Editing ParaNet BBS/All About Gravitational Waves (section)

==Electrons and Capacitors==

As stated above, gravity-wave energy can be imparted to ordinary
objects.  Of special interest to us are the loosely-bound electrons in
ordinary capacitors.  Perhaps you have wondered how a discharged
high-valued electrolytic capacitor (say 1000 uF at 35 volts) can develop
a charge even though it is disconnected from an electrical circuit.

While some of that charging could be attributed to a chemical
reaction in the capacitor, I believe that much of it is caused by
gravity-wave impulses bathing the capacitor at all times.  And the means
by which gravity waves transfer energy is similar to another means of
energy transfer that is well known to readers of Radio-Electronics: the
electric field.

As shown in Fig. 1-a, the presence of a large mass near the
plates of a capacitor causes a polarized alignment of the molecules in
the capacitor, as though an external DC voltage had been applied to the
capacitor, as shown in Fig. 1-b.

You can verify that yourself: Drop a fully-discharged 1000-uF,
35-volt electrolytic capacitor broadside on a hard surface from a height
of two or three feet.  Then measure the voltage across the capacitor
with a high-impedance voltmeter.  You will find a voltage of about 10 to
50 mV.  Drop the capacitor several times on opposite sides, don't let it
bounce, and note how charge builds up to a saturation level that may be
as high as one volt.

In that experiment, the energy of free-fall is converted to
polarization energy in the capacitor.  The loosely-bound electrons are
literally "jarred" into new polarization positions.  In a similar
manner, gravitational impulses from space "jar" electrons into new
polarization positions.

Here's another experiment: Monitor a group of similar capacitors
that have reached equilibrium conditions while being bathed by normal
background gravitational impulses.  You'll observe that, over a period
of time, the voltage across all those open-circuited capacitors will be
equal, and that it will depend only on the average background flux at
the time.  Temperature should be kept constant for that experiment.

I interpret those facts to mean that a capacitor develops a
charge that reflects the monopole gravity-wave signals existing at that
particular location in the universe.  So, although another device could
be used, we will use a capacitor as the sensing element in the
gravity-wave detectors described next.