Torsion field

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Torsion field, sometimes called axion field or spin field, is considered by some orthodox scientists a pseudoscientific concept. Whether the concept is not yet conceivable by the traditional scientific community or it is not precise enough to be accepted is a matter of debate. The torsion field concept was conceived in the Soviet Union by a group of physicists in the 1980's. The group, led by Anatoly Akimov and Gennady Shipov, began the research as the state-sponsored Center for Nontraditional Technologies, but was disbanded in 1991 when their research was exposed as fraud and embezzlement of state funding, only to reemerge again as a private enterprise The International Institute for Theoretical and Applied Physics (not to be confused with the identically named institute at Iowa State University).

[edit] Proponents point of view

The spin field has demonstrated reproducable and reliable effects involving transfers of information about one substance, into another substance, such as alcohol information being imparted to water, where drinking the treated water causes inebriation. There are nearly 50 international patents on devices related to the spin field and its effects. The "torsion field", on the other hand, while theoretically possible, has never been physically verified by experiment, contrary to the spin field, which is easily verified.

The spin field is described rigorously by R. M. Kiehn. From a topological viewpoint, Maxwell's electrodynamics indicates that the concept of chirality is to be associated with a third rank tensor density of Topological Spin induced by the interaction of the 4 vector potentials {A, phi } and the field excitations (D, H). The distinct concept of helicity is to be associated with the third rank tensor field of Topological Torsion induced by the interaction of the 4 vector potentials and field intensities (E, B). The 4-divergence of the topological Spin is equal to the first Poincare Invariant of classical electromagnetism. The 4-divergence of the topological Torsion is equal to the second Poincare Invariant. On space-time domains where either Poincare Invariant is zero, the closed integrals of the Spin (respectively, Torsion) have values whose ratios are rational. That is, both the objects of topological torsion and topological spin can be quantized by the deRham theorems.

However, when the 4-divergence of Topological Torsion is not zero, the second Poincare invariant, E · B, is not zero, and parity is not conserved. New time dependent wave solutions to the classical homogeneous Maxwell equations in the vacuum have been found. These waves are not transverse; they exhibit both torsion and spin; they have finite magnetic helicity, a non-zero Poynting vector, E x H and a non-zero second Poincare invariant, E dot B.

Two, four component, rank 3 tensors, constructed on topological grounds, in terms of the Fields and Potentials, are used to define the concepts of Torsion and Spin, even in domains with plasma currents. The divergence of the spin pseudo vector generates the Poincare invariant equivalent to the Lagrangian of the field,

B dot H -D dot E -(A dot J - rho phi).

The divergence of the Torsion pseudo vector generates the second Poincare invariant, E dot B. The Poincare invariants have closed integrals, which are deformation invariants, and therefore can be used to define deformable coherent structures in a plasma. When the second Poincare invariant is non-zero, there can exist solutions that are not time-reversal invariant.

Put in simpler terms, the spin field can be described as a series of propagating helical vortices observed as carrying a dense interstitial flux of an array of particles, possibly ranging down to the sub-quantum, in size. This flux of particles and the spin field helices act together, in some not well understood manner, to temporarily copy the physical properties of substances into other substances. It is this flux of sub-quantum particles, which seems to be responsible for the copying ability of the spin field.

In relation to positively charged particles, such as the proton, the motion of the spin field energy is directed from the periphery to the center. For negatively charged particles, the field is directed from the center to the periphery. A spin field disturbance moves along a helical path in space, with a propagation velocity which is typically, significantly less than the speed of light. Propagation velocity is determined by the longitudinal moment of the impulse, and those parameters of the environment which the change the density of the winding of the helix of the spin field. For the spin field created by the spin field generator, as designed by A. A. Shpilman in 1995, the longitudinal momentum of the spin field impulse is equal to the impulse of a proton, with an energy of 300 electron-volts in air, and 3 electron-volts in ferrite. The spin field helices are very sensitive to the magnitude and direction of the magnetic vector potential. The helices are guided in the direction of the vector potential, but not in the direction of the magnetic field! Spin fields of protons are guided in the direction of the Poynting vector. The space between the spin field helices is saturated with particles, which are similar to the neutrino, having energy at rest of an electron-volt or less. These particles appear as threads, composing closed toroidal knot-like structures, having various rest masses, topologies, characteristic sizes, and a broad spectrum of resonant frequencies. Apparently, the rules of gas dynamics apply to the interstitial particles associated with the spin field helix.

[edit] Criticism and controversy

The whole concept and its applications are often dismissed by the scientific community as nonsensical. Common sense dictates that a great deal of caution must be applied when approaching a theory that would not only explain homeopathy, telepathy, levitation, clairvoyance, and other paranormal activity and ESP, but also would allow the humankind to harness it, building everything from miracle cure devices (including devices that cure alcohol addiction) to working UFO analogs and superweapons. Many such devices, in particular the miracle cure boxes, have been manufactured and sold, and some appear to work due to placebo effect, and the torsion field scientists have been working hard to obtain large-scale government and military contracts.