Published August 31, 2009 | Version v1
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Rotation of the swing plane of Foucault's pendulum and Thomas spin precession: two sides of one coin

Creators

  • 1. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Russian Federation State Scientific Center, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

Using elementary geometric tools, we apply essentially the same methods to derive expressions for the rotation angle of the swing plane of Foucault's pendulum and the rotation angle of the spin of a relativistic particle moving in a circular orbit (the Thomas precession effect). (methodological notes)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.0179.200908e.0873

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.3367/UFNe.0179.200908e.0873;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Uspekhi
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 821-829
ISSN
1063-7869

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41044632
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GEOMETRY; PRECESSION; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; ROTATION; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY RANGE; MATHEMATICS; MOTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES