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Absorption of waves
Fig. 1.3: Damping of waves and ability to absorb of a
body
(our head) if we are making a phone call with a
handy.
a contribution to the theme dielectric losses
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high-frequency welding
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: K. Meyl: Potentialwirbel Band 1 [Al] (only in German),
INDEL Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1990, ISBN 3-9802 542-1-6
: K. Meyl: Potentialwirbel Band 2 [A2] (out of print),
INDEL Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1992, ISBN 3-9802 542-2-4
Introduction
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1.3 Absorption of waves
The with the theme dealing physicians logically have to put up with criticism that they
work only with two phenomena that not at all can be involved authoritative in the causes
for biological effects. A third factor can be considered, a field phenomenon until now
stayed unnoticed by science: the vortex of the electric field, the so called potential vortex.
A vortex is to be considered as an oscillation around a fixed point. Through that a
permanent overlap is caused, like what happens at an antenna only that the vortex is not
bound to the dimension of an antenna. The potential vortex is contracting and in this way
reaches extremely high energy densities at very little spatial measurement, densities that
lie far above those that field strength measurements are pretending to us [Al]
.
When again you take the handy at hand with which you ,,blow" the pulsed microwaves
into your head. Don't worry, because with the speed of light and without provable damage
almost everything comes out again on the other side, but only almost everything. A little
damping of the wave has taken place and your head has absorbed this part of the irradiated
wave (Fig. 1.3). Who claims this is already the thermal factor actually should realize that
there exists no corresponding term in the wave equation. Here there are found merely two
dual vortex phenomena as a possible damping term: the eddy current and the potential
vortex. An eddy current damping is ruled out because of the bad conductivity of the head.
But this favours his dual anti-vortex, the potential vortex [A1]
.
Seen physically the following is taking place in your head: the absorbed waves roll
themselves up to vortices and through that become localized and overlap themselves
permanently (Fig. 1.4b). In the course of time the vortices decay and produce the well-
known eddy losses that lead to the measurable increase in temperature. When reactions or
biological effects arise, simply and solely the vortex can be considered as the possible
cause. Thereby play two points an important role: the number of the generated vortices
and their lifetime that is determined by the time of decay.
In anticipation of the mathematical calculation of the potential vortices it is pointed out
here that these are favoured not only by a low conductivity, but also by a high
dielectricity. Because water has an unusual high dielectricity ( = 80) and our head
consists predominantly of water doubts in dealing with handy's are reasonable.
Also the relaxation time constant representative for the lifetime can be calculated [A2]
.
We must proceed from the assumption that both the number of the vortices and their
lifetime, that is all the at a fixed point in time in our head existing and effective vortices,
can be a cause and therefore have to be considered and investigated scientifically.
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Overlap effect
b) localized vortex = noise
c) broadband antenna for EMC-measurements
Fig. 1.4: Measurement of localized waves and vortices
Introduction
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1.4 Overlap effect
The graph at the left (Fig. 1.4) should clarify once more that only the in space localized
and permanently overlapping field appearances can be considered as a cause for biological
effects. This can concern an over an antenna standing wave (a) or a vortex (b) which is to
be taken as localized by nature.
It would be allowed to in general speak only of a vortex because the standing wave can by
all means be understood as a special case of the vortex. The essential difference is that the
vortex is not bound to the size of a fixed antenna and can contract itself at any time to
achieve in this way a substantial higher energy density. As a result this than will lead to an
increased biological effectiveness.
It should be pointed at a further omission. In the discussion about limits, without
exception, the absolute field strength of the broadcasting signal is valued and not the type
of modulation. The last mentioned should actually not at all play a role according to the
prevailing scientific opinion.
Totally different is the case with a vortex that acts damping. Such a vortex shows near it's
centre a considerable smaller wavelength than more to the outside and through that it has a
big frequency bandwidth [A5]
. It is to be expected that in the extremely broadband
pulsed signals of the digital networks the creation of vortices (or eddies) will be favoured
considerably stronger than in amplitude- or frequency-modulated signals (AM/FM/C-
network). In connexion with analog modulated radio- or handy-signals until now there
never has been reported of any synchronization of the brain currents with handy-signals
from a comparison of the EEG with the broadcasting signal.
Interestingly the for EMC-measurements usual stepped broadband antennas have exactly
the construction that certainly would be favourable to the measuring technical registration
of vortex phenomena (Fig. 1.4c).
With the dipole antennas of different lengths for different wavelengths there still are
measured waves and not vortices but these measuring
techniques is certainly
accommodating to the until now unnoticed and stayed undiscovered vortex phenomenon.
So there are some good reasons that the vortex is a dominating influential factor for EMC-
problems.
By means of the example of the handheld wireless telephones can be studied and
discussed with which set of problems the very young discipline of science of the
environmental compatibility has to fight in the future. And in which ways there can be
found approaches towards a solution of the problem. When the comfortable and trodden
out ways of textbook physics do not lead to the goal than we will have to force our own
way through the jungle of science.
At first we'll have to obtain a short overview of the actual level of research and
knowledge. From the criticism to this we than can derive the tasks of the electromagnetic
environmental compatibility and in particular the unsolved tasks.
: K. Meyl: Wirbel des elektrischen Feldes, eine neue Storquelle?
EMC Journal 1/95, 6. J, S. 56-59.