The Pioneer maser signal anomaly: Possible confirmation of spontaneous photon blueshifting
| dc.creator | LaViolette, Paul A. | |
| dc.date | 2006-03-23 | |
| dc.date | 2006-08-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:07:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:07:46Z | |
| dc.description | The novel physics methodology of subquantum kinetics predicted in 1980 that photons should blueshift their frequency at a rate that varies directly with negative gravitational potential, the rate of blueshifting for photons traveling between Earth and Jupiter having been estimated to average approximately (1.3 +/- 0.65) X 10^-18 s^-1, or (1.1 +/- 0.6) X 10^-18 s^-1 for signals traveling a roundtrip distance of 65 AU through the outer solar system. A proposal was made in 1980 to test this blueshifting effect by transponding a maser signal over a 10 AU round-trip distance between two spacecraft. This blueshift prediction has more recently been corroborated by observations of maser signals transponded to the Pioneer 10 spacecraft. These measurements indicate a frequency shifting of approximately (2.28 +/- 0.4) X 10^-18 s^-1 which lies within 2 sigma of the subquantum kinetics prediction and which cannot be accounted for in terms of known forces acting on the craft. This blueshifting phenomenon implies the existence of a new source of energy which is able to account for the luminosities of red dwarf and brown dwarf stars and planets, and their observed sharing of a common mass-luminosity relation. | |
| dc.description | 20 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603191 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603191 | |
| dc.identifier | Physics Essays, volume 18, number 2, 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/110511 | |
| dc.subject | General Physics | |
| dc.title | The Pioneer maser signal anomaly: Possible confirmation of spontaneous photon blueshifting | |
| dc.type | text |