Gravitational Shielding Effects in Gauge Theory of Gravity

TL;DR

This paper explains gravitational shielding effects observed in experiments using quantum gauge theory of gravity, proposing a mechanism involving unstable scalar field vacuums causing exponential decay of gravitational fields.

Contribution

It introduces a quantum gauge theory framework to explain gravitational shielding, a phenomenon unexplained by classical gravity theories.

Findings

Gravitational shielding can be explained by unstable scalar field vacuums.

Decay of gravitational gauge fields leads to shielding effects.

The mechanism aligns with experimental observations.

Abstract

In 1992, E.E.Podkletnov and R.Nieminen find that, under certain conditions, ceramic superconductor with composite structure has revealed weak shielding properties against gravitational force. In classical Newton's theory of gravity and even in Einstein's general theory of gravity, there are no grounds of gravitational shielding effects. But in quantum gauge theory of gravity, the gravitational shielding effects can be explained in a simple and natural way. In quantum gauge theory of gravity, gravitational gauge interactions of complex scalar field can be formulated based on gauge principle. After spontaneous symmetry breaking, if the vacuum of the complex scalar field is not stable and uniform, there will be a mass term of gravitational gauge field. When gravitational gauge field propagates in this unstable vacuum of the complex scalar field, it will decays exponentially, which is the nature of gravitational shielding effects. The mechanism of gravitational shielding effects is studied in this paper, and some main properties of gravitational shielding effects are discussed.