Journal Article

Energies and Forces Involved in Small Semi-Replicable Potential Macro-Pk Effects

Dullin, Eric, Jamet, David, Dries, Karl

2022

Overview

Introduction: In a paper published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (Dullin & Jamet, 2018), research on historical perspectives concerning the study of psychokinesis on lightweight spinning objects, and a methodology for conducting macro-pk tests on this kind of target, in a non-confined environment, were presented. In order to better qualify these effects, this paper presents the analysis of the energies and forces (torques) involved in the two PKer experiments. Methods: To evaluate the energy and forces involved in these effects the following parameters are calculated: * The moment of inertia J of the spinning target * The maximum rotational speed reached Wmax * The total friction torque T * The maximum and average acceleration during the speed-up The target as in (Dullin & Jamet, 2020) is formed of three stacked hemispheric plastic domes placed at the top of the stem of a carousel candle (Figure 1) with a total weight of 7.35g Using theses parameters, the following physical quantity are evaluated: * The maximum kinetic energy reached. * The average acceleration torque which represents the torque needed to speed-up the target. * The total \"motor\" torque Results: The results deduced for the two PKer experiments show that the energy involved is in the range of the microjoule and the torque close to 0.1 micronewton.meter.

• Publisher: Parapsychology Press
• Subject: Experiments