Experimental Detection of the Torsion Field

Yu. V. Nachalov & E. A. Parkhomov.

Torsion fields are extremely unusual objects of investigation. Since a torsion field is identical to the
transverse spin polarization of the physical vacuum, and a gravitational field is identical to the
longitudinal spin polarization of the physical vacuum [1], then some properties of torsion fields are
identical to the properties of gravitational fields. For instance, experiments show that torsion fields
cannot be shielded by natural media, and in this way their behavior is similar to that of gravitational
fields [2]. However, unlike gravitational fields which cannot be shielded even by artificial materials,
torsion fields are shielded by artificial materials possessing orthonormal topology of structure. In
practice, it is possible to screen torsion radiation with lengths of stretched polyethylene film
commonly produced by industry. This film is manufactured in such a manner that the polymers
form an aligned unidirectional structure. The unidirectional orientation of the polymers results in a
molecular spin ordering. And this results in the generation of a collective torsion field. Two crossed
polyethylene films are transparent to light, and are transparent to most of the radio-frequency
spectrum. However, they can effectively shield torsion radiation.  

Fig. 1 Torsion generator within a shielded enclosure

In experiments with torsion generators, apparently the main difficulty lies in verifying that the
generated radiation actually is torsion radiation. To confirm the nature of the generated emission,
the following experiments can be performed (Fig.1). A torsion generator 1 is shielded by a screen 2
(the screen should effectively shield EM radiation to make sure that the generated radiation has a
nonelectromagnetic nature). Detectors 3 and 4 are two pieces of tungsten wire. Detector 3 is placed
left of the torsion generator, and detector 4 is placed to the right of the torsion generator as depicted
in Fig.1. Before turning the generator 1 on, the electrical resistance of each detector (3 and 4)
should be measured. (The spin structure of tungsten is altered significantly if it is subjected to the
influence of torsion radiation. As a result of spin structure change, the electrical resistance of
tungsten will also change. Other substances can be used as detectors as well, but the magnitude of
changes to tungsten's electrical resistance influence of torsion radiation is greater than that of other
substances. Detectors made of tungsten wire were first utilized by N.A.Kozyrev, and later by
A.I.Veinik, A.V.Chernetsky and others.)
 Fig. 2 Spatial configuration of the emitted torsion field
The spatial configuration of a torsion field as generated by an object with a torque is depicted on
Fig.2. (It should be noted that the generator 1 (an object having torque) generates only a "right" or a
"left" torsion field depending on the sense of the torque (i.e. depending on the direction of rotation).
The generated torsion field lacks the radial symmetry of electromagnetic or gravitational fields, but
instead has axial symmetry (i.e. the torsion field has cone-shaped spatial configuration). Fig.2
shows the situation when a "right" torsion field is generated. If the torque is reversed, then a "left"
torsion field having the same spatial configuration is generated.) In Fig.2 the torsion generator 1 is
turned on, and a torsion field acts upon the detectors 3 and 4. The duration of the influence needed
alter the spin structure of objects 3 and 4 depends upon the intensity of the generated torsion
radiation. After the objects 3 and 4 have been affected by torsion radiation, the generator can be
turned off and the electrical resistance of both detectors measured. (The resistance measurement can
be performed not only after the generator is turned off, but also during the operation of the
generator as well.)

Fig. 3 The torsion fields are not shielded by parallel films of aligned PE
After the intensity of the influence is determined, i.e. after establishing the fact that the radiation
created by generator 1 is of nonelectromagnetic nature (since the generator is shielded), and
determining that it is able to change the electric resistance of detectors 3 and 4, the next experiment
can be performed (Fig.3). A torsion polarizer 5 (e.g. the polyethylene film) is placed between
generator 1 and detector 3. Another torsion polarizer 6 is placed between generator 1 and detector 4.
If polarizers 5 and 6 have unidirectional orientation of torsion fields (this situation is depicted in
Fig.3), then the influence of the torsion fields generated by generator 1 still can be detected. This
situation is identical to the earlier situation where no polarizers were utilized. In this case, both
detectors are influenced by the torsion field being created by generator 1. (This fact can be verified
by measuring the electrical resistance of detectors 3 and 4.) But if the orientation of any of the
polarizers is changed to an orthogonal position in relation to another polarizer (Fig.4) then neither
detector is influenced by the torsion field. Thus the observed situation can be interpreted as
"locking" of the spin-polarized space between polarizers 5 and 6, as though this space behaves as a
solid body. (The first experimental verification of this effect was performed by V.D.Pronin [3].)

Fig. 4 The torsion fields are shielded if one PE film is rotated 90deg
Changes in electrical resistance of various conductors is not the only effect of the influence of
torsion fields. It is necessary to emphasize that torsion fields can be detected by a variety of
methods. The influence of a torsion field upon a physical material results in the change of a spin
state of only this material, but alterations of the spin state of the physical vacuum can result in
changes to a light beam's polarization angle, and change to the spin state of a substance can result in
alterations of its magnetizability, Hall's coefficient, thermal conduction, and other properties.
Since changes in the spin state of an electrical conductor may result in the alteration of its electrical
resistance, then an elementary torsion field detector can be based upon a comparison bridge
(Wheatstone bridge). This type of detector was first utilized by N.A.Kozyrev [4], and later by an
academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences M.M.Lavrentiev [5,6] and others.
Another type of elementary torsion field detector is the torsion balance. Torsion balances were
employed in experiments conducted by N.P.Myshkin at the end of the IXX century, and later were
employed in the experiments of N.A.Kozyrev and others. As discovered by N.A.Kozyrev, the
direction of motion of the torsion balance indicator depends upon the orientation of the torsion field.
For instance, if the torsion balances are subjected to the influence of a "right" torsion field, and the
indicator moves in one direction, then after influencing the torsion balance with a "left" torsion
field, the indicator will move in the opposite direction.
Torsion fields are able to change the rate of any physical process, for instance, they significantly
alter the oscillation frequency of quartz crystals. Thus this property can be employed in torsion field
detectors. The possibile affect upon the oscillation frequency of a quartz plate by torsion radiation
was experimentally discovered by N.A.Kozyrev [4], and later was employed in various torsion
detectors developed by a member of the Belarus Academy of Sciences, A.I.Veinik [2]. A.I.Veinik
used the term "chronal detector," since he assumed a connection between the detected fields and the
rate of the course of time. He experimentally discovered that it is possible to alter the rate of any
process (including the process of a radioactive decay) by subjecting that process to the influence of
torsion radiation [2]. This fact is stipulated by the ability of torsion fields to affect the inertial forces
in any circulating mechanical system. This was demonstrated rigorously by G.I.Shipov [1].
Since the superposition of a torsion field and a gravitational field in a local area of space may result
in the reduction of gravity in this area (the so called "torsion compensation of gravity"), then the
influence of torsion radiation upon any physical object may result in a reduction in weight of that
object. This significant property of torsion fields was discovered in the 1950s by N.A.Kozyrev [4],
and later, it was confirmed in the investigations conducted by A.I.Veinik [2], M.M.Lavrentiev [6],
and others.
If any substance (or even the physical vacuum in general) is subjected to the influence of an
external torsion field, then this influence causes a transverse spin polarization of that substance.
Since this transverse spin polarization can be retained as a metastable state, then a torsion field of a
given spatial configuration can be "recorded" upon any physical object. Due to this property of
torsion fields, the new value of electrical resistance produced in the experiment with tungsten wire
described above will continue for a significant period of time. (Up to many hours, if the intensity of
the environmental torsion fields is low enough. And up to many months, if the tungsten wire is
shielded by crossed polyethylene films immediately after the wire is subjected to the influence of
the torsion fields.) The simplest matrix for the "recording" of a torsion field is a piece of sugar. (As
is well known, the methods of recording information upon sugar, wax, water, etc. are effectively
applied in practice, but basically understood only as experimental anomalies. It is possible to record
a "right" or "left" torsion field upon a piece of sugar (as well as upon water in a container, etc). This
fact is easily detected by various torsion detectors (e.g. by torsion balances, or by electronic
detectors based upon the comparison bridge, etc.) But it must be noted that the "charged" object
shouldn't be subjected to any shocks, otherwise the "torsion charge" will "disappear". This is due to
the fact that torsion fields are closely coupled to inertial forces [1].
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