounded by a sheath of ultra-small microcoils
(energizing elements), for a one-kilometer-long device, with a ten-
attosecond pulse, 10-17 [s] (a frequency of 100 QHz). It is computed
that a 1.32x106 [watts] HFGW is generated. The second device involves
an energizing-element sheath that is 6 [mm] thick surrounding a 3
[mm] radius energizable-element core and the device is 18 [mm] in
length. At the receiver, which we assume to be 7 [km] away, we will
introduce a 18 [mm] diameter superconducting lens to gather and focus
the HF GW in order to concentrate or amplify the signal at the
receiver. The signal at the receiver is computed to be 6.3x10-7
[watts/m2]. For comparison, a ten-watt isotropically radiating radio
transmitter at a distance of 7 [km] produces a signal of 1.6x10-8
[watts/m2].The problem, which all of the devices discussed in this
paper solve, is to cause a mass composed of individual molecules or
submicroscopic particles to move in concert (with a jerk or a
harmonic - possibly dipole --oscillation) in order to build up
(generate ) HFGW, with either planar or cylindrical wave propagation,
to produce a very long sequence of HFGW pulses having significant
average power without causing disruptive g loads or generating
overpowering EM radiation.

Gravitation and High-Temperature Superconductors: the Current Position
(paper HFGW-03-118)
by
Dr. R. Clive Woods†

ABSTRACT

A number of claims have been made in recent years that the
weight of test masses can be changed in non-relativistic experiments.
Amongst the most prominent and unusual reports has been a paper by
E. Podkletnov and R. Nieminen, which appeared in a peer-reviewed
journal. This paper was much more recently followed by a report of
large-amplitude gravitational-wave generation in a laboratory
experiment, although this report by E. Podkletnov and G. Modanese was
not peer reviewed. The common feature of these reports is that it is
claimed that the observed gravitational field may be modified using
YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO) below its superconducting critical temperature, Tc
˜ 93K [Kelvin] and in a magnetic field on the order of 1 T [Tesla].
Temperatures below 70K gave the largest effects. The former
experiment used magnetically levitated YBCO rotated at ~ 5,000 rpm;
the latter reported experiment did not spin or levitate the YBCO, but
subjected it to a 2 MV [megavolt] discharge in a vacuum chamber.

Several attempts have been made worldwide the first of these
experiments, although peer-reviewed reports have confirmed the
effects. No known replications of the second experiment have yet
taken place, though theoretical models for the effects have been
published. This paper will review the current situation regarding
these experiments and attempts to explain to explain the effects,
together with further tests recommended by the published
explanations. The suggestion of L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz that
High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) can modify gravitational
fields; the discussion of Demetrious Christodoulou concerning the
residual dislocation of masses due to the passage of HFGW; and the
application of HFGW as a possible propulsive means due to the
modification of a gravitational field suggested by both Giorgio
Fontana and by R. M. L. Baker, Jr. will also be briefly discussed.

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† Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, 2128 Coover
Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011-3060, Telephone: (515) 294-3310. E-mail:
cwoods@i...

Application of High-Frequency Gravitational Waves to Imaging
(paper HFGW-03-120)
by
Robert M. L. Baker, Jr.†

ABSTRACT

According to some pioneering analyses of Ning Li and David
Torr, the speed of a gravitational wave is reduced in a
superconductor. This revelation lays the theoretical ground work for
utilizing a superconductor, especially a high-temperature
superconductor, as a refractive medium. Lenses can be fabricated for
gathering and focusing relic HFGW from an anisotropic cosmic
background (an HFGW Telescope), for concentrating HFGW in a
communications system, for imaging through material like an "X-ray,"
etc. Some specific designs of a HFGW Telescope, a HFGW communications
optical train, and a "through-Earth" imagining system (potentially
capable of generating three-dimensional views of subterranean
structures, such as geological formations, oil deposits, etc.;
building interiors; the human body, etc,) although very speculative,
are examined and evaluated.

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† Senior Consultant, GRAVWAVE(r) LLC, 8123 Tuscany Avenue Playa del
Rey, California 90293, USA. Telephone: (310) 823-4143. E-mail:
bakerjr@a...
.

A COLLECTION OF RESUMES/CVs AS OF MARCH 21, 2003

Robert M. L. Baker, Jr.

Robert M. L. Baker Jr., was born in Los Angeles on September 1, 1930.
He has been married to his wife Bonnie since 1964 and has three grown
children. Baker earned a bachelor's degree in Physics at UCLA with
highest honors (summa cum laude - first in his class) was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, earned a master's degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in
Engineering at UCLA-- the Ph.D. degree with a specialization in
aerospace was, according to UCLA officials, the first of its kind to
be granted in the United States. Dr. Baker was on the faculty of the
Department of Astronomy at UCLA from 1959 to 1963 and the Department
of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA from 1963 to 1971 as a
Lecturer and Assistant Professor. During his two-year tour of active
duty in the Air Force he worked on a variety of classified aerospace
projects. He was the head of the Lockheed's Astrodynamics Research
Center in Bel Air, California and in 1964 joined Computer Sciences
Corporation as the Associate Manager for Mathematical Analysis. In
1980 he was elected President of West Coast University, an accredited
university for the adult learner now operating under the auspices of
American Career College in Los Angeles. After retiring from West
Coast University in 1997, Dr. Baker became the Senior Consultant for
Transportation Sciences Corporation and GRAVWAVE(c) LLC. He won the
UCLA Physics Prize, was recipient of the Dirk Brouwer Award for
outstanding contributions in astrodynamics and orbital mechanics, and
was a recipient of the Outstanding Man of the Year Junior Chamber of
Commerce award in 1965 presented to him by Ronald Reagan. He is a
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He
was national chairman of the Astrodynamics Technical Committee of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) from 1961
to 1964, was Editor of the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences from
1963 to 1975, was appointed by William Bennett to the National
Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility of
the Department of Education from 1987 to 1989, was appointed to the
Academic Review Committee on Gravitational Research with the U. S.
Army from 2001 to 2003, Head of Committee on High-Frequency
Gravitational Waves of the Oakland Institute for Gravitational Wave
Research 2002-, and was the author of several textbooks and over one
hundred technical papers in the area of astrodynamics and celestial
mechanics including An Introduction to Astrodynamics (1960) with Maud
W. Makemson and Astrodynamics: Applications and Advanced Topics
(1969). Dr. Baker has been interested in the dynamics of
gravitational fields since the 1950's and gravitational-wave research
since the early 1960's.

James C. Bradas

Dr. Bradas received hid PhD degree from the University of Alabama at
Huntsville and was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award in Science in
2002. He is the Deputy Director, Missile Guidance Directorate, U. S.
Army Aviation and Missile Command, Missile Research, Development and
Engineering Center.

Andrea Chincarini

Andrea Chincarini was born in Genoa, Italy on December 26,
1969. He has been married to his wife Stefania since May 2000.
Chincarini earned a PhD degree in Physics at the University of Genoa
in 1994, with a dissertation on accelerating structure optimization
by genetic algorithms. After a specialization course in
superconductivity, he received a two-year grant offered by the
Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) to study
advanced data transfer protocols for multimedia applications.
Meanwhile he specialized in surface analysis techniques. In 1996 Dr.
Chincarini was employed by Physical Electronics GmbH in Munich,
Germany to provide customer training on XPS and Auger surface
analysis systems. This activity exposed him to a variety of material
science problems as well as analysis techniques. He then moved to the
headquarters of Physical Electronics in Minneapolis, Minnesota where
he joined the TOF-SIMS Support Group in July 1997. Since September
2000, he has been employed by INFN in Genoa, Italy. His scientific
interests are mainly focused on the PACO research program, whose aim
is the development of a detector of gravitational waves based on
superconducting microwave cavities. He is also active in the field of
surface physics where he collaborates with several institutions. Dr.
Chincarini is author of more than twelve technical papers and
communications in the area of superconductivity, surface science and
gravitational waves detection.

Heinz Dehnen

Dr. Dehnen was born in Essen, Germany on January 25, 1935. He studied
Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry at the University of Freiberg
during the period 1955 through 1961. He received his Ph D under the
direction o Professor Hönl in 1961. From 1961 to 1965 he was
Assistant at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University
of Freiberg. During the 1968/1969 academic year he was a substitute
Professor at the University of Munich. In 1970 he was advanced to the
faculty position of full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the
University of Konstanz. He was appointed Speaker of the Department of
Physics in 1972. Dr. Dehnen became the Dean of the faculty of Science
of the University of Konstanz during the 1978/1979 Academic year.
Between 1984 and 1986 he was the Head of the faculty of Physics and
between 1995 and 1999 he was the Director of Studies of the Faculty
of Physics. Dr. Dehnen's specializations are in general relativity,
relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, the theory of gauge fields
and elementary particles.

Giorgio Fontana

Giorgio Fontana was born in Trento, Italy on June 11, 1957. He
received his doctorate with a specialization in electronics at the
University of Padua in Italy. In 1984 Dottore Fontana became the Head
of the Electronics Laboratory of the Department of Physics of the
University of Trento. In 1995 he became the head of the computer
center of the Faculty of Science (physics and mathematics) of the
University of Trento and in 2000 he was advanced to the Head of the
Electronics Laboratory of the Department of Information and
Communication Technology at the University of Trento. Dottore Fontana
has developed scientific instrumentation in the field of laser
measurement and characterization of materials, ion transport and
analysis, superconductors and related devices, cryogenic
semiconductor electronics, optics, gravitational-wave Weber bar
detectors and computer systems. Currently he instructs in computer
simulation and electronic circuit courses at the University of
Trento. Dottore Fontana is a member of the Istituto Nazionale di
Fisica Nucleare (INFN). He has authored well over a dozen scientific
papers related to High-Frequency Gravitational Waves (HFGW) in
internationally recognized technical journals.

Gianluca Gemme

Gianluca Gemme, was born in Genoa on August 26, 1964. He has
been married to his wife Laura since 1996 and has two daughters,
Giulia and Elena. Dr .Gemme earned a Ph D degree in Physics at the
University of Genoa in 1989, with a dissertation on cryogenics and
superconductivity. After joining the Army for one year, he received a
two-year grant from the Italian National Institute for Nuclear
Physics (INFN) to study low-temperature superconductors for radio-
frequency applications. Since 1993 he has held a permanent position
at the INFN. His scientific interests are mainly focused on
cryogenics and superconductivity, they also include surface physics
and, since 1998, the search of gravitational waves. He is involved in
PACO, a research program funded by INFN, which is focused on the
development of a detector for gravitational waves based on
superconducting microwave cavities. Since 2001 he has been the
spokesman of the PACO project. Dr. Gemme is author of more than
ninety technical papers and communications in the area of
superconductivity, cryogenics, surface science and gravitational
waves detection.

Nicolai N. Gorkavyi

Nicolai N. Gorkavyi received his Masters Degree in
Theoretical Physics at Cheliabinsk State University in 1981, a Ph. D.
in Physics and Mathematics at the Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, in
1986, and a Doctor of Sciences, Physics, and Mathematics at Moscow
State University, Russia, in 1991. He was a Senior Scientist at the
Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of the Sciences over
the period 1981 to 1992. Between 1992 and 1998, Dr. Gorkavyi was the
Principal Scientist, Head of the Research Group at the Crimean
Astrophysical Observatory in Russia. From 1997 to the end of 1998 he
was Professor of Computer Sciences at the Yalta Institute of
Management in Russia. At the end of 1998 Dr. Gorkavyi migrated to the
United States and became a Permanent US Resident. In the United
States he was the Senior Research Associate of the National Research
Council/National Academy of Sciences at NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center until October of 2000 when he became the Senior Scientist for
Schafer Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. He is also CEO of
Computational Consulting Services, Incorporated. In 1989 Dr.
Gorkavyi was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, two awards from the
Soros International Science Foundation (1993 and 1995), and the 1996
Prize of the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society. The Minor Planet 4654
Gor'kavyj was named in his honor. He is a member of the American
Astronomical Society and the International Astronomical Union. Dr.
Gorkavyi has over 20 years of scientific experience and has developed
several novel analytical, mathematical and statistical approaches for
solutions of complex problems in theoretical physics and
astrophysics, gravitational waves, kinetics and plasma physics, solid
body and celestial mechanics, astrodynamics, hydrodynamics and
instability theory, geophysics and planetary science, He has
published over 75 scientific papers and two monographs.

Leonid P. Grishchuk

Leonid P. Grishchuk received his Ph.D. in Physics at Moscow
University in 1967 with a thesis on "The general solution of
Einstein's equations with a physical singularity," and a Doctor of
Science degree in 1977 with a dissertation on "Gravitational waves,
their physical properties and astronomical manifestations." Since
1967 he has been employed by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of
Moscow University (in effect, the University's Department of
Astronomy), consecutively as a Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher,
Leading Researcher and since 1988 as Head of the Relativistic
Astrophysics Department. Dr. Grishchuk is also a full professor at
Moscow University. Since 1995 he is a Distinguished Research
Professor at Cardiff University, United Kingdom. In the mid 1960s he
proved that the general solution of the Einstein equations for dust-
like matter (that is, the solution that is generated by generic
initial data including rotation) evolves a physical singularity in
which the matter density and curvature go to infinity. He showed
further that the singularity is a caustic time like hyper surface
(a "naked" singularity incurrent terminology) in the vicinity of
which a matter fluid element increases its density by developing a
flattened ("pancake") form. This theorem was the first constructive
disproof of a claimed result by Khalatnikov and Lifshitz that the
general solution to the Einstein equations, with matter or without
matter, cannot have a physical singularity. It also demonstrated
that the caustics ("pancake"-like formations) are an inevitable and
stable feature of the matter motion in the post-recombination era of
our Universe, which is important today for theories of galaxy
formation. In the 1970s and 80s, Dr. Grishchuk's research and review
papers on the physical properties of gravitational radiation, on
sources of gravitational waves, and on the waves' interaction with
matter, fields and quantum systems played an influential role in the
physics community's recognition of the great importance and
timeliness of theoretical and experimental studies of gravitational
waves. His 1970s' research on the interaction between electromagnetic
and gravitational waves laid the foundation for the theory of so-
called electromagnetically-coupled detectors of gravitational waves
(of which laser interferometer detectors are one variant, and
microwave cavity detectors another). In the 70's and 80's he
discovered new physical effects that should be induced by
gravitational waves, including the drift of particles, the kinematic
resonance, the memory of position (with V.B Braginsky), and the
memory of velocity (with A.G Polnarev). He showed (with M.V Sazhin)
that by preparing 'an oscillatory detector (e.g. a resonant bar) in a
squeezed quantum state, an experimenter can enhance its sensitivity
to gravitational waves, until thermal noise degrades the prepared
state. In the 90's he has developed the quantum theory of resonant
bar gravitational wave detectors. Dr. Grishchuk's most recent result
on the subject (1994) states that the contribution of the quantum-
mechanically generated gravitational waves to the large-angular-scale
anisotropy in the microwave background radiation dominates the
contributions of density and/or rotational perturbations. This result
is of a great importance for the interpretation of the CMBR
observations. Dr. Grishchuk has authored major
articles, "Gravitation" and "Cosmology", for the Soviet Encyclopedia"
Physics of the Cosmos". These articles are extensively used as course
material in schools and universities throughout the former Soviet
Union. He has written 3 pedagogical articles (two of them with Ya. B.
Zeldovich) for the review journal Uspekhi, explaining he role and
significance of general relativity in modern science and refuting in
detail claims (currently prevalent in the former Soviet Union) that
general relativity is mathematical and physically self-inconsistent.
Grishchuk has participated in educational programs on radio and TV,
both in Russia and America. He contributed to formulating the
scientific content and took part in the recently released TV film
``Waves of the Future'', which was part of PBS's "The Astronomers"
series (and which was nominated for an Emmy Award).

Pankaj S. Joshi

Pankaj S. Joshi is a professor, Department of Astronomy and
Astrophysics, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in
Bombay, India. He received his Master of Science degree in 1975 and
his Ph D in 1979. He has undertaken several important foreign
assignments, including the National Science Foundation research
position at the University of Pittsburgh, Visiting Scientist at
Cambridge University, in England (September and October 1983),
Visiting Scientist at the Faculty of Mathematical Studies of the
University of Southampton, England. etc. He has been a Visiting
Professor at many foreign and Indian universities, delivering courses
of lectures and conducting research, including at Department of
Theoretical Physics, University of Basque Country, Spain (September
and October 1998) and Faculty of Math. Sciences, University of Natal,
South Africa (February and March, 1999). Dr. Joshi has been invited
as a Visiting Professor by the University of Cincinnati to offer a
course of lectures on "Gravitational Collapse in General Relativity."
He received the Prize and Award by the Gravity Research Foundation,
for research work on the "Final Fate of Gravitational Collapse"
(1991). The other winners in that year included M. Turner of
NASA/Fermi Lab, S. Coleman (Harvard), L .Krauss (Yale), J. Preskill
(Caltech), and F. Wilczek (Princeton). He was awarded a Nuffield
Foundation Fellowship to work at the DAMTP, Cambridge University
(1981). Dr. Joshi was also the National Merit Scholarship holder of
India (1969-73) and University First in Master of Science
examinations. He is a Member of the National Advisory Committee to
the University Grants Commission, India, for the subjects of
Gravitation and Cosmology (1992-1994); Member, Advisory Committee on
Gravitation and Cosmology, IUCAA (1994- ); Served as Member on
Organizing Committees for many conferences, including the "Physics of
Black holes" (Bangalore, 1997). His main work has focused on
gravitation and cosmology. His recent work has been to intensively
analyze gravitational collapse of massive stars. This is of key
importance in relativistic astrophysics today and lies at the
foundation of the black hole physics. Dr. Joshi has shown, for
example, that both black holes and naked singularities develop as the
outcome of collapse taking place when a massive star dies on
exhausting its nuclear fuel. This can have important implications
such as massive bursts of radiation given out when a star dies. Dr
Joshi has authored two books: Global aspects in gravitation and
cosmology (1993) published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, and
Singularities, black holes and cosmic censorship, Proceedings of the
Raychaudhuri Session at the International Conference on Gravitation
and Cosmology, IUCAA Publication, (1996) and more than 90 scientific
papers.

Ramon Lapiedra

Ramon Lapiedra was born in July, 1940. He received
his undergraduate degree in Physics in 1963 from the University of
Madrid. In 1969 he received his Ph D in Theoretical Physics at the
University of Paris. From 1982 to date he holds the permanent
position of full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University
of València, Spain. Dr. Lapiedra's present research interests include
the emission of gravitational waves by compact magnetized
astrophysical objects and the generation of high-frequency
gravitational waves (HFGW) in the laboratory and their detection.

Melvin A. Lewis

Melvin A. Lewis received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1961. At Columbia
University he completed research projects on antenna-beam steering
using polycrystalline ferro-electrics in a microwave field and
received a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr.
Lewis was a Research Engineer at the American Optical Company, where
he developed equipment for the microwave modulation of laser light
and exploding-wire laser pumping, a Senior Engineer at Avion
Electronics Company where he designed microwave-cavity oscillators
and strip-line antennas, and until August of 2000 was the Senior
Staff Engineer Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems. He is currently a
Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at
Fairleigh Dickinson University and a consultant for BAE Systems. He
was President of the Society for the Advancement of Science and
Engineering 1960-61, since 1993 the Chairman of the North Jersey
Chapter of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Governor of the
Vehicular technology Society, Director of the Oakland Institute for
Gravitational Wave Research, and a Charter Member of the Topical
Group on Gravitation for the American Physical Society. Mr. Lewis
received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000. He has written
several articles on gravitational wave communications and holds a
Patent on a microwave frequency memory device.

Fang-Yu Li

Dr. Li was born on October 28, 1943. He was a student in the
Department of Physics at Northwestern Normal University, China from
1961 to 1965. From 1978 to 1990, he was a Lecturer, Associate
Professor in the Department of Physics at Chongqing University, China
and from 1990 to 1991 he was a Visiting Scientist at the
Gravitational Laboratory of the Sternberg State Astronomical
Institute of the Moscow University in Russia. Dr. Li was an Associate
Professor, Department of Physics, Chongqing University from1991 to
1994, was appointed Head of the Physics Department of the University
from 1996 to 1998, and was appointed Dean of the College of Science
at Chongqing University during the period 1998 to 2000. From 1994 to
date, he has been a Professor of Physics at the University. Dr. Li is
a member of the Council of the Chinese Physics Society, member of the
Council of the Chinese Gravitational and Relativity Astrophysical
Society, and a member of the World Laboratory, His present research
interests are in general relativity and gravitation, theories of
gravitational waves and gravitational radiation, interaction of
gravitational waves with electromagnetic fields, and classical and
quantum electrodynamics. Dr. Li has published more than fifty papers
concerning gravitational waves in internationally recognized
scientific journals.
Ning Li
Born on Jan. 14, 1943, in Beijing, China, and is now a U.S. Citizen.
Her Husband is Raymond Men and she has a Son, George Men. She
received her B.S. in Semiconductor Physics in 1966, (GPA: 4.9 out of
5.0), her M.S. in Space Plasma Physics in 1981, (GPA: 5.0 out of
5.0), from Peking University in China, her M.E. in Electrical &
Computer Engineering in 1986, (GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0), and her Ph.D. in
Plasma Physics in 1988, (GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0), from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (RPI), New York. Dr. Li was an electronics
engineer with the Chinese Railway Ministry from 1968 to 1978, a
lecturer and a research assistant at Peking University from 1978 to
1981. After receiving her M.S. in 1981 (the highest degree at that
time in China), she was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at
Beijing Polytechnic Institute. She arrived in the U .S.A. from China
in August, 1984 to pursue her ME in Computer Engineering and her
Ph.D. in Physics. She became a Postdoctoral Research Associate in May
1988 at RPI, a Senior Research Associate in 1989, a Research
Scientist in 1991, a Senior Research Scientist in 1995 at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville. After being offered the
Associate Professorship from the Physics Department of UAH in 1996,
Dr. Li became the Principle Investigator of the Delta-g project of
NASA in 1996. She became the Director of the Superconductivity and
Gravity Laboratory from 1999 to 2000. She became President and CEO of
AC Gravity LLC in 2000. Dr. Li became the Principle Investigator of
the Project of Gravito-Electromagnetic superconductivity experiment
of the US Army in 2001. She has thirty six years of hands-on research
experience involving heavy ion beam-probe techniques in tokomak
measurement at RPI from 1984 to 1988; in designing three-Level night
vision goggle at Beijing Polytechnic Institute from 1978 to 1984;
designing auto control signal system and semiconductor integral
electric circuits at the Chinese Railway Ministry from 1968 to 1978.
Chief Engineer in Semiconductor manufactory from 1965 to 1968. She
taught Statistical Physics and Methods in Mathematical Physics at
Peking University from 1979 to 1981; Plasma Physics I & II,
Electrodynamics and Quantum Mechanism at Beijing Polytechnic
Institute from 1981 to 1984.
Her principal fields of research have been in Gravitation,
Superconductivity, Semiconductor, Solid Physics, Optics Physics,
Computer Science, Automatic Signal Control System, Space Plasma
Physics, and Fusion Plasma Physics, particularly the computerized
turbulence data analysis by using new statistical analysis techniques
that she developed for her Ph.D. thesis. She has worked on the
experimental and theoretical study of the gravitational fields and
superconductivity from 1989 to the present. Her research in gravity
and superconductivity has been recognized by the international
science community. Dr Li's original development of the gyro
magnetically produced gravitomagnetic field was published in Phys.
Rev. D in 1991, in Phys. Rev. B in 1992, and in Found. Phys. in 1993.

Marc G. Millis

Mr. Millis has been with NASA's Glenn Research Center since
1982 after earning a degree in Physics from Georgia Tech. In
addition to his more conventional engineering assignments that have
included designing guidance displays for aircraft low-gravity
trajectories, ion thrusters, rocket engine monitoring systems, and
cryogenic propellant delivery systems, he has researched
possibilities for creating propulsion breakthroughs. As a part of
this research, he forged collaborations with other researchers across
the nation to create the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics
Project. Mr. Millis managed this Project from 1996 through 2002.
Mr. Millis is also a graduate of the 1998 International Space
University Summer Program. In his free time he builds, photographs
and writes articles on scale models. Mr. Millis has published over 30
technical papers in the open literature.

Paul A. Murad

Paul Murad received his BSME from Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute and his M.S. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from New York
University's School of Engineering. He has worked in various
aerospace corporations and in the government on projects ranging from
Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, the Nuclear Rocket, assorted weapon
systems, scramjets, and other interesting projects. He has published
several papers on vacuum theory with co-authors from Novosibirsk,
Russia. Mr. Murad's current interests include faster than light
travel as well as converting electricity and magnetism into
gravitation. Interestingly, globalization and the INTERNET allowed
him interaction with Russian scientists as well as the current
interaction with Dr. Baker, who authored one of the textbooks he
utilized while studying at NYU.

Glen A. (Tony) Robertson

Glen A. Robertson received his B.S. in Physics and
Mathematics at the University of North Alabama in May 1982, and his
MS in Operations Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville,
in Dec. 1993. Mr. Robertson's professional experience includes 3
years with the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California where
he worked as a propulsion Physicist, and more than 16 years with the
Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama where he is an
aerospace engineer. His experience covers solid, liquid, and highly
advanced power and propulsion systems. He has been involved in
several magnetic propulsion projects at the component level, which
include lightweight magnets, dual power and shock absorbers, pulse
plasma containment, and the investigation of gravity assist using
superconductors. He is the sole proprietor of a newly formed business
call Gravi-Atomic Research dedicated to writing gravity related
papers. Mr. Robertson has received the Directors Commendation for
exceptional technical expertise, dedication, and effectiveness in
establishing the Advanced Concept Research Facility in response to
advanced systems technology requirements and related concepts
definition needs of Program Development on August 3, 1999. He has
been issued a Patent and has published over a dozen technical papers.

Valentin N. Rudenko

Valentin N. Rudenko was born on May 22, 1939 in Moscow,
Russia. He received his undergraduate degree in 1962 from Moscow
University. In 1967 he received his Ph D in Physics at Moscow
University and from 1967 to 1988 he held the positions of Assistant
Professor and then Associate Professor in the Department of Physics.
From 1988 to date Dr. Rudenko has been the Professor and Chairman of
the Physics Department of Moscow State University and the Head of the
Gravitational Measurement Division of the Sternberg Astronomical
Institute. He has published over 200 technical papers and is the
author of the 270-page monograph, Gravitational waves in general
relativity and the problem with its detection, Moscow University
Press. Professor Rudenko's fields of interest are gravitational
theory, gravitational-wave experiments, gravitational-wave theory and
methods of precise measurements, general radio physics, laser
physics, and astrophysics. He is on the Scientific Councils of the
Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Moscow University and the
State Program of "High-Energy Physics." Professor Rudenko is a member
of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gravitation and Cosmology
and the Editor of the Russian Gravitational Society's publications.
In 1993 he was the "Honored Professor of Chongqing University," in
China.

Dongping Shi

Dr. Shi was born on December 17, 1964 in Chongqing, China. He is
publishing scientific papers on the perturbation to the energy of a
Gaussian beam by weak gravitational waves in a static magnetic field,
the electromagnetic response of a Gaussian beam to high-frequency
relic gravitational waves in quintessential inflationary models, the
deflection of Proca light rays caused by a Schwarzschild
gravitational field, and a study of the photon rest mass and its
method of deflection. He instructs courses in Theoretical Mechanics
and Electrodynamics. Dr. Shi's research interests include the theory
of gravitational waves and radiation and the interaction of a
gravitational wave with an electromagnetic field.

Gary V. Stephenson

Mr. Stephenson received his B. S. Degree in Physics at Montana State
University in 1983 and from that date on to 2000 accomplished
graduate studies at the University of California and Purdue
University in Physics and Electrical Engineering. In 1982 he was
inducted into the Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society. From 1983 to
1986 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Hughes Aircraft
Company where as a systems engineer he worked on optical and radar
systems. In 1986 Mr. Stephenson was hired by the Aerospace Optical
Division of ITT where he performed research, development, and systems
design studies of spacebourne meteorological Infra Red imagers. In
1989 through 1987 he returned to Hughes as a Systems Engineer and,
among other things, worked on the Tactical High-Energy Laser and was
responsible for the electro-optical systems engineering and on-site
support of an airborne Infra Red tracking sensor for the U. S. Army.
Fro 1907 to the current date he has been a Systems Engineer at Boeing
Aircraft Company where he has again been involved in the systems
design of electromagnetic and electro-optical mission equipment and,
most recently, with studies of the applications of high-frequency
gravitational waves to communications. Mr. Stephenson has several
publications and some nine Patents Pending.

Mengxi Tang

Dr. Tang was born on July 19, 1946 in Guangdong, China. He has been
married to Liping Cheng since 1974 and has a daughter born in 1977.
In 1968 he graduated from the Department of Engineering-Physics at
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. In 1981 he was awarded a Masters
degree from Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China. In 1983 Dr. Tang
was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Physics at Zhongshan
University then Associate Professor in 1991 and Professor in 1957.
During the period 1991 through 2000 he served as Vice Director of the
Department of Physics at Zhongshan University and is currently the
University's Director of the Laboratory for Gravitational Physics.
From 1996 to 2000 he was a Member of the Committee of Guidance for
Experimental Physics of the Educational Ministry of China, from 1991
to 1999 he was the General Secretary and Member of the Standing
Committee of the Society of Physics of Guangdong Province , since
1992 a Member of the Committee of the Society of Gravitational
Physics & Astrophysics of China, since 1994 a Member of the
Committee of the Society of Astronomy of Guangdong Province. Dr.
Tang's research interests include the detection of gravitational
waves, measurement of the gravitational constant, interaction between
gravitational fields and electromagnetic fields, the generation of
gravitational waves in the laboratory, and the exact solution to the
gravitational field equations. He has published more than fifty
papers in internationally recognized physics journals.

Roger Clive Woods

Roger Clive Woods was born in Leicester, England on May 18, 1955.
Woods earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. at New College, University
of Oxford, 1976 and 1980 for work he had accomplished in the
Clarendon Laboratory in the University of Oxford. Dr. Woods was a
Senior Scientist at Plessey Research Ltd. from 1982 to 1983, and
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer on the faculty of the Electronic and
Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Sheffield from
1983 to 2001. In 1989 he was a British Association Media Fellow and
in 1995 he was Professeur Invité, Laboratoire de Physique de la
Matière, Institut National des Science Appliquées de Lyon, France.
Since January 2002 Dr. Woods has been a Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. During 1992-1995 he
was a Member of IEE Professional Group Committee S8
(Electromagnetics); 1999-2002 a Member of IEE Professional Group
Committee E3 (Microelectronics and Superconductor Devices); 1999-2002
an Associate Editor of IEE Electronics and Communication Journal, and
in 2003 a Member of the National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR
Photonics (Lasers and LEDs) panel. Dr. Woods has consulted for
Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre Ltd., McLarens Ltd., Price
Waterhouse, John Lovell Associates, Halpern & Ward Associates, the
European Commission in Brussels, and Ashton Brown Associates Ltd.
among others. He has authored over 70 technical papers and the book:
Digital logic design, (with B. Holdsworth), Butterworth-Heinemann,
2002. Dr. Woods has been interested in the research associated with
gravitational-waves for over a decade.

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On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 11:52 AM, Jack Sarfatti wrote:

My 43 page review paper in http://qedcorp.com/APS/Ukraine.doc

is being published in "Progress in Quantum Physics Research" by
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Nova Scientific Publishers in New York.

See also my American Physical Society talk at http://qedcorp.com/APS/

This paper refutes the Puthoff-Haisch approach to the same problem
because he lacks the essential idea of macro-quantum phase coherence of
the vacuum polarization zero point energy fluctuations out of which
Einstein's gravity with dark energy/matter is an emergent "collective
mode" property of the virtual electron-positron pair propagator with an
anomalous ODLRO part in the sense of the Nambu formalism for emergent
macro-quantum phenomena from a micro-quantum substrate in a vacuum phase
transition.

An updated version of this paper will be given at Vigier IV in Paris
Sept 15 - 19.

Early versions of this work prior to Feb 11 2003 release of relevant
NASA WMAP data are in my two books from late 2002 "Destiny Matrix" and
"Space-Time and Beyond II" avail on Amazon et-al or http://www.1stbooks.com

Bottom line:

How saucers fly and how they get here is no mystery as far as the
physics is concerned.

The near-term danger of exotic vacuum WMD by terrorists is clear.

My books agree with British Astronomer Royal's Sir Martin Rees's later
book "Our Final Hour" on this issue of a probable "Eschaton" (Dan Smith).

leo sgouros

unread,

Jun 10, 2003, 7:28:19 PM6/10/03

Jack Sarfatti wrote:
> It's interesting that Mitre, a key defense corporation from way back, is
> supporting this "exotic" work. Note mention of "propulsion".
>

Can high tech propulsion projecs lead to death by cancers at higher rates?

Silly question, like Isis and Hydrogen aliens.

Mikel Hayes

David Robbins

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Jun 10, 2003, 7:41:29 PM6/10/03

"Jack Sarfatti" <sarf...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:3EE6655...@pacbell.net...

> It's interesting that Mitre, a key defense corporation from way back, is
> supporting this "exotic" work. Note mention of "propulsion".
>

<snip>

Jack Sarfatti wrote:
>
> Only IMHO if UCB's Ray Chiao's EM-Grav high Tc SC transducer works. My
> guess is that it will because the idea is close to my idea for "metric

so jack, why aren't you presenting at this conference?

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