Riding the Tachyon Field ][:
                  Notes and Speculation on the Superluminal VMF
                             (Virtual Magnetic Field)
                         and on the nature of the Aether

        By Poker Face, April 22, 1995
        (C) 1995 Three Card Monte Productions
        Free Cyberspace Distribution Rights Granted
        All Other Rights Reserved

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        ------| Abstract |----------------------------------------------
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        This paper is a supplement to "Riding the Tachyon Field" (1994),
        presenting more in-depth theory, speculation, and a few ideas
        to aid in VMF (Virtual Magnetic Field) coil array design.

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        ------| Let's Recap |-------------------------------------------
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        In the previous paper I presented a possible means of creating an
        artificial pressure zone in the Tachyon Field, with the possibility
        that if the Tachyon Field is the source of the gravitational force,
        then an artificial pressure zone would give rise to gravitational
        effects.

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        ------| Virtual Field Propagation |-----------------------------
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        Here is an ASCII diagram of the coil array I proposed as a
        possible means of directing such a pressure zone:

                                            Each DL is a Delay Line, just
                        ________            a length of cable.  Every delay
        Plane Coil #1  (________)-DL1-.     line is a little longer than
                        ________       \    the previous and shorter than
        Plane Coil #2  (________)-DL2--.\   the next.  Each coil, however,
                        ________        \\  is mounted an exact distance
        Plane Coil #3  (________)-DL3---.\\ apart.
                        ________         \\\      .------------.
        Plane Coil #4  (________)-DL4----_\\\     |   Pulse    |
                        ________         _>>>>----| Generator  |
        Plane Coil #5  (________)-DL5---- ///     |            |
                        ________         ///      `------------'
        Plane Coil #6  (________)-DL6---'//
                        ________        //        Let us assume:
        Plane Coil #7  (________)-DL7--'/
                        ________       /       DL1=5cm      DL5=25cm
        Plane Coil #8  (________)-DL8-'        DL2=10cm     DL6=30cm
                                               DL3=15cm     DL7=35cm
                                               DL4=20cm     DL8=40cm

        In the above diagram, we have an array of eight plane coils, all
        connected in parallel to a pulse generator by cables with delay
        lines DL1 through DL8.  The delay lines can and should be as simple
        as differing lengths of cable.  For example, DL1 might be 5
        centimetres, DL2 would be 10 centimetres, DL3 would be 15, and so
        on.  The difference between each delay line is 5 centimetres,
        giving rise to a progressively longer delay (due to the speed of
        electric current, which is approximately c).  As a result, the
        overall magnetic field of the array moves along the array's length
        from the coil with the shortest delay line to that with the
        longest.

        If the distance between the coils is longer than the difference
        between each delay line, then this field will move faster than c.
        This would be the case if the coils were each 50 centimetres from
        each other but the cable lengths differed by only 5 centimetres (in
        this case, the field would move at 10c, ten times the speed of
        light).

        If the distance between the coils is shorter than the difference
        between each delay line, then the field moves slower than light. If
        the delay lines differ by 50 centimetres each and the coils are
        mounted 5 centimetres apart, then the field moves at c/10, one
        tenth the speed of light.

        This model has linear characteristics; it operates at a single,
        constant speed.  With a progressively increasing coil separation
        (or an exponentially decreasing delay line progression [which would
        be more practical and continuous]) we could construct a magnetic
        field which accelerates from one speed to another, possibly from a
        subluminal to a superluminal speed, or from zero/infinite speed to
        some finite speed or vice versa.  A random or progressing pulse
        width could be used, or if we suppose variable delay lines, a
        macroscopic acceleration or modulation of the array.  The
        permutations are limited only by the experimenter's imagination.
        Using a non-linear model - perhaps one whose elements are spaced
        according to a geometric progression - might be conducive to
        directing tachyons of varying energies simultaneously, improving
        efficiency.

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        ------| Computer Control |--------------------------------------
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        Perhaps the most invaluable aid to this experiment is the
        instrument you're looking at now - a computer!  With computer
        asssistance, you can design and try out many different
        configurations without doing a great deal of physical tweaking. The
        easiest way to do this is to replace the hardwire delay lines with
        variable ones - a low-ohms multi-turn rheostat of exactly known
        tolerance on each line would be ideal.  This by itself would reduce
        the exercise of changing field speed down to turning some pots, but
        as computer users we crave better automation than that; so the next
        step is to attach a stepper motor to each rheostat.  PC boards
        which can control arrays of steppers are available from scientific
        electronics suppliers.

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        ------| Some Equations |----------------------------------------
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        Speed of the virtual wave through the array:

                D
                 n      Where D  is the distance between each array element
        V    = ----- c         n
         vmp    L
                        and L is the mean difference between adjacent
                        delay lines.

        Example: Your array is spaced at 50cm per coil, and the delay lines
        start at 5 centimetres and go up in increments of 5 centimetres.
        There are a total of eight coil elements.

                          0.5 m
        So we have V   = ------- c = 10c.
                    vmp   0.05m

        The array is 4 metres long (8 coils) so a VMP travelling at 10c, or
        3,000,000,000 m/s takes 1.33333333 nanoseconds to traverse the
        length of the array.  It would take 13.3333333 ns for an electric
        pulse to travel the equivalent length of straight wire. At this
        speed, the array could be repeatedly energized at up to 750 MHz
        with only one pulse in the array at a time. Assuming precise
        calibration (or a resonance-seeking AFT circuit), you could simply
        run a continuous sine wave through the array at this frequency.

        Although the true nature of the aether is not known, we can, once
        we have predictable performance data, quantify some convenient and
        important amounts of what I presume to be local aether pressure.

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        | To recap the previous file, we presume the aether to be a      |
        | chaotic superluminal particulate medium of uniform density     |
        | throughout the universe, with the exception that massive       |
        | bodies "shadow" each other from this medium, resulting in a    |
        | reduced pressure (or, put another way, density) zone.  It is   |
        | presumed that the aetheric particles are sufficiently          |
        | elementary that it does not matter what -kind- of matter is    |
        | involved; only total -mass- is of importance.  Masses at       |
        | greater distances cast smaller and weaker aetheric umbrae on   |
        | each other, thus accounting for the inverse square nature of   |
        | gravity.  Aetheric particles interacting with mass either are  |
        | deflected in another direction (possibly accounting for the    |
        | weak naturally occurring anti-gravitational force recently     |
        | discovered by mainstream physics) or are converted into        |
        | energy - usually heat.  This is why bodies of stellar mass and |
        | density get hot enough to trigger and sustain fusion - which   |
        | may not actually be break-even fusion at all, sustained by     |
        | perpetual gravitic heat!  Yes, I know what you're thinking. Not|
        | only are stars geothermal, but break even fusion might not     |
        | even exist in nature at all!                                   |
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                P  : Normal pressure - the local aether pressure in
                 n   the total absence of massive bodies.  This is the
                     aether pressure experienced in a true "zero gravity"
                     situation; equilibrium by default.  This is what we
                     conveniently call the AMBIENT PRESSURE. It is
                     important to note that this is a finite pressure,
                     since the number of tachyons in our instant of the
                     universe is by definition finite.

                P  : Absolute zero - this is what you get with two
                 o   bodies of infinite mass at zero distance.  This is, an
                     impossibility as the mass of the universe is
                     technically finite.  However, since the ambient
                     pressure is finite, the force presented by an absolute
                     zero zone must be finite - this is incongruent with
                     Newton's law of universal gravitation, law, and
                     perhaps points to a flaw in Newtonian gravitation.


        Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation is:

                             G M M
                                1 2
                        F = -----------
                                2
                               X

        Where G is the universal gravitational constant, equal to
                     3  -1 -2
        6.67259e-11 m kg  s  .

        The theory of the aether does not presuppose that aether density is
        evenly distributed throughout the universe; if this is so, then G
        is not a universal constant but a variable which depends on the
        local density of the aether.  This of course also means that
        P  above is also variable, depending on local aether density.
         n

        We can determine a non-local value of G quite easily by observing
        stellar bodies.  We simply take the volume of a body in the region
        of space we wish to observe (determined from detailed astronomical
        observation) and its density (determined from its material
        composition - available to anyone with a spectrometer) and divide
        one into the other.  We now have the true (to our local space) mass
        of the object.  We then determine the force the object exerts on
        its satellites or deploy (if available) a scientific space probe
        with gravimetry instruments, and use this information to predict
        the object's mass, independent of the first mass observation.  The
        first mass is, of course, what it would be in our local space; the
        second mass is that measured in the object's region of space.  By
        comparing the two we can determine if gravity is weaker or stronger
        in that region, and calculate its G constant.


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        ------| Experimental Speculations |-----------------------------
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        It may be prudent, when working at higher energy levels, to place a
        resistive load on the common ground return, say a light bulb with a
        voltage rating at or above the maximum amplitude your pulses are
        likely to be. If your laboratory amplifier requires an inductive
        load (such as a loudspeaker) then provide one of the appropriate
        impedance and power rating (less that of the array) on the ground
        return.

        Speaking of the ground return, it is important that all the ground
        returns be of exactly the same length, down to the last millimeter.
        This is to avoid creating any unexpected delay lines on the ground
        return which could render your results meaningless.

        If you're using a fairly long delta delay (L, see above) you may
        want to use an oscilloscope on the common ground return to observe
        the time shifted pulses, and what they look like combined.

        If you have access to an RCL meter, it would be a good idea to
        measure the overall impedance of the array, and that of each coil
        element.  This would be especially interesting with scalar-wound
        coil elements (bifilars, caducei, etc).

        I am quick to point out, of course, that a virtual electric field
        could just as easily be created by using an array of cathodes
        rather than coils.  Creating a vacuum tube large enough for a
        practical experiment could be exceedingly difficult and is left as
        an exercise for the reader.  If anyone from NASA is reading this,
        outer space is the biggest vacuum tube there is! (Hint, hint)

        Once enough experimental data is available, it should be possible
        to devise formulae to determine the optimum efficiency of an
        antigravity coil array, and from there to design antigravity
        engines with known and predictable characteristics. From there, a
        new industry will likely spring forth, and it's anyone's guess
        where that will go.

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        ------| Theoretical Speculations |------------------------------
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        (I hope the purists reading this will forgive my loose usage of
        both relativity and quantum physics to explain the aether; both
        theories hold a lot of truth that is -not- mutually exclusive)

        It can be concluded, according to relativity, that superluminal
        particles actually travel backward in time.  Without delving into
        the cosmological implications of this concept, it essentially means
        that these particles intersect with our time only exceedingly
        briefly; in fact if they enter our time at all, quantum time
        suggests that the intersection takes place in the Planck-Wheeler
        time, approximately 10e-43 s.  Any less and it cannot be determined
        if the particle ever intersected with our time at all.  Any longer
        and it must have slowed below c (impossible according to Einstein)
        and will stay for the remainder of the particle's life.  A vector
        analysis of a uniformly random distribution of these particles
        would account for their apparent zero net energy.

        This illustration should clear this idea up a bit (it is expanded
        into two dimensions for easy viewing; I am still assuming linear
        time):

                                            __ 12
                                           |__|11  |
                                           |__|10  | Tachyon's Time
                                           |__| 9  |
          0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10  |__| 8  |  15 16 17
           __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __|__|__ _| __ __ __
          |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|##|__|__|__|__|__|
                                           |__| 5  |
              Our Time ----------->--------|__|----|------->
                                           |__| 3  |
                                           |__| 2  |
                                           |__| 1 \|/
                                           |__| 0  |

        Each "box" above is a quantum of time; a Planck-Wheeler Interval
        (PWI) equal to about 10e-43 second.  As the tachyon moves
        backward in time it approaches ours until it intersects with our
        time, and it exists in our time for exactly one time quantum
        (and presumably in one space quantum) before appearing to wink
        out into nothingness; in fact it merely continues on into the
        past.

        Of course, a rigorous extrapolation of relativistic time
        dilation shows that as a superluminal particle approaches c
        (from above c) it moves backward through time faster, and as its
        speed approches infinity, its time dilation approches zero.

        (Tachy-Aether Postulate #1)

        However, no matter what the relative temporal speeds of particle
        and observer, I postulate that if the particle intersects with
        our time at all, it can do so only in a binary fashion (due to
        the quantum granularity of existence): Either the particle
        exists in our time for exactly one PWI, or never does, perhaps
        skipping ours to intersect with some prior instant of our
        universe.

        (Tachy-Aether Postulate #2)

        I further postulate that the relative time dilation of observer
        and particle determines whether a given tachyon intersects with
        a given time plane.  This occurs on a stochastic (random,
        probablistic) basis, as "predicted" by quantum mechanics.  If the
        observer is at rest, he is much more likely to intersect with
        tachyons than if he is travelling close to c, where the higher
        relative time dilation results in fewer tachyons being
        encountered, specifically in the direction of travel.  This is
        because the time dilation close to c is such that the observer's
        journey forward through time - his temporal velocity, if you
        will, is greater than at rest.

        Similarly, an observer at rest (or at any constant speed) will
        encounter far more tachyons of hyperluminal speed (approaching
        infinity) than of barely-superluminal speed, because the time
        dilation close to c is so great that the particles' journey
        back through time is far faster - its temporal velocity is
        greater.


         Observer's Time --------->--------->---------->

       Observation made here-------------.
         _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
        |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
         <- - - - -_- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Tachyon 1
         <- - - - |_| - - - - - - - - - -_- - - - - - - - - -Tachyon 2
         <- - - - - -_- - -_- - -_- - -_|_| -_- - -_- - -_- -Tachyon 3
         <- - - - - |_| - |_| - |_| - |_| - |_| - |_| - |_| -Tachyon 4

         <---------<--------<---------<------- Tachyon's Time

        The observer is at rest, and exists continuously in time in all
        sequential quanta.  Note that in this illustration, each square
        represents one PWI.

        The tachyon is moving backward through time close to c, and does
        not exist in time in every time quantum on its way back.  It may
        not necessarily interact with the observer's time at all
        (Tachyon 1), or at least not when the observer is observing (or
        when our antigravity engines need it) (Tachyon 2).  However
        another tachyon of the same temporal speed might intersect with
        our time at the same quantum instant we are observing it, and
        voila, it's observed (Tachyon 3).  Tachyon 4 is a special case
        which ought never to occur, but it's worth mentioning.  Tachyon
        4 is travelling backward through time on exactly the same time
        vector as the observer is travelling forward - at exactly 180
        degrees to the observer (time is not a fourth dimension and is
        not linear).  As a result, it intersects with the observer's
        time plane many times on its way back, more frequently as its
        spatial speed approaches infinity. If its speed were to reach
        infinity, the particle would exist in all the observer's time
        quanta and would appear to be everywhere along its path all at
        once.

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        | What it comes down to:                                         |
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        | In reading this, it becomes increasingly important to conceive |
        | of tachyons, and of all matter, as the four-dimensional        |
        | structures they are.  Time isn't the fourth dimension but as   |
        | we move through time in our 3-dimensional flatspace, we        |
        | observe different shapes, different modes of objects along     |
        | their fourth axis just as we do along other axes.  Since our   |
        | perception is rigidly confined to three dimensions, we cannot  |
        | oberve tachyons except for the singlular PWI at which the      |
        | particle exists within our field of view; the single lonesome  |
        | instant of time that we are able to observe and fully          |
        | comprehend.                                                    |
        |                                                                |
        | One wonders, then, if the magnetic field in our array is       |
        | really only a three dimensional structure.  Sure, it exists    |
        | through time, but so does the laser spot on the wall I used to |
        | illustrate a point in this file's prequel.  The laser spot is  |
        | a perfectly two dimensional structure.  So is your shadow,     |
        | even if it's curved into threespace by the imperfect flatness  |
        | of the wall.  But it exists in time.  Can a three dimensional  |
        | magnetic field interact with a tachyon for longer than a PWI?  |
        | Or is it, like matter, four (or higher) dimensional?  If the   |
        | former, then I doubt if our experiment can succeed, for the    |
        | tachyon would be out of our reality before the field could     |
        | interact with it.  If the latter, then the magnetic field      |
        | starts interacting with the tachyon just as it exits the coil  |
        | array and continues to manhandle it until it enters the array  |
        | (remember, the particle is travelling backward in time).  The  |
        | particle exists for a PWI as far as we're concerned, but for   |
        | the full duration of its trip through the array as far as our  |
        | equipment sees it.  And the experiment succeeds.               |
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        -----|     Applied Theory      |------------------------------
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        So, we have then that the aether exists, on a particulate scale,
        for only a quantum wink of time, but each particle nevertheless
        possesses a spatial (classical) momentum.  The intent of the
        Superluminal VMF is to modify that momentum in the direction of the
        coil array's outlet end.  As the array operates, it causes tachyons
        to tend toward the outlet, bringing with them any temporally
        trailing tachyons with which the directed tachyons may be
        interacting, and so on until a full scale chain reaction exists and
        a macroscopic virtual particle flux follows.  When this occurs,
        gravitation in the vicinity of the array is measurably altered.

        The SVMF array can be tuned to differing field speeds (as presented
        in this file and in its prequel) and experimentation should show
        that one or more specific tunings should provide the greatest
        efficiency.  Somewhere between c and infinite speed, there lies a
        tachyon energy (or a set of them) which is most useful for the
        purpose of antigravity.  Too close to c, and the tachyons are
        scarcer but more energetic.  Too close to infinity, and the
        tachyons are more common but less energetic.  Somewhere in between
        is the "magic" number which will give best results.

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        -----|      In Conclusion      |------------------------------
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        To summarize, the theory that the aether is comprised of a gaseous,
        possibly plasmic, field of time-reversed tachyons can explain both
        the randomness of quantum effects and why tachyons have never been
        observed - our technology cannot record an event of the duration of
        a Planck-Wheeler interval.  A technological experiment has been
        proposed, and its results could provide excellent data to back up
        the theory in this paper and its predecessor, and could also
        validate the general concept of aether and push or pressure-zone
        gravitation, and the cosmological colossus it implies.
        
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        -----|  Contacting the Author  |------------------------------
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        I have chosen to write this under a nom de plume due to the fact
        that being involved in amateur radical science is a guaranteed way
        to dispose of any unwanted credibility one may previously have had.
        If, by some stroke of luck, it turns out experimentally that
        there's a grain of truth in this article I'll come forth with my
        real identity. Until then, I can be reached on THC Freedom Online
        BBS, under the name "Poker Face". The BBS number is (604) 361-4549
        and the Fidonet address is 1:340/26.

        That's poker.face@f26.n340.z1.fidonet.org in Internet parlance.

        For further reading, many other texts of this genre are also
        available on KeelyNet BBS, Mesquite, Texas, at (214) 324-3501, and
        on THC Freedom Online, q.v..

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