TITLE:
Is There a Geomagnetic Component Involved with the Determination of G?
AUTHORS:
Michael A. Persinger, Linda S. St-Pierre
KEYWORDS:
Gravitational Constant Variations, Geomagnetic Activity, Energy Convergence, Electromagnetic-Gravitational Interactions
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.5 No.4,
April
28,
2014
ABSTRACT: We compared the small quantitative changes (range) in G over repeated
measures (days) with recently improved methods of determinations and those
recorded over 20 years ago. The range in the Newtonian constant of gravitation
G is usually in the order of 400 ppm as reflected in experimentally-determined
values. The moderate strength negative correlation between daily fluctuations
in G, in the range of 3 × 10-3 of the average value, and an index of
global geomagnetic activity reported by Vladimirsky and Bruns in 1998 was also
found for the daily fluctuations in the angular deflection θ (in arcseconds) and geomagnetic activity within 24 hr for the
Quinn et al. 2013 data. A temporal
coupling between increases of geomagnetic activity in the order of 10-9 T with decreases in G in the order of 10-14 m3·kg-1·s-2 could suggest a recondite shared source of variance. The energy equivalence for
this change in G and geomagnetic activity within 1 L of water is ~3 × 10-14 J.