On the possibility of measuring the Earth s gravitomagnetic force in a new laboratory experiment

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/1/102zbMATH Open1014.83004arXivgr-qc/0211046OpenAlexW3125904582MaRDI QIDQ4797248FDOQ4797248

Authors: L. Iorio 

Publication date: 12 March 2003

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we propose, in a preliminary way, a new Earth-based laboratory experiment aimed to the detection of the gravitomagnetic field of the Earth. It consists of the measurement of the difference of the circular frequencies of two rotators moving along identical circular paths, but in opposite directions, on a horizontal friction-free plane in a vacuum chamber placed at South Pole. The accuracy of our knowledge of the Earth's rotation from VLBI and the possibility of measuring the rotators'periods over many revolutions should allow for the feasibility of the proposed experiment.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0211046

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zbMATH Keywords

experimentgravitomagnetic fieldcircular pathscircular frequencies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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