%0 Journal Article
%T Dependence of Gravity Induced Absorption Changes on the Earth¡¯s Magnetic Field as Measured during Parabolic Flight Campaigns
%A Werner Schmidt
%J Journal of Modern Physics
%P 1546-1553
%@ 2153-120X
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jmp.2013.411190
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Various</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">spectroscopic experiments performed on the AIRBUS</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ZERO G¡ªlocated in Bordeaux, France¡ªin the years 2002 to 2012 exhibit minute optical reflection/absorption changes (GIACs) as a result of gravitational changes between 0 and 1.8 g in various biological species such as maize, oats, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Arabidopsis </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and particularly </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Phycomyces</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> sporangiophores. During a flight day</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> the AIRBUS ZERO G conducts 31 parabolas</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">each</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> of which</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> last</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> about three minutes including a period of 22 s of weightlessness. So far</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> we participated in 11 parabolic flight campaigns including more than 1000 parabolas performing various kinds of experiments.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">During</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">our campaigns</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> we observed a</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">n</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> unexplainable variability of the measuring signals (GIACs). Using GPS-positioning systems and three dimensional magnetic field sensors</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> these finally were traced back to the changing earth¡¯s magnetic field associated with the various flight directions. This is the first time that the interaction of
%K MDWS (Micro Dual Wavelength Spectrometer)
%K GIAC (Gravity Induced Absorption Change)
%K AIRBUS-300-ZERO-G
%K Parabolic Flight
%K Micro- and Hypergravity
%K Three Dimensional Earth¡¯s Magnetic Field
%K Global Positioning System (GPS)
%K Google Earth
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=40247