Development of a London moment readout for a superconducting gyroscope
Abstract
A gyroscope for verifying certain predictions of General Relativity is under development at Stanford. A method of measuring the gyroscope orientation based on the use of the London moment and a SQUID magnetometer is described. It is estimated that the required sensitivity of 1 milliarc-sec can be achieved in a bandwidth of 2.5 times 10 to the -6th Hz.
- Publication:
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In: Future trends in superconductive electronics; Proceedings of the Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978ftse.proc..155A
- Keywords:
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- Display Devices;
- Electrostatic Gyroscopes;
- Magnetic Moments;
- Squid (Detectors);
- Superconductors;
- Earth Rotation;
- Geodetic Surveys;
- Gyroscopic Stability;
- Magnetometers;
- Power Spectra;
- Readout;
- Instrumentation and Photography