A systematic study concerning oxygen's paramagnetic reactions in respect
to the significance on the detection of virtual pairs and anomalous
space-time curvature. [Joseph T. Heard(1)]{.underline}, Dr. Carol Y.
Scarlett\*(2), Alishia Ferrell(3), Rachael Millings(4), 1(community
college of philadelphia, phila. pa. 19130), 2(Brookhaven National
Laboratory,physics lab, Upton, N.Y. 11973), 3(Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, Fl. 32307), 4(Suffolk County Community College, Selden,
N.Y. 11784), scarlett@bnl.gov.

In the study of the gravitational inconsistency exhibited in large
cosmological bodies attempts have been made to achieve space-time
curvature without mass. One such experiment is the anomalous space-time
curvature experiment, taking place at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
While recent results from this experiment has shown positive results
systematic studies of the experiment itself needs to be done. The
purpose of systematic studies is to determine if there is any
substantial error in the experiment due to its physical set up. It was
decided that a study of what effect oxygen movement could have on a
photon beam due to the way the "shunt data was collected for this
experiment. The control or "shunt" measurements for the main experiment
were taken by propagating the laser outside along the side of the vacuum
chamber. However, this caused the beam to travel extremely close to the
lead wires powering the super conducting electromagnet used in the
experiment. Since oxygen is paramagnetic, dispersing an EMF in free air
can cause oxygen to oscillate as the gas reacts to the magnetic field.
This raised the question, "was the oxygen movement being created by EMF
from the lead wires deviating the laser beam enough to corrupt the
control data." To perform a systematic study of this concern we used a
514 nm helium neon laser generator, several focusing and defocusing
optical lenses, a quad cell photo receiver, and a Quadra-pole magnet
capable of oscillating current. Also, FORTRAN computer programs
containing FFT's were used to accomplish the Fourier analysis necessary
for data analysis. The systematic study was conducted by propagating the
laser through an EMF field ramped at 80 MHz. Then different amounts of
oxygen were exposed to the field. The photo receiver then tracked the
laser beam movement. The results were then analyzed to see if the oxygen
oscillation was visible in the data. . The photo receiver collected data
every 0.1 seconds for 25 hours. Data collection occurred in five-minute
cycles. The 300 data periods were then averaged together to eliminate
random fluctuations. The data was analyzed using Fast Fourier Transforms
(FFT). The data analysis involved taking the FFT of the raw data to
produce plots of amplitude versus frequency. FFT'd "white noise"
produces a 1/f curve. The derivative of this curve is then taken. This
technique eliminates the drift of the laser, which flattens out the 1/f
curve. Any random fluctuations are reduced significantly, improving the
resolution of any true signal. We observed a large peak in the "x"
(horizontal) direction but similar peak in the "Y" or vertical
direction. This was quite unexpected since the nature of the magnetic
field generated would suggest that any signal created would be
symmetrical in both directions. The existence of a signal might indicate
that there may be data corruption in the original experiment due to
magnetized oxygen. However, further studies must be conducted before
conclusive results can be reached.

Future studies would include: varying the type of magnet, adjusting the
percentage of gaseous oxygen flowing through the magnet, and changing
the position of the magnet in relation to the photon beam.