Martin Tajmar is a physicist and professor for Space Systems at the

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. He has research interests in advanced

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systems, FEEP thrusters, breakthrough propulsion physics and possible connections between gravity and superconductivity.

Biography

Tajmar completed his PhD in numerical plasmaphysics at the

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, in 1999, and is now an external lecturer for the university. He also published the textbook ''Advanced Space Propulsion Systems'' in 2003.

Gravitomagnetism research

In a 2003 paper, Tajmar proposed that a gravitational effect may explain the long-standing discrepancy between the mass of

Cooper pair In condensed matter physics, a Cooper pair or BCS pair (Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer pair) is a pair of electrons (or other fermions) bound together at low temperatures in a certain manner first described in 1956 by American physicist Leon Cooper ...

s first measured in superconductors b
Janet Tate
''et al.'' and the theoretically-expected value. In 2006 Tajmar and several coworkers announced their claim to have measured a

gravitomagnetic Gravitoelectromagnetism, abbreviated GEM, refers to a set of formal analogies between the equations for electromagnetism and relativistic gravitation; specifically: between Maxwell's field equations and an approximation, valid under certain c ...

version of the

frame-dragging Frame-dragging is an effect on spacetime, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, that is due to non-static stationary distributions of mass–energy. A stationary field is one that is in a steady state, but the masses cau ...

effect caused by a superconductor with an accelerating or decelerating spin.
Component descriptions and schematics are provided in the following two volumes:12. Feb. 2004, dtic.mil: POSSIBLE GRAVITATIONAL ANOMALIES IN QUANTUM MATERIALS. Phase I: Experiment Definition and Design. M. Tajmar and K. Hense
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15. 09. 2005, dtic.mil: POSSIBLE GRAVITATIONAL ANOMALIES IN QUANTUM MATERIALS. Phase II: Experiment Assembly, Qualification and Test Results. M. Tajmar
/ref> As of April 2008, the effect has not yet been observed independently. In February 2008 Tajmar filed an international patent application for a "Process for the generation of a gravitational field and a gravitational field generator." In June 2008, Tajmar reported a new phenomenon suggesting that signals could be induced in a gyroscope resulting from a new property of rotating low-temperature helium. He also reported that because the rings in the experiment were accelerated pneumatically, and not with high acceleration, the earlier reported results could not be discounted. His further research suggests the anomaly may indeed be coming from liquid helium in the setup.

Awards

* 2001: ARC-Award of the ''Austrian Research Centers'', first prize in the category Science * 2001 and 2000: “Window on Science” Award of the

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* 1999: Promotion through the program „International Communication“Internationale Kommunikation
of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency

References

External links

* Coupling of Electromagnetism and Gravitation in the Weak Field Approximation:
3 Mar 2000, arxiv.org: Coupling of Gravitation and Electromagnetism in the Weak Field Approximation, M. Tajmar, C. de Matos

(Tajmar gravimagnetic field experiment) European Space Agency News, 2006-03-23 * Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields Around Rotating Superconductors
Gravity's secret
''New Scientist'', 2006-11-11 {{DEFAULTSORT:Tajmar, Martin Austrian physicists Anti-gravity Year of birth missing (living people) Living people TU Wien alumni Academic staff of TU Wien