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UFN,
2009
Volume 179,
Number 8,
Pages
873–882
(Mi ufn805)
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Rotation of the plane of swing of Foucault's pendulum and the Thomas spin precession: two sides of one coin
M. I. Krivoruchenko
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation "A. I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics"
Abstract:
Expressions for the rotation angle of the Foucault pendulum plane of swing and the spin precession of a circularly orbiting relativistic particle (Thomas precession) are derived along similar lines using elementary geometrical arguments.
PACS:
01.65.+g
,
02.40.Ky
,
03.30.+p
Received:
October 30, 2008
DOI:
10.3367/UFNr.0179.200908e.0873
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Physics–Uspekhi, 2009,
52
:8,
821–829
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