The Tajmar effect is an unexplained acceleration observed by accelerometers and laser gyroscopes close to rotating supercooled rings. The observed ratio between the gyroscope and ring accelerations was 3 +/- 1.2 x 10(-8). Here, a new model for inertia which has been tested quite successfully on the Pioneer and flyby anomalies is applied to this problem. The model assumes that the inertia of the gyroscope is caused by Unruh radiation that appears as the ring and the fixed stars accelerate relative to it, and that this radiation is subject to a Hubble-scale Casimir effect. The model predicts that the sudden acceleration of the nearby ring causes a slight increase in the inertial mass of the gyroscope, and, to conserve momentum in the reference frame of the spinning Earth, the gyroscope rotates clockwise with an acceleration ratio of 1.78 +/- 0.25 x 10(-8) in agreement with the observed ratio. However, this model does not explain the parity violation seen in some of the gyroscope data. To test these ideas the Tajmar experiment (setup B) could be exactly reproduced in the Southern Hemisphere, since the model predicts that the anomalous acceleration should then be anticlockwise.
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机译：Tajmar效应是加速度计和激光陀螺仪靠近旋转的过冷环观察到的无法解释的加速度。陀螺仪和环加速度之间的观察比率为3 +/- 1.2 x 10（-8）。在这里，已经在先驱和飞越异常上非常成功地测试了一种新的惯性模型，将其应用于该问题。该模型假设陀螺仪的惯性是由Unruh辐射引起的，Unruh辐射是在环和固定恒星相对于其加速时出现的，并且该辐射受到哈勃级卡西米尔效应的影响。该模型预测，附近环的突然加速会导致陀螺仪的惯性质量略有增加，并且为了保留旋转地球的参考框架中的动量，陀螺仪以1.78 +/-的加速比顺时针旋转0.25 x 10（-8）与观察到的比率一致。但是，此模型不能解释在某些陀螺仪数据中看到的奇偶校验违规。为了测试这些想法，可以在南半球精确地再现Tajmar实验（设置B），因为该模型预测异常加速度应逆时针旋转。
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