A Study of the Pope-Osborne Angular Momentum Synthesis Theory (POAMS) Including a Mathematical Reformulation and Validation Experiment

This Technical Memorandum records the results of research performed by NASA MSFC
under a Space Act Agreement with Quantum Machines, LLC. (SAA8-1519855), signed July 1, 2015. The Pope-Osborne Angular Momentum Synthesis theory (POAMS) was evaluated and reformulated into a form which predicted a non-Newtonian spin-coupled force used to conceive and perform experiments. Rudimentary and preliminary data appears consistent with the predictions of a spin-coupled force based on the alignment of nucleons, but additional research on the theory and experiments with careful methodologies and measurements needs to be conducted. Experiments with better measurements may be realized if effective methods for inducing nuclear alignment in spin active materials can be devised.