Proposed experiment to advance our knowledge on the influence of gravity on elementary particles
The influence of gravity on free electrons and their movements was investigated for the first time by Witteborn and Fairbanks in 1967, however, several other authors including Schiff and Barnhill, but also Dessler, Michel, Rohrschach, and Trammel described effects which can in generally
compensate gravitational effects on electrons inside a copper drift tube as used by Witteborn and Fairbanks which are up to 105‐106 times larger as the gravitational effects which are expected here. Therefore, the question of how gravity works on elementary particles
remains open up until now and needs to be investigated experimentally.
Keywords: Elementary Charge; Millikan's Experiment
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 09 June 2017
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