6.   THE “TUNNEL EFFECT”

The Tunnel Effect is per definition the propagation of EM waves with overluminic velocity and has been described experimentally, for ex. in (Nimtz). In this sense, this phenomenon is probably a small variant of the above described holes in the BF since both phenomena have the same effect (overluminic velocity). In consequence, it is logical to assume that both phenomena do also have the same cause (holes in the BF).

Nimtz used intense EM waves to increase "c" in hollow conductors. This could be explained by the fact that EM waves literally push away field lines of the BF, thus producing the mentioned holes in the BF. Further photons could then pass such holes with a velocity higher than "c".

Of course, such artificial tiny holes in the BF are probably not perfect, so that there will always be a certain resistance. Therefore, particles will probably need a certain time to accelerate from their ground speed to overluminic speed. For this reason, in small holes, we cannot expect very high velocities. And in effect, a typical value that has been measured here is only 1,7 c (Steinberg et al.) or 2c (Nimtz), thus supporting the idea of imperfect holes in the BF.

            We have seen that the idea of the BF meets very well the results of already made experiments and the principles of physics. It cannot be foreseen, which possibilities we are offered if we learn to produce and to control holes in the BF. A practical application could be for ex. instant teleportation of material bodies. Through holes in the BF, we could also receive signals from remote civilizations and send them our own signals. We would dispose in this case of the possibility to communicate, even without any physical contact. In this sense, information has already been tunneled without being destroyed (Nimtz).

In (Calvet), further practical applications of the BF-theory are discussed, such as the possibility of interstellar voyages with the aid of field and gyroscopic propulsions. Overlight speed could be easily achieved by means of a concentrated beam of EM-waves that produces a hole in the BF. Spacecrafts could use such technology to travel even to distant galaxies.

Another possibility is the transmutation of elementary particles, since the model of the BF allows theoretically to extract single photons from EM fields in an analogous way as gravitons emerge from gravitational fields.

Since any momentary reduction of the BF signifies that the BF is absorbing energy and that it is vibrating, it should be possible for us to use these vibrations (zero-point energy) so that we could dispose of a practically unlimited amount of cheap energy due to the practically unlimited number of interactions between fermions and the BF in our universe.

The idea of overluminic speed is furthermore no longer contradictory with Special Relativity, since Special Relativity is based on a universe that contains a BF. Therefore, if we make a hole in the BF, the speed of a particle can become practically infinite, even in agreement with Einstein's principles.