July, 2007 PROGRESS IN PHYSICS Volume 3
SPECIAL REPORT
A Theory of the Podkletnov Effect based on General Relativity: Anti-Gravity
Force due to the Perturbed Non-Holonomic Background of Space


Dmitri Rabounski and Larissa Borissova
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We consider the Podkletnov effect — the weight loss of an object located over a
superconducting disc in air due to support by an alternating magnetic field. We
consider this problem using the mathematical methods of General Relativity. We
show via Einstein’s equations and the geodesic equations in a space perturbed by
a disc undergoing oscillatory bounces orthogonal to its own plane, that there is no
rˆole of superconductivity; the Podkletnov effect is due to the fact that the field of
the background space non-holonomity (the basic non-othogonality of time lines to
the spatial section), being perturbed by such an oscillating disc produces energy and
momentum flow in order to compensate the perturbation in itself. Such a momentum
flow is directed above the disc in Podkletnov’s experiment, so it works like negative
gravity (anti-gravity). We propose a simple mechanical system which, simulating the
Podkletnov effect, is an experimental test of the whole theory. The theory allows for
other “anti-gravity devices”, which simulate the Podkletnov effect without use of very
costly superconductor technology. Such devices could be applied to be used as a cheap
source of new energy, and could have implications to air and space travel.