Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field
An experiment is proposed for measuring the earth's gravitomagnetic field by monitoring its effect on the plane of swing of a Foucault pendulum at the south pole ("dragging of inertial frames by earth's rotation"). With great effort a 10% experiment in a measurement time of sever...
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spelling | ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:3753 2025-01-17T00:50:56+00:00 Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field Braginsky, Vladimir B. Polnarev, Aleksander G. Thorne, Kip S. 1984-08-27 application/pdf https://authors.library.caltech.edu/3753/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/3753/1/BRAprl84.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BRAprl84 en eng American Physical Society https://authors.library.caltech.edu/3753/1/BRAprl84.pdf Braginsky, Vladimir B. and Polnarev, Aleksander G. and Thorne, Kip S. (1984) Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field. Physical Review Letters, 53 (9). pp. 863-866. ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.863. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BRAprl84 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BRAprl84> other Caltech Library Services Article PeerReviewed 1984 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.863 2021-11-11T18:38:10Z An experiment is proposed for measuring the earth's gravitomagnetic field by monitoring its effect on the plane of swing of a Foucault pendulum at the south pole ("dragging of inertial frames by earth's rotation"). With great effort a 10% experiment in a measurement time of several months might be achieved. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) South Pole Physical Review Letters 53 9 863 866 |
spellingShingle | Caltech Library Services Braginsky, Vladimir B. Polnarev, Aleksander G. Thorne, Kip S. Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
title | Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
title_full | Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
title_fullStr | Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
title_full_unstemmed | Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
title_short | Foucault pendulum at the South Pole: Proposal for an experiment to detect the Earth's general relativistic gravitomagnetic field |
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