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This seems to be the corresponding video (linked in the associated media tab on arXiv): https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n https://sciencecast.org/casts
by ahlCVA 3y ago
This seems to be the corresponding video (linked in the associated media tab on arXiv): https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n
- tinco 3y agoIs there an alternative explanation possible for the video? Couldn't it just be a magnetized piece of ferrite that is magnetized in a weird way causing it to lift up like that on a strong magnet?
- achr2 3y agoPyrolytic graphite looks exactly like this and behaves in exactly this way (without being superconducting) as long as one side is anchored. With a careful array of magnetic poles, graphite will levitate at room temperatures.
- Koiwai 3y agoThe sheer size of the sample stuns me.